26 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



"lukos " is mentioned by Homer, and other Greek writers ; and in Italy, the "lupus " or wolf was 

 connected with the founding of Rome, is mentioned also by Terence, and Pliny. 



(kicking a wolf's track, signifying abortion, Horap. ii. 42) ; " ouonhf " or " ouonrf " or " ouamf " 

 stable; " ouShsoi " or " ouahsoi " roof; "6116" rumour; " 6uSin£ " to be agitated; " ouan " or 

 " ouon " who, a certain one ; " ouahSv " to mutter or growl ; " noutshp " consternation ; " 6h6im " 

 trampling upon ; " oot " to groan ; " 66tS " womb, " duiSthmSsio " to act as midwife ; " buliS " or 

 " ougS " or " houhe" " J] or " ouhouhS " or " ouhouhe " abortion ; " 5uSi " or " oueio " to repudiate. — 

 The character occurs from the Eleventh dynasty to the Twenty-sixth (Leps. k. pi. 11 to 

 48). A second form % (donkey's leg) occurs under the Twelfth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 121). 

 2^C-^ " oilS " or "oili" or " 6ili " ram; " ouoi " onset; " 6ua£ ! " or " ouai ! " or " ouSi ! " or 



/f7r " 5u5Si ! " or "ouoi!" woe!; " hoS " flock; " esoou " or " Ss66u " sheep; " ouSIS " or 

 " 5u661S " or " duoolS," abundance, to abound ; — in Greek " ouai ! ", in Latin " vae ! ". The char- 

 acter occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. k. pi 5 to 67). 

 _JflL_ (herb "konuzan" signifying spendthrift, through slaughtering his sheep and goats, Horap. 



iQ ii. 75); "kioou" amaranthus; "kioou" gore, blood mixed with dust; "oStsh" or " tshoSitsh " 

 or " ouan " dust ; '• moout " to slaughter ; " 6sht " or " osht " or "ouosht" to strangle, suffocate; 

 " ouosh " or " ouosh " or " ouSshduosh " or " ouojouej " to chew ; " ouSshp " or " 6u6shp " to break ; 

 " ou&tshS " or " 6u6tshm " or " ouStshSm " or " otsbS " to consume ; " ouStSv " or " 6u6tSv " to carry 

 away, remove, change, "oufitSv Svol" be sacrificed. — The character occurs from the Fifth dynasty to 

 perhaps the end of hieroglyphic V writing (Leps. d: ii. pi. 49, 102, and 129, and Rosellin. mon. civ. 

 xxvii. 6). A second form occurs -jj under the . dynasty (Champ, diet. 217 and gram. 112, 122). 



Matthiola livida of Egypt. Called in Egvpt " na?geisi " or "schudjara" (Forsk.), and the 

 "konuzan " killing by inducing thirst — (Horap ii. 75) maybe compared: M. livida fatal to goats 

 "capris funestissima," and employed by the inhabitants as a strong purgative, was observed by Fors- 

 kal p. 119 along the margin of cultivated ground in Lower Egypt; by him also, and Delile, farther 

 inland in the Desert. 



Inula crithmifolia of the shore of the Mediterranean and Atlantic as far as Britain. Possibly 

 the " konuzan " in question : — the '• konuza " was known to Athenaeus x 67 in Egvpt ; and I. crith- 

 mifolia was observed there by Forskal p. [49, and Delile, in the maritime sand of the Mediterranean 

 border. Farther North, the " konuzes tbus6smou"is described in 1 Morb. mul. 108 and 2 Morb. 

 mul. 63 as resembling " selinS oulS " curled parsley, growing in sandy places near the sea and its 

 odour barely endurable ; I. crithmifolia was observed by Sibthorp, and Chaubard, jon rocks exposed 

 to the sea around the Peloponnesus and the Greek islands. Westward, is described by Caesalpinus 

 f. 61 ; is termed "aster maritimus folio tereti crasso tridentato" by Tournefort inst. 483; and is 

 known to grow along the Atlantic as far as Britain (Pers., and Engl. bot. pi. 68. See Inula viscosa 

 and I. graveolens). 



& (hawk signifying superiority, also victorv. Horap. i. 6) ; " 66u " or "6ou" or "eoou" glory; 



(A " oualS " to increase; "ouotSv" or ■' ouotv " excelling, mightier ; " ouSt" to excel ; "6ule"or 

 jj^ " houSit" or "bouit " leader, chief ; " houad " first. — The character occurs under the Third 

 dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 2, and Champ, diet. 137). 



,-Jf (vulture signifying limit, in its flight defining beforehand the battle-field and place of greatest 

 ^^W slaughter, Horap. i. 11); " auer " or '• ouer " how much ; " mori " or " nourS " or " nouri " vul- 

 ture ; " morS " or " mor " or " mour '' to gird, tie around; " mootshS " or "moutsht" to traverse 

 around, examine, depart; "mojg" or"moujg"or " moujh " belt, girdle; " nouoshS " limit; — The 

 character occurs under the Ptolemies (Leps. d. iv. pi. 12). 



" ouamS " digging implement ; " ouoi " or " ou5Sie " or " 5u6i " peasant ; " ouotbri " ancle- 

 bone ; "ouah" or "ouSh" or " ouoh " or " ouSh " adherent, to adhere, add to, follower; 

 " oua " or " ouat " one, " ouata " many; "ouon" any one, rest of the multitude, "ouon 

 nim " everybody ; " ouatou " or " ouotsh " or "5u6tsh" of their own accord, spontaneously. — The 

 character occurs under the Fifth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 42). 



^p " oueite " or " moounk " or " mounk " to diminish, fall away, eclipse. — The character occurs 

 as early as the . . . dynasty (Champ, diet. 14). 



/iL (" dtls " bustard signifying pursued by a more powerful enemy, because it hastens away at 

 J5P" sight, Horap. ii. 47) ; " 6ui6s " quickly; " ouoj " thief; " oueou " or " ouos " to flee, recede 

 liar off; " 6uS " or " ouSi " distance, afar off; — " oueinin " Ionia; in English " away." The char- 

 acter occurs from the Fifth dynasty to the Twenty-second (Leps. d. ii. pi. 68, and k. pi to 46). 



f " oimS " or " oimi " or " 6imi " hook ; " ouohS " or " ouohi " or " 6u6hS " or " ouoohg " fisherman 

 the catch ; " ou6ntsh " or " ontsh '' end, to make an end. — The character occurs under the Third 



dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3). A second t% form occurs from the Fourth dynasty to the end of hiero- 



and k. pi. 25 to 62). The same implement is often figured 

 of the emblems of ruling; seems in fact a sceptre in the 



glyphic writing (Leps. d. ii pi 21 

 in the hands of gods and kinrs as c ne 



