324 DISQUISITIONS on the 



3. To the relations of objects, and chiefly to their relations as 

 effects from a caufe either producing or modifying them. A«r- 

 Sbusvog in d-zo rx (3eXris"8 ravroc ngdrrovrcx, rov a5sA<poe, (DlON. Ha- 

 lic), " perceiving that his brother was acting thus, not from 

 " the beft difpofition," — " acting, — point of outfet, — or origin 

 u of acting, — not the beft difpofition." Aokzi lAgug 5s Tolg dnb 

 Trig socLg^Xrzoug 5s rolg dno Tr,g dK<x.o*t]fAidg f (L.UCIAN.), "it appears in 

 " a different light to the ftoic and the academic philofopher,' ' 

 " — to perfons from the porch and from the academy," — " per- 

 " fons proceeding, — point of departure, — the porch and the aca- 

 " demy." 



4. In all thefe different applications of dvb, which are the moft 

 common, the fecondary fenfe appears to predominate ; but tx.no 

 is fometimes found in ufe, where the original meaning of remote 

 or dijiant point directly prevails. This takes place in regard to 

 material objects, in fuch phrafes as the following : 'CLg f/Av rot ye 

 dvo rtjg yr\g kyivovro, (Xiphil.), " when they arrived at a diftance 

 from land," — " when they arrived — remote or diftant point, — 

 " the land." 



— ■■ — dno yj)ovog evgvodeirig 



'E? hi<p^ov Srqxou/* HESIOD. 



" They placed him in the chariot away from the earth," — " pla- 

 '* ced him — diftant or remote point, — the earth." 



• «Vo 0% yXuvKuvig 'Aflrivij 



"Eyviog ogftriv 'irgcift bgi^ocpivri dvo 5/<P£». Hesiod. 



"Minerva turned away the force of the fpear, — warding it 

 " from the chariot,"—" turned the force of the fpear,— warding 



" it, fo as to be remote from the chariot, — remote or diftant 



" point, -the chariot." 



It is in this manner that drb is likewife ufed to denote a 

 negation j the one object being fuppofed to be fet at fuch a di- 

 ftance 



