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K€fj8-(o)-ovpa (»cep8os, KcpSeos, to, trick, ovpd, r/, tail) Cci'dura 4 

 /SeX-o-TrepovY) (ySe'Ao;, /Jc'Aeo?, to, dart, ivcpovrj, r/, point) Beloperone 



7:1 in -er] 

 ayy-o-<fyopa (ayyo<;, ayyeos, to, vase, ^opa, a Carrying) AngO- 



phora I 

 ■)(iiX-o-(TKV(i>oi (^^etAos, ;(et'Aeos, to, lip, crKv<})0<;, to, cup) Chilo- 



scyphus 2 

 ai'0-o-<f)VKo<; {a\'do<i, dvOeo^, to, flower, <f>vKo<;, to, seaweed) Antho- 



phycus 46:2 

 <f>vK-o-cj>vTov {cJ3VKo<;, (fiVK€o<;, TO, seaweed, <j>vt6v, to, plant) Phyco- 



phytum 3 

 B. Vowel stems (in -t or -v). 



(i) Stem in -i, nominative in -ts, masc. and fern., -i, neut. 



The stem is obtained by dropping -os of the genitive, or -s 



of masc. or fem. nominative. 

 oi/'i-(o)-av^os (oi/'ts, oi/'ios, 0(//eajs, 17 look, dvOo'i, to, flower) Opsi- 



anthus 

 6cf)L-o-Kapvov (o(^i?, oc^tos, o<^ea)s, o, snake, Kapvov, to, nut) 



Ophiocaryum 20 

 irC7r€pt-o-<^uAAov (TrcTrept, TrcTreptos, to, pepper, c^uAAov, to, leaf) 



Peperiophyllum i in -o 

 T/DOTTt-o-AcTTts (TpoTTi?, TpoTTios, 17, kccl, AcTTt's, ly, scalc) Tropiolcpis 

 <f>vcn.-o-yXw)(^L<; (^wts, <^wtos, <f)vac(!0<;, rj, nature, yAcij;^ts, 17, point) 



Physioglochis 14 

 (2) Stem in -v, nominative in -vs, (-avs, -evs, -ovs) masc. and 



fem. , -V, neut. The stem is obtained by dropping -os of 



the genitive, or -s of the nominative. 

 8/3v-o-7rre/3ts {8pvi, Spvos, rj, oak, ■KT€pi<i, 17, fern) Dryopteris 11:4 



in -V 

 /u,v-(o)-ov/)a (/u,vs, ftvd?, 6, mouse, orpa, 17, tail) Myura 18:2 in 



flVCT- 



7rtTv-(o)-oi//is (TrtTvs, TTtTuo?, 17, pinc trcc, oi//ts, 17, look) Pityopsis 



(TTa-)(y-o-(iuTpv<i {cTTa-xyi, (TTa.)(yo<;, 6, spike, fioTpv^, o, bunch of 



grapes) Stachyobotrys 10:7 in -vr); i in -v 



Here are usually placed fSois, ypav^, vavq. These originally 



had the stem in a consonant, digamma, as fSop-, but the 



digamma was lost, leaving third declension stems in -o and 



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