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uno among the Greeks. From exprefling originally the moft re- 

 mote or extreme point only, it came to be moft generally ufed 

 to fignify, what in the language of navigators is called the point 

 of departure, and hence, by an eafy tranfition, the point of ori- 

 gin, the point of commencing. 



Agreeably to this idea, all the ufes of «« may be refolved, 

 by a reference either to the primary or to the fecondary appli- 

 cation of the word. 



We find dvo, then, as fignifying/ro/tf, applied, 



1. To fpace or corporeal objects. Ato lo&kvrog tr'/iy^ov y^ayu^v 

 dyuyiiv, (Euclid.), " to draw a line from a given point," — 

 " extreme or remote point of drawing," — or, " point of depar- 

 ie ture or commencement of drawing it, — -the given point.'' — 

 TlgfcoiTo dno ^oighm, (Xenoph.), " he marched from Sardes," — 

 " extreme point, — or point of his departure, — Sardes." Arc rs 

 T&yioq yayj&cu, " to fight from the wall," — " extreme point of 

 " fighting,"— or " point of outfet of the fighting, — the wall." — 

 At' opfficLrw BuKav pe, (Anacr.) " darting at me from the eyes," 

 " — extreme point of darting, — the eyes." 



2. To time. Awo tS vvv mig&uropev, " from the prefent time we 

 " fhall endeavour," — " we lhall endeavour, — point of outfet of 

 " our endeavours, — the prefent time." Ato b\ rS vuXtpov rtjg rm 

 koivw (iioxYLfftCfx; iavTQv vwt^eiXero, " immediately after the war, he 

 " withdrew from public bufinefs," — " he withdrew from public 

 " bufinefs, — point of outfet of his withdrawing, — or extreme 

 " point of his withdrawing, — the war." 'O 2dQivog sm<pors^og clno 

 irm \itra. evirr$eio$ , (Galen), " the lighter Sabine wine is fit for 

 " ufe from feven years old," — " the wine is fit for ufe, — point 

 " of outfet of this fitnefs, — feven years." Awo o-riySov hog ivispi- 

 -vj/a; Tocg vctvg, (Thucyd.), " to turn the fhips at one fignal," — 

 " to turn the fhips, — point of outfet of the turning, — one fig- 

 "naJ." 



3. To 



