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The shortened forms may occur also when these words 

 are used as first members of compounds: e. g. 



cnrepiJ,aT-o-\6<y-o-<; and cnrepfj,-o-\6y-o-<;, seed-collecting; 



<nrepfxa,T-o-$>d<y-o-<; and <nrep/j,-o-cpd<y-o-<; , seed-eating ; 



crwfjLaT-Tj'y-o-s but aa>fx,-epacrTi]<; ; 



alfiar-o-Trovs (L.) but alp.-6-TrTep-o-s (L.); 



aifiar-oihT]^ (L,.) but alp.-o-mop.-o-'s (L.). 



56 (b) When dealing with this class of neuter nouns, there- 

 fore, we may be entirely justified in using whichever form 

 may happen to suit our fancy, and say dermato-, sper- 

 mato-, haemato-, somato-, etc., or dermo-, sper- 

 mo-, haemo-, etc., as we will. Numerically, the Greek 

 lexicon reveals a preference for the longer form as first 

 member of a compound, and for the shorter form in the 

 final member. 



(c) For the inflection of these adjectives and the forma- 

 tion of family names derived from them and from the cor- 

 responding nouns, see pp. 127—132. 



57 3- When the final member is a substantive of the third 

 declension, with a stem ending in -v, -p, or -B (which is 

 always dropped by law before the -? of the nominative sin- 

 gular), the compound adjective usually retains the form 

 and inflection of the last member: e. g. 



KaKO-BaL/xav, possessed of a bad spirit; 



avTo-jfOaiv, sprung from the earth itself; 



(ptX-eWrjv, Greek-loving; 



iroXv-xeip, many-handed ; 



a-7rat<? (a- privative -f-7rcu(S)?, child), childless; 



pty-acrKVi (/317T-TO), throw,-\-acnrl<; , stem acnriS-, shield) , 

 throwing away one's shield; 



a-trovi (a- privative +7rou?, for -f-* 7ro (^) ? > foot, foot- 

 less ; 



ifiavT-o-irov; (lp,d<;, stem ip.avT-, leather strap, -)-*7ro(S)?, 

 foot), leather-footed; so also \ayd>-7rov<;, hare-footed; 

 fipahv-Trow; , slow-footed ; epvdpo-irow;, red-footed; 

 -XXapo-TTovs, green-footed; etc. 



