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ets is represented by/xcVos, rj, ov, alone, one, 8vo, by 81-, Tpets 

 by rpi-, and rcaaapc; by Tcrpa-. The last three very rarely 

 elide, and only before t or a. The numerals from irivre to 

 ScoScKa should terminate in -a when compounded. 

 fiovo-6pL^ (fjicvo<;, 7], ov, one, dpii, 17, hair) Monothrix 

 Si-wov (81-, two- wt'v, TO, egg) Dioum 



TpL-KcpaTiov (rpL-, three-, Kepdrtov, to, little horn) Triceratium 

 TeTp(a)-aKTts (xErpa-, four-, d/crts, rj, ray) Tetractis 

 TrevTa-TTcArT; (TreVre, five, TreArr;, 17, small shield) Pentapelte 

 oKTtt- /5Ae(/)a|0is (oktw, eight, /JAec^apt?, 17, eyelash) Octablepharis 

 BcKa-pa(f)rj (SeVa, ten, pa<^r/, 17, seam) Decarraphe 

 2. Ordinals, and the higher cardinals in -ot, enter into composi- 

 tion in the same manner as adjectives in -os. 

 TrpwTo-KOKKos (TT/acoTos, 7/, OV, first, k6kko<;, 6, berry) Protococcus 

 fxvpLo-(f>vaa {p.vpio'i, a, ov, numberless, (fivaa, r'j, bubble) Myrio- 



physa 

 ;)(tAto-<^vAAov (x^^ioi, at, a, thousand, ^uAAov, to, leaf) Chilio- 

 phyllum 



IV. Indeclinables 



1. Adverbs. These are rare in nominal compounds. They 



are attached immediately to the second member. 

 o.yx<--o-rropo<; (ayKt, near, cnropa, rj, seed) near of kin 

 ati-xpva-ovv (det, ever, xp^^^'*^ golden) Aichrysum 

 airai-avOos (aira^, once, once Only, dv^os, flowering) hapaxanthus 

 dpTL daXr)^ (dpTt, just, exactly, ^uAAo's (*^aAo's) 6, shoot) just 



blooming 

 £u-paju.vo5 (eu, right, true, pap-vos, 17, thorn) Eurhamnus 

 yap.aL-vqpiov (x"-p-a^, on the ground, vrjptov, TO, oleander) Cha- 



maencriuni 



2. Prepositions. These are attached directly to the second mem- 



ber. The final vowel is elided before an initial vowel (ex- 

 cept in irepL, and -n-po), and if the latter be aspirated, a 

 preceding smooth explosive is roughened. Ek becomes ii 

 before a vowel. 

 apLffit-Sovai (dp.<f)t, on both sides of, ScVa^, o, reed) Amphidonax 

 dva-xa.pt<; (avd, on, upward, x*P'^- V^ grace) Anacharis 

 Sux-^av?; (8id, through, cf)avu<i, bright) Diaphane 



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