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vciXo-aeipa (vaXos, t}, glass, acipa, 77, band) Hyalosira 7 

 4>r]yo-TrTept.<; (<^77yds, 77, beech, Trrepts, rj, fern) Phegoptei'is I 

 'ixTt(o)-av6o<i (lp.a.TLov, to, outer garment, avOo<i, t6, flower) 



Himatianthus 1 2 

 lo-Spa/3rj (lov, TO, violet, hpafirj, 17, sort of mustard) lodrabe 4 

 avKO-p.op(^rj {avKov, to, fig, p.op<l>ri, rj, form) Sycomorphc 1 8 

 6crTo-0r]Kr) (ocrrtW, oorow, to, bone, dyKrj, rj, box) place for bones 



20; ooreo-, 6 

 Aayw-x«Xos (Aayws, 6, hare, x^'^'*^' ''"°> ^ip) Lagochihis 20'; 



Aayo-, 6 



Ta((o)-ov/3a (raws, 6, peacock, ovpd, rf, tail) Taiira 

 3. Third declension. These may be either consonant or vowel 



stems. The stem is derived most readily by dropping 



the ending, -o?, of the genitive singular. 

 A. Consonant stems. 



(i) Stem ending in an explosive, i.e., any consonant except 



(T, ju,, V, X, p, and T in -/tar, nom. -/mi; nominative singular 



ending in a double consonant, ^ or t, or in a. 



{a) Stem in a labial, tt, (i, ^; nominative in i/' (labial +cr). 

 piTT-o-yovaTiov (pi\p, ptTrds, r), rush, yoi'artoi', to, small joint) Rhi- 



pogonatium 

 (ffXe^-o-xi-Toiv {(f>X€i{/, (f)Xe(36<;, ij, vein, x'-'^"^''' o, frock) Phlebochi- 



ton 1 3 



KaTr}XL<j)-o-fxopcf)r) (^KaTrjXixf/, KaT7^At(^o;, tJ, ladder, fiopcfirj, rj, form) 



Cateliphomorphe 



(/^) Stem in a palatal, k, y, x; nominative in ^ (palatal +o-). 

 dXa)7r£K-(o)-ov/30s (aXwrre^, d\w7reKOS, 17, fo.x, oti/ad, i), tail) Alope- 



curus I 

 <f>Xoy-(o)-aKav9o'i ((l>X6$, ^Aoyo's, ^, flame, a.KavOo';, o, spiny plant) 



Phlogacanthus 14 

 owx-o-TTCTaAov (dvu^, ovi'xo?, 6, claw, TreVaAoi', to, leaf) On}'cho- 



petalum 2 



(r) Stem in a dental, t, 8, ^, or vt, vO, kt; nominative in a, 



rarely in p 

 <j)u>T-o-4>of3os (</)ws, <^a)Tc5, TO, light, <t>o/36';, fearing) Photophobus 



27:1 

 i/wivT-o x^'f'r/ (t/Aots, Ip-avTos, o, thong, x^'''"'?) ^/) long hair) Himan- 

 tochaete 10 



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