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-OrjKf], 17 (tV>os, i<eos, TO, sword, 017*07, ^, box) scabbard 



pXrjfJa., TO (Vcpi', around, ftXfjfJua, fiXr/p-aTO?, TO, throw) 



covering 



Xu/3?7, 17 (fUKpos, small, KaXvfir), i), hut) small hut. 



1.2. The last term is a noun, changed to an adjective, usually 

 by a suffix. The various changes of the noun depend 

 upon its declension to a large extent. 1 



a. If the final term is a noun of the first or second declension 



(stem in -a or -o, nominative, -775, -as, -os, masculine, -17, 

 -a, -os, fern. , -ov, neut. ) the compound adjective will termi- 

 nate in -os, masc. and fern. , -ov, neut. 



CV-TOOT-OS, -ov (ev, good, TooTi7s, 6, archer) with good archers 

 KaXAt-veavt-os (xaXXi-, beautiful, veavias, 6, youth) beautifully 



youthful 



7roXv-Xoy-os (TroXvs, much, Xoyos, 6, word) talkative 

 XeuKo-Ko/x-os (XCDKOS, white, KO/U.T/, i/, hair) white-haired 

 evpv-^wp-os (evpvs, broad, x^P^t *7 space) roomy 

 T^a^v-oS-os (T/aa^us, rough, 68os, r), road) with rough roads 

 y8a0v-<vXA-os (/Sa^v's, thick, <vXXov, TO, leaf) thick-leaved, leafy 



b. If the final term is a noun of the third declension with the 



stem in any consonant except v, p, 8, or -es, the compound 



adjective ends in -os, -ov. 

 /j.f.Xavo-(f>X{.p-o<i (//.e'Xas, /xeXavos, black, $A*^, </>Xt/8os, 17, vein) 



black-veined 

 (j,iKpo-/MKTTi,y-o<; (/jLiKpos, short, poarifc, /xao-Ttyos, 17, whip) short- 



ciliate 

 7roXv-o/3vi0-os (TroXvs, many, o/avis, o/ovt^os, 6, 17, bird) abounding 



in birds 

 Tru/cvo-o-a/3/c-os (TTVKVOS, thick, (rdp, o-ap/cos, 17, flesh) with firm 



flesh 



a-creo/naT-os (d-, without, <T(I>/JM, o-w/taTos, TO, body) incorporeal 

 ^pucro-o-TO/x,-os (;^/>weos, golden, (TTOfjui, o-TO/maTOS, TO, mouth) 



golden-mouthed 



1 This account has been largely based upon Miller, Scientific Names of 

 Latin and Greek Derivation, 134. 



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