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nouns of the second declension, and of many stems of the third. 

 By analogy, it spread to steins of the first declension, and the 

 remaining stems of the third, .and, finally, even to verbal stems. 

 The overwhelming predominance of the connective -o- makes it 

 advisable to disregard the use of the thematic vowel of each 

 declension as a connective in making new compounds, and may 

 be considered sufficient warrant for its insertion in compounds 

 already constructed upon the basis of another thematic con- 

 nective. Such duplicates as Corynephorus and Corynophorus 

 should be avoided for the sake of uniformity in spelling, if for 

 no other reason, but when they are the names of different genera, 

 as in the present case, they are altogether unfortunate. More- 

 over, alternative connectives of this sort will always furnish oc- 

 casion for similar blunders on the part of those not thoroughly 

 conversant with the principles of Greek word-formation. The con- 

 nectives which may be properly used with the different classes 

 of first terms of compound words are shown in the following- 

 list of examples. The diversity of classical usage in this matter 

 is a cogent argument for the use of -o-as a connective in all cases 

 where the first term is a nominal stem, if not, indeed, every- 

 where that a connective is required. 



1. First declension: stem in -a, nom. ; -a, -77, fern. ; -as, -77?, masc. 

 0aXao-o-(a)-o-<t>XXov (0aXao-(ra, 77, sea, <v'XXov, TO, leaf) Thalas- 



sophyllum 

 K<aX(77)-o-o-Tiy/xa (^aXr/, 77, head, oriy/ua, TO, mark) Cephal- 



ostigma 



<TK(.a-<l>i\r) (o-/aa, 77, shadow, <iXo?, loved) Sciaphile 

 &r)\r)-<f>opa (#77X77, T/, nipple, <f>opa, 77, carrying) Thelephora 



KXTT(77)-0-4>VTOV OXcTT^S, O, thief, <wTOV, TO, plant) CleptO- 



phytum 



2. Second declension: stem in -o, nom., -os, masc. and fern., -ov, 



neut. 



(doxds, 6, leathern bag, XCTTIS, 77, scale) Ascolepis 

 v (pa/SSos, r), rod, pivov, TO, lily) Rhabdocrinum 

 /3aXav(o)-,7-4>opos (/3aXavos, 77, acorn, ^opds, carrying) Balano- 

 phorus 



po-Sw, TO", rose, oVvSpov, r6, tree) Rhododendrum 

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