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-a. The proper stem is obtained by dropping -os of the 

 genitive, though these stems are quite irregular in the mat- 

 ter of composition. 



/So-o-yXijvos (/Sou's, oo's, 6, ox, yXi^, ^ eyeball) ox-eyed 17: 

 96 in /Sou- ; 3 in )8o- 



ypa-o-Xoyio. (ypaus, ypads, 17, old woman, Xoyta, 17, speech) gossip 



6 



Anomalous nouns. A few nouns are included here, in which 

 the stem has been more than usually reduced in the nom- 

 inative, e. g. , ya\a, ydvu, yvvrj, Sopv, /teXi. 



yaXaKT-(o)-av0os (yaXa, yaXa/cTos, TO, milk, av#os, TO, flower) 

 Galactanthus 19 



yovaT-o-uyov (yow, yovaTos, TO, knee, vyov, TO, yoke) Gonatozy- 

 gum 2:8 in yow- 



ywatK-o-Tpoxa.<: (yw^, ywaixos, 17, wife, Tpo^as, ^, shoe) Gynae- 

 cotrochas 35 : i in ywo- 



SopaT-o-Xw/ia (8dpv, SdpaTos, TO, stem, spear, XG/m, TO, fringe) 

 Doratoloma 6:21 in So/at-; 17 in Sopv- 



/xeXiT-o-vXov (/xeXi, /xeXiTos, TO, honey, ^uXov, TO, wood) Meli- 

 toxylum 10:46 in /tteXi- 



II. Adjectives 



i. First and second declension: stems in -a, or -o, nom. sing., 

 -os, masc., -os, -17, -a, fern., -ov, neut. The stem (ending 

 in its proper thematic vowel, -o, which is also the connect- 

 ive) is readily obtained by dropping -o- of the nominative 

 singular masculine. 

 fMKpo-^XaLVj. (/xaKpos, a, cv, long, large, x^- a -'- va i $> cloak) Ma- 



crochlaena 99 



6pdo-fj.pi<i (6p66<i > 17, ov, straight, yu-epts, ^, part) Orthomeris 92 

 irepo-paxi's (cTepos, a, ov, different, pax 1 ?, r/, back) Heteror- 



rhachis 125 

 XCVKO /3puov (XeuKos, 17, ov, clear, white, ftpvov, TO, alga, moss) 



Leucobryum 114 



orevo-Xo<os (O-TCVOS, T/, ov, narrow, Xo<os, 6, crest) Stenolophus 

 46 



iov (^pvo-eos, rj, ov, golden, vi/piov, TO, oleander) Chrys- 

 onerium 



354 



