3 i2 'DISQUISITIONS on the 



Hence the different applications of up$) are eafily deducible. 



1. About or round a place or objecl. 



'AfA<pi xo?.io$ cixiovtri, (Herodot.) " they dwell — place grafped 

 " or comprehended by their dwellings — the city," — " round 

 " about the city.'' 



1 au(p) hi TOffffiv \jt KTigoivrct. -re^iXa, (HESIOD.) ■' and 



" had the winged fandals, — object grafped by them — his feet," 

 " — round his feet." 



—— — — a.fjL<p) $' ug w[juoi(nv Qa.'Kzro %i<pog. HOMER. 



u And threw the fword, — place grafped or embraced by the 

 " fword-belt, — his moulders," — " round his moulders." 



Tig 5' oV tv ovguva u?ga <p<x,£ivriv ccfi(p) treXrj'jriv 



<J>a<f£r' ugiTrgeiriu. HoMER. 



" As in heaven the fplendid ftars appear, — objecl: included or 

 " comprehended in their line of appearance, — the refulgent 

 " moon," — " round the refulgent moon." 



Sometimes, inftead of directly round about, uptp], by an ellip- 

 tical mode of phrafeology, expreffed only near about j 



• qgiTS o ccfA<p' awrw, 



" he fell — place of falling — the fpace including or comprehend* 

 " ing him,'' — " near about him, or clofe befide him." 



2. Among. 



■ ufjucfi fftpiffi nivQog ogdgs, Qu I NT. SMYRN. 



" forrow arofe — objects included in its fphere of action, — ob* 

 " jects embraced in it — them," — " among them." 



3. Upon. 



*• " tca.QCu'Kev uvdgct kclto. xflovog, uf6<p) $ ug dura 

 Efyra. QtJINT. SMYRN.. 



" He threw down the man to the ground, and fat, — object 



" grafped by his fitting — him," — " upon him." 



4. Figuratively — about or concerning. 



'Au,(pi ufguv ygctfpri. LuCIAN. 



* a treatife - fubject comprehended — the ftars,"- — " cpncerning 

 " the ftars." 



And 



