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iLijyo-dr/Kr), ^ (^t'<^os, ^t<^eos, to, sword, dtjKr], ■^, box) scabbard 

 Trepi-^Xrjfxa, to (-TepL, around, /SA^/i-a, ySAT^/xaro?, to, throw) 



covering" 

 fiLKpo-KaXv^r], rj ( [xiKp6<;, small, Ka\vf3r), 17, hut) small hut. 



1.2. The last term is a noun, changed to an adjective, usually 



by a suffix. The various changes of the noun depend 



upon its declension to a large extent.^ 

 a. If the final term is a noun of the first or second declension 



(stem in -a or -o, nominative, -t/s, -as, -os, masculine, -r}, 



-a, -OS, fem. , -ov, neut. ) the compound adjective will termi- 

 nate in -OS, masc. and fem. , -ov, neut. 

 €v-To^oT-os, -ov (ev, good, To^ 0T17S, 6, archcr) with good archers 

 KaXAi-veavt-os (KaAXt-, beautiful, veavtas, 6, youth) beautifully 



youthful 

 TToAv-Aoy-os (ttoAvs, much, Aoyos, 6, word) talkative 

 AeuKo-Ko/A-os (AfUKos, white, ko/xt), rj, hair) white-haired 

 eu/3v-x«/3-os {cupv's, broad, x^P"'' V^ space) roomy 

 Tpa^v-oS-os (Tpa^vs, rough, oSos, 17, road) with rough roads 

 /3a0v-<t>vXX-os (ySa^us, thick, <j>vXXov, to, leaf) thick-leaved, leafy 

 d. If the final term is a noun of the third declension with the 



stem in any consonant except v, p, 8, or -£s, the compound 



adjective ends in -os, -ov. 

 fieXavo-<f>X€{3-o<; (/xe'Aas, p.eXavos, black, ^At'i/', <^Ae^os, rj, vein) 



black-veined 

 fjLLKpo-fiaaTLy-os (/xtKpo's, short, fid(TTt4, /xcto-Ttyos, 17, whip) short- 



ciliate 

 TToAv-o/ovt^-os (ttoAv's, uiauy, opvis, 6pvLdo<;, 6, ■7, bird) abounding 



in birds 

 TTVKvo-o-ap/c-os (ttvkvos, thick, crdpi, aapKos, 17, flesh) with firm 



flesh 

 a-a-(t)fmT-o<; (d-, without, o-w/ita, o-ci/Aaros, to, body) incorporeal 

 Xpva-o-crTop.-o<; ()(pva-€o<;, golden, (ttojjm., o-TO/taTOs, to, mouth) 



golden-mouthed 



1 This account has been largely based upon Miller, Scientific Names of 

 Latin and Greek Derivation, 134. 



