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yao-rp o-Kap<j>7] (y^or^p, yaorpos, 17, belly, Kap<^>7/, 77, dry scale) 



Gastrocarphe 1:16 in -yao-Tpo- 

 6t]p-o-fjiop<^rj ($i7p, 0r]p6s, o, beast, popOrj, j, form) Theromorphe 



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 7rvp-o-Apiov (irvp, Trvpo?, TO, fire, Aeipiov, TO, lily) Pyrolirium 



49:64 in -i-; II in p-; 4 in -17- 

 (3) Stem in -/WIT, nominative in -/oa. 



A special study of this class of imparisyllabics has been 

 made for the sake of determining just what warrant ex- 

 isted in Greek for making the stem of the oblique cases 

 the invariable form for composition, These were thought 

 to constitute a very fair criterion on account of their wide 

 extension, and for the further reason that they furnish a 

 large number of alternatives, since the nominative might 

 readily be supposed to represent a first declensional stem 

 in -a. The Greek lexicon contains 1,782 neuters in -/ML, 

 largely secondary si ems, though there are also many pri- 

 mary ones, these being by far the most frequent in compo- 

 sition. Of these 1,782 neuters, 231 are found in compo- 

 sition or derivation as the first term, occurring altogether 

 in 969 derivatives. Of the 231, 208 occur in derivatives 

 only in the proper stem form in -purr, being used 555 

 times. Eleven words, ayaApux, glory (13:1), apfia, chariot 



(24:1), Sepp,a, skin (9:1), 8avp.a, marvel (14:13), $ewp77/mtt, 



theory (2:1), Kep/xa, small change (3:1), xu/xa, wave 

 (19:11), KWfjui, coma (2:1), ovofjM, name (20:12), o-w/xa, 

 body (48:5) and <Aeyp:a, flame (12:4), show the alterna- 

 tive stems, dyaApiar- and dyaA/x-, though the former is pre- 

 ponderant, occurring in 166 derivatives, while the latter is 

 found in only 51. Six words of this class, alfta, blood 

 (32:72), 2p/xa, prop, (2:3), TTw/ia, drink (3:4), o-Wp/Aa, 

 seed (16:22), o-To/xa, mouth (3:24), and x^f"*- c ld ( I: 4)> 

 occur more frequently in the shortened form, al/x-, the fre- 

 quency being 129 to 57. Three only, 8^\t)fjM, bane (i), 

 o-raAaypt, drop (i), and </>ay/xa, fence (3), are found in- 

 variably in the shortened form, while three, iirurvpa, 

 , and aiy/x.a occur once in each form. To sum- 



