22 Frederic E. Clements 



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



stem in v, p, or 8 (nom. tr), the compound retains this 

 form, i. e. , it is properly a noun used adjectively. Some- 

 times the noun is inflected in two genders, e. g., -cov, -ov, 

 or -a)/3, -0/3, or, more rarely, it takes the adjective termina- 

 tion, -OS, -ov. 

 fxja.Kpo-^ip (/yta/cpos, long, x"P> X^'P°^) ^i hand) long-armed 

 avTo-^inv, ov (avT6<;, self, x^*^''; x^^^'^'' Vi gi'ound) native 

 avTo-xOov-os, ov, country and all 



<TK\r]po-Trovs (^a-Kkrjpo's, hard, ttous, ttoSos, ni. , foot) hard-footed 

 KaKo-TTovi, -TTovv (kukos, bad, TTovs, TToSos, m. , foot) wlth bad feet 



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



stem in -es (gen.-eos, nom. -lys, m. f. -os, n.), the com- 

 pound adjective will terminate in -77s, masc. and fern. , -£s, 

 neut. 

 6eo-y€vr]<;, es (^€os, o, God, yeVos, yivto<i, to, race) born of God 

 TtL^o- ixtXy]<i (^T€'i)(0<i, Tet'xeos, to, wall, yueAos, /te'Aeos, to, music) 



walling by music 

 TToXv-avdrj'i (ttoAvs, much, av^os, av6eo<;, to, flower) blossoming 



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



the stem in -ar, nom. -as, the compound adjective as a 



rule ends in -ws (contraction of -aos for -arcs) masc. and 



fem., -(jov neut., or, rarely, in -os, -ov. 

 fieyaXo-K£p-(D'i, wv (jiteyas, p.€ydXov, large, Kepas, Kcparos, to, horn) 



large-horned 

 TToAv-Tcp-tos (ttoAus, uiuch, TCjoas, T€/oaTos, to, wonder) full of 



wonder 

 p.ovo-KepaT-o'i (/aovos, single, Kepas, to, horn) with one horn 

 6p0o-Kep-o<;, ov (op^os, upright, Kepas, to, horn) with upright 



horns 

 yAvKv-Kpe-os (yAvKw, sweet, /(peas, Kpccos (KpeaTos) to, meat) 



sweet-meated 

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



stem in the vowel i, or v (-is, -us, nom. m. , f. , -i, -v, neut. ), 



it retains this form ; rarely it terminates in -os, -ov. 

 7roXv-Lx9v<; (ttoAvs, many, I'x^vs, lx0vo<;, 6, fish) abounding in 



fish; also TToAv-tx^u-os, ov 



