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etsis represented by /ncVos, 17, ov, alone, one, Suo, by Si-, Tps 

 by Tpi-, and Wo-o-ape? by rerpa-. The last three very rarely 

 elide, and only before i or a. The numerals from trivrf. to 

 SwSe/ca should terminate in -a when compounded. 

 Hovo-0pi (/U.GVOS, 77, ov, one, #pt, 17, hair) Monothrix 

 St-wov (81-, two- wcV, TO, egg) Dioum 



Tpi-KcpaTiov (Tpi-, three-, KepdViov, TO, little horn) Triceratium 

 TeTp(a)-a*Tis (TeTpa-, four-, cum's, 17, ray) Tetractis 

 Trevra-TreA/n? (TTC'VTC, five, Trc\Tr), %, small shield) Pentapelte 

 o/cra-/8Ae<apis (OKTW, eight, /?Ae<apis, 17, eyelash) Octablepharis 

 Sexa- patf)-r) (SeKa, ten, pd(f)rj, fj, seam) Decarraphe 

 2. Ordinals, and the higher cardinals in -ot, enter into composi- 

 tion in the same manner as adjectives in -os. 

 TrpwTo-KOKKos (TrpojTos, r), ov, first, KOKKos, 6, berry) Protococcus 

 p.vpi.o-(j>v<Ta (/u.vpios, a, ov, numberless, <vo-a, ^, bubble) Myrio- 



physa 



^tXio-^vXAov (x& i0i , <", a , thousand, <f>v\Xov, TO, leaf) Chilio- 

 phyllum 



IV. Indeclinables 



1. Adverbs. These are rare in nominal compounds. They 



are attached immediately to the second member, 

 (ay/a, near, o-jropa, T), seed) near of kin 

 (dei, ever, xpuo- s, golden) Aichrysum 

 (aVa^, once, once only, av^os, flowering) hapaxanthus 

 apn OaXys (apn, just, exactly, 0uAAds (*0aAos) 6, shoot) just 



blooming 



tu-pap.vos (ev, right, true, pa/tvos, 77, thorn) Eurhamnus 

 Xap-at-vr/ptov (x a -l jia ^ on the ground, vypiov, TO, oleander) Cha- 

 maenenum 



2. Prepositions. These are attached directly to the second mem-. 



ber. The final vowel is elided before an initial vowel (ex- 

 cept in irepi', and Trpo), and if the latter be aspirated, a 

 preceding smooth explosive is roughened. E/c becomes e 

 before a vowel. 



^t, on both sides of, 8c'va, o, reed) Amphidonax 

 a, on, upward, x*/ 3 ' 5 * ^ g race ) Anacharis 

 (Sia, through, <avos, bright) Diaphane 



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