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marize the foregoing: of 231 neuters in -/xa, which furnish 

 stems for compounds or derivatives, 208 ahvays appear in 

 the proper stem form, -yu-ar, 1 1 occur more frequently in this 

 form, 6 more frequently in the shortened form, -/x, 3 always 

 in this short form, while 3 occur once in either form. Of 

 969 words derived from these neuters, 781 show the proper 

 stem in -p-ar, while 188 have the shortened stem in -fx. 

 Again, it must be borne in mind that, while these alterna- 

 tive stems are a source of growth rather than a misfortune 

 to the language, in nomenclature they must always lead 

 to confusion, as analogy will soon< : or later produce doub- 

 lets, such as ai/xaTca-Trepfjui and ai/xccnrep/xa, in the case of 

 every stem which enters into composition. The marked 

 preponderance of the prooer stem in compounds of this 

 group has been considered ample warrant for extending 

 this stem to all compounds formed from neuters in -/xa. 

 If further warrant were needed, it is found in the fact that 

 every neuter of this class shows the proper stem in the 

 oblique cases, its disappearance in certain compounds be- 

 ing due to the use of the shortened nominative form, a 

 use arising to a large extent out of ignorance. 



alfjiaT-o-)(api-<i (alpa, at/xaros, to, blood, x*/"'i V' grace) Haema- 

 tocharis 



8eppxiT-o-Kv(3rj (Sep/xa, 8ippaT0<;, to, skin, KvfSy}, 7], head) Derma- 

 tocybe 



TTW/xaT-o-Seppis (TrS/xa, Trw/xaros, to, drink, ^e'/apis, rj, leather coat) 

 Pomatoderris 



^au/xar-o-TTTepts (^Oavpa, davpaTO<;, to, wonder, Trrept's, rj, fern) 



Thaumatopteris 

 (TTrep/xaT-o-^voos (cnreppa, cnreppaTo^, to, seed, )(y6o<;, 6, foam) 



Spermatochnous 

 (7TopoiT-o-6r)Ktov ((TTo/xa, oTO/xaros, to, mouth, Ot'jklov, to, little box) 



Stomatothecium 

 0'a)/xaT-(o)-ayyeiov (crw/xa, aiapaTOs, to, body, ayyeioi/, to, vessel) 



Somatangium 

 (4) Stem in -es, genitive -cos (=€0-05), nominative usually in 



-OS, mostly neviters. The form for composition is obtained 



by dropping -eos of the genitive, or -os of the nominative. 



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