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62 5. When the final member is a neuter noun of the third 

 declension with stem ending in -or- (nominative singular 

 in -a?), the compound adjective will end in -a>? (con- 

 tracted from -a(T)o9) for the masc. and fem., and -cov for 

 the neut. ; but (a) sometimes it follows the analogy of the 

 adjectives in -09, -ov. e. g. 



<y\vKv-/cpea><; ,-a>v or •yXv/cv-zcpe-os , -ov, siveet-meated (/cpeas ; 



stem, Kpear-) ; 

 /j,ov6-K€pco<; or novo-tcepo*;, one-horned (icepa<; ; stem,Kepar-) ; 

 a-y>jpco<;(<yr}pa<;, age), ageless; but 

 dp66-/cep-os, upright-homed ; pivd-Kepas, horn-nosed ; etc. 



63 6. When the final member is a substantive of the third 

 declension with a stem ending in the vowel -t- or -v- (nomi- 

 native singular -19, -u9, masc. or fem., and -1 or -v, neut.), 

 the ending of the compound will appear identical with the 

 form of the final member: e. g. 



o-<oo-i-ir o\ t-? (77-0X1-9, city), city-saving; 

 7r€j3o-e'-7roXt-? (7ro'Xt-9, city), city-destroying ; 

 o^)i-o'i|ri-5 (6'i^t-9, look), looking like a snake; 

 \nro-vav-% (vav-s, ship), ship-abandoning ; 

 St-Tr^u-? (TrrjX v ' i > cubit), two cubits long; 

 * a-he\<$>v-<; (SeXc/w, womb), wombless ; etc. 



64 7. When the final member is a verbal root, it may have 

 either an active or a passive force; (a) if active, the com- 

 pound may have the simple verbal root with the endings 



65 -09, -ov; (b) if passive, it will usually have the suffix 



66 -to 9; (c) it may have the ending -779, which is either 

 active or passive: e. g. 



(a) Orip-o-Tpdcfj-os (Vrpc/oCp, Tpe<j)(o, breed), animal- 

 breeding; 

 v\(a)-o-TOfi-o<; {V 't £ / /j., re/A-v-a, cut) , wood-cutting; 

 ovpav-o-aKoir- 9 (crKOTr-ea>, see), sky-gazing; 



