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Spvj (TTUKVOS, thick, Spvs, Spvds, 17, oak) beset with oaks 



-os, ov (//.e'Aas, /xe'Aavos, black, Spus, oak) dark with oak 

 leaves 

 Xpvo--oi//ts (xpwreos, golden, oi^is, oi/^ews, 17, appearance) looking 



like gold 



<vyo-7roAi? (<uyos , fleeing, TrdAi?, 7rdAeo)9, ij, city) fleeing from a 

 city 



1 1. 1. If the last term is an adjective, the compound usually be- 

 comes an adjective of two terminations, -09, -ov; rarely, 

 there is no change. In case it is used substantively, 

 it may appear in any gender at the coiner's pleasure. 

 The compound may, moreover, pass into a noun by the 

 addition of a substantive suffix. 



o-Tevo-/AaKpo9, ov ((TTevos, narrow, /juiKpos, long) long and narrow 

 |U,eAavo-</>aio9, ov (/ne'Aas, p;eAavo9, black, Raid's, dusky) dark gray 

 Aev/<o-ept;0po9, ov (Aevxds, white, epvOpos, red) whitish red 

 erepo-yAauKo?, ov (erepos, different, yAawds, gray) with one eye 



gray 



Aewo-/>ieAas, atva, av (Aeu/cds, white, /AcAas, black) whitish black 

 6u-yAv/<us, eia, v (o^us, sour, yAu/cvs, sweet) sourish sweet 

 erepo-^wv-ia (erepd-^covos, of different voice) difference of tone 

 rj\r)iJio-o-vvi] (C^A^wv, jealous) jealousy 



II. 2. If the last term is a verbal adjective (in -os, -TOS, or -reos), it 

 may retain the active ending, -09, -ov, or the passive end- 

 ing, -ros, or -77?, -cs, may be substituted for either. 

 Sia-o-Tpo<-os, ov (6WTpa>, to twist about) twisted 

 Trepi-rpoTT-o? (TrepiTpoVo), to turn round) turned round 

 n-epi-<f>ep-r}<;, e? (Trept^epw, to carry round) revolving 

 ovo--[j.a6-r)<; (ovo-/j.aOc<D, to be slow in learning) hard to learn 

 oW-TaK-Tos, ov (rao-o-w, to arrange) disordered, irregular 

 x-A7ri8w-Tos (AcTuSdo/Aai, to be scaly) not covered with scales 



THE CONNECTIVE (THEMATIC VOWEL) 



The connective in Greek compounds was originally the final 

 vowel of the stem, or, in imparisyllabics, the vowel of the geni- 

 tive. The connective -o- was originally, then, characteristic of 



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