Etymologies. 5 



A. 11, G9; B. 3, lOG; lynx, A. 1, 323; myrtus, A. 3, 23; 5, 72; 

 narcissus, B. 2, 47; G. 4, 160; olvov, G. 1, 8; j)alaestra, A. 8, 138; 

 papaver, B. 2, 47; philyra, G. 3, 93; (poUa, B. 5, 10; fizawoXr^-j^ 

 G. 1, 8; thorax, A. *J, 503. With the exception of palaestra 

 (A. 6, 642; G. 2, 531) no other explanation of any of these 

 words is offered in any j)art of the commentary. 



VII. The phonetic possibilities recognized in Servius' 

 etymological notes may be grouped as follows : 



(a) 'nomina corrupta' or 'aetate corrupta': Arpi, A. 11, 

 246 (Argyrippa); Casperuli, A. 8, 638 (Caspiri); Crustume- 

 rium, A. 7, 631 (Clytemestra). 



{h) 'in diminutione plerumque multa mutantur': ofella, 

 A. 6, 420 (offa). 



(c) Vowel-changes 'in derivatione': caelata, A. 1,640 (celum 

 ... in derivatione mutatur). There is a similar note on 

 G. 2, 291 (aesculus ab esu). In two cases, however, the diph- 

 thongs af)parent]y presented no difficulty and the derivations 

 of Maenala, G. 1, 17 («-o -w-' .a^^'/wv), and cedria, A. 6, 180 

 (quasi xatorxi'^r^'i di)i>d'i dyjuh) are given without comment. 



(cZ) There are seven words distinctly put down for 'per 

 antistoechon' formations: curculio, G. 1, 186 (quasi gurgulio ) ; 

 laquearium, A. 1, 726 (lacunarium); magalia. A, 1, 421 (ma- 

 gar); meditor, B. 1, 2 [ij.zlzzih^ '1' enim et 'd' interdum sibi 

 invicem cedunt. ) ; Poeni, A. 1, 301 (quasi phoeni); sella, A. 7, 

 169; B. 1, 2 (quasi sedda); solium, A. 7, 169 (quasi sodium a 

 sedendo ) . 



(e) et amurca per 'c' scribitur et per 'g' pronuntiatur, ut 

 'C Gaius, 'On.' Gnaeus. G. 1, 194. 



(/) Implied similarity of certain sounds. Tumultus, A. 

 2, 486; 8, 1, quasi timor multus. Mercurius, A. 8, 138, alii 

 Mercurium quasi 3Iedicnn'iuiu a Latinis dictum volunf. 

 cadaver, A. 8, 264, cadaver est corpus nondum sepultum, dictum 

 cac/f/uer quod car eat honore sepulturae. asylum, Aen. 2, 761, 

 dictum 'asylum' quasi 'asyrum.' 



{(j) Synaeresis. saltem,A.4, 327 (salutem . .. persynaere- 

 sin); conpostus, A. 3, 152 (pro conpositus). 



