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/cr-(o)-av0fu>i/ (/u,e'<ros, 77, ov, middle, avOffiov, TO, flower) Mesan- 

 themum 125 



d7rAo-Ta (aTrAoos, 77, ov, simple, ra&s, 77, array) Haplotaxis 9 

 2. First and third declension. The feminines of this group fol- 

 low the first declension, the masculines and neuters the 

 third. According to the termination of the stem of the 

 latter, there are two groups, the one with the stem in a 

 consonant, the other with vowel-stem. 



a. Stem in a consonant, usually -v or -T, masc. in -v or -s, neut. 



in -v. The stem is readily derived by dropping -os of the 



genitive singular masculine. 

 /ieAav-0-OTi/CTOs (/xe'Aas, aiva, av, ju,e'Xavos, black, OTUCTOS, pricked) 



Melanostictus 44: ficAav-, 70 

 7ravT-o-<<Aos (Vas, Trasa, TTO.V, Travros, all, <j!>i'Aos, loving) PantO- 



philus 114: irav-, 483 

 repev-o-xpcos (rep^v, etva, ev, repevos, smooth, XP ^ 5 ? i skin) with 



smooth skin i 



b. Stem in the vowel -v; nom. sing. masc. in -vs, neut. in -v. 



The stem is obtained by dropping -s of the nominative sin- 

 gular masculine. Adjectives in -v, unlike nouns of this 

 class, do not take the connective -o-. The use of the stem 

 vowel, -v, as connective is so nearly absolute that it has 

 seemed unwise to extend the connective -o- to this class. 

 d/x/3Av-voTo? (d/i/3A.vs, cTa, v, blunt, VOTOS, 6, south wind) Ambly- 



notus 3 

 (3a6v-(f>vTov (fiaOvs, deep, low, <f>vrov, TO, plant) bathyphytum 



86 



(3apv-v\ov (/fopvs, heavy, v\ov, TO, wood) Baryxylum 115 

 /3pa8v-mirTov (/J/oaSws, slow, TrnrTcs, fallen) Bradypiptum 25 

 /fyuxu-oSovs (/Jpaxvs, short, small, oSov?, 6, tooth) Brachyodus 



52 

 y\vKv-pia (yAuKv's, sweet, p%a, 77, root) Glycyrrhiza 30:2 in 



yXvKO- 



& P ifjLv-(j>vXXov (8/Dt^vs, sharp, <^vXAov, TO, leaf) Drimyphyllum 3 

 evpv-^ao-ts (ev/svs, wide, broad, /3ao-is, 77, step, base) Eurybasis 

 66 



r^Sus, sweet, 007x77, r), smell) Hedyosmus 58 



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