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TTVKvo-hpvi (ttukvos, thiclc, 8pus, S/ows, Tj, oalc) bcsct with oaks 

 fx(.Xav-hpv-o<i, ov (/te'Aas, yaeAavos, black, Spvs, oak) dark with oak 



leaves 

 Xpv(T-o[l/L<; (xpvcrco';, golden, ot/'is, oi/'ew?, t), appearance) looking 



like gold 

 <f>vyo-TroXL<; (<^vyos .fleeing, ttoAis, ttoAco)?, tJ, city) fleeing from a 



city 



II. I. If the last term is an adjective, the compound usually be- 

 comes an adjective of two terminations, -os, -ov, rarely, 

 there is no change. In case it is used substantively, 

 it may appear in any gender at the coiner's pleasure. 

 The compound may, moreover, pass into a noun by the 

 addition of a substantive suffix. 

 (TTcvo-fx.aKpo'i, ov (o-revos, narrow, jMLKpo^, long) long and narrow 

 /icAavo-^atos, ov (/xe'Aa?, fxeXavo^, black, ^atds, dusky) dark gray 

 XevKo-epvdpo's, ov (Acu/cos, white, ipv9p6<;, red) whitish red 

 6T£/3o-yAauKos, ov (eVe/oos, different, yAavKos, gray) with one eye 



gray 

 XevKo-p.eXa';, atm, uv (AfvKo?, white, /xcAas, black) whitish black 

 o^v-yXvKv;, eta, v (o^u?, sour, yXvKvs, sweet) sourish sweet 

 €Tepo-<f>(av-La (irepo-ffxavos, of different voice) difference of tone 

 ^7}Xr}fjio-o-vvr) (^rjX7]p.oiv, jealous) jealousy 



II. 2. If the last term is a verbal adjective (in -os, -tos, or -rcos), it 

 may retain the active ending, -os, -ov, or the passive end- 

 ing, -TOS, or -7;s, -es, may be subst;ituted for either. 

 8ia-o-r/3oc^-os, ov ( Stao-T/oe^o), to twist about) twisted 

 7repi-TpoTr-o<; (TrepiTpoirci), to turn round) turned round 

 ■7repi-(f}ep-rj<;, es {7reptcf>ipw, to carry round) revolving 

 8v<r-fiad-r]<; {Sva/xaOew, to be slow in learning) hard to learn 

 8i'cr-Ta/<-ros, ov (rao-o-w, to arrange) disordered, irregular 

 d-AcTTtSw-Tos (AcTTtSdo/Aai, to be scaly) not covered with scales 



THE CONNECTIVE (THEMATIC VOWEL) 



The connective in Greek compounds was originally the final 

 vowel of the stem, or, in imparisyllabics, the vowel of the geni- 

 tive. The connective -o- was originally, then, characteristic of 



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