i6 Frederic E. Clements 



Quality 

 -UL- (-la, f . ) primary or secondary denominative, mostly paroxy- 



tone: dpfj-ov-ta, harmony 

 -OS-, -es- (-WS, m. or f. ) primary oxytone: rj-u)?, dawn 



(-OS, n. ) primary recessive: ^dp-o'i, weight, €pev9-o<:, 



redness 



-rrjT- (-TTfi, f. ) secondary denominative paroxytone: \cTrT-6-Tr]?, 



thinness; whence -otyjt- (-ott^s, f. ) Travr-drTys, universality 



-avva- {-(Tvvr], f . ) secondary denominative paroxytone: aoycftpo-awrj, 



prudence 



State or Object 

 -8ov- (-Swv, f. ) secondary verbal oxytone: aXy-r)-Su)v, suffering 

 '/xovo- (-fiovrj, f. ) primary verbal oxytone: x'^P't^^^V^ joy 

 -TV- (-TUS, f. , -TV, n. ) primary: /Jpco-rvs, meat; da-Tv, town 

 -v8, -v6- (-VS, f. ) primary, often oxytone: ;^Aa/x-T;s, cloak 



Diminutives 



-10- (-10V, n. ) primary or secondary denominative paroxytone: 

 (TTop-iov, little spore. Various suffixes of stems have be- 

 come attached to this diminutive, giving the common di- 

 minutive suffixes, -apLov, -tSiov, -vSpiov, -vXXlov, -vcf>iov, all 

 forming neuter proparoxytones. 

 -to-Ko- (-10-K0S, m., -Lo-KT), f . ) primary or secondary denominative 

 paroxytone: veav-to-Kos, youth; TruiS-tb-Ki;, little girl. This 

 suffix sometimes combines with -lov to form a suffix -lo-klov, 

 neuter proparoxytone; do-TrtS-to-Kiov, small shield. 



Patronymics 



-8a- (-8);s, m. ) secondary denominative paroxytone 

 -8- (-S (8s) f. ) secondary denominative oxytone 



Stems of the first declension add the suffix directly: Boped-Sr]';, 



son of Boreas; Bopea-s, daughter of Boreas. 

 Stems of the second declension replace o of the stem with 

 i: n/)ia/x-t'87/s, son of Priam; IIpta/A-is, daughter of Priam. 

 Those in -to, however, change o to a, giving the suffixes 

 -id8rj<; and -tas. 

 Stems of the third declension insert i before the suffix, ev drop- 

 ping the V before t : Ke/cpoTr-i'Siys, a son of Cecrops ; KcKpo-n- 

 k, daughter of Cecrops. 



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