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wards in practice omitted, hoi. came to be ufed alone for line, 

 /pace, point or objecl pierced, penetrated, divided, pajfed over, or 

 crojfed. 



From this the various applications of the word, as it appears 

 in the form of a prepofition, took their rife. 



A<a, as applied to f pace, was ufed to denote : 



1. and moft ufually, through. 



UzXtKvg ei<ri ha, r* dwdgn, — " the axe goes through the tree," 

 " — the axe goeSj — objecl penetrated, — the tree.'"' KvzXog kvk\o>j 

 hci ruv noXav r'zpvn, (Theod. Sp^er.), " Let one circle cut another 

 " through the poles," — " points pierced or penetrated in cutting, — 

 " the poles." 'ILiriirebov lx,Q&Qx^evov 01a, r-ov Ktvrga Tug yag kou too 

 uXiv, (Archimed.), " a plane drawn through the centre of the 

 " earth and the fun," — " drawn, — points pierced or penetrated it* 

 " drawing it, — the centre of the earth and the fun." 



a.iy'kri &' ouOigog 'iks. Homer. 



" The gleam came through the air,"—" medium penetrated in its 

 " coming, — the air" 



2. Across. 



A*' uXog <pigovrai, — " they advance acrofs the fea," — u they 

 " advance, — objecl or place pajfed in advancing, — the jea" 



EfATVsvffug. HESIOD. 



" Which blowing through Thrace, famed for rearing horfes,— 

 " on the wide fea," — " blowing, — place pa (fed or crojfed in blow- 

 11 ing, in order to reach the fea." 'Emgsvsro it 1 Aiyvxrqg sts AtCvqv, 

 " — he marched through Egypt to Libya," — " marched, — place 

 " croffed or paifed in marching to Libya, — Egypt-" 



The only difference between thefe two applications of hoi con* 

 fifts in this, — that, in the former, the internal part of the objecl: 



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