332 DISQUISITIONS on the 



may, I think, be found. There is in common ufe a dcfcclive 

 verb {/put, fignifying to Jit. From the analogy of the language, it 

 is clear that this muft have been the perfect paffive of an obfo- 

 lete verb \a % fignifying to Jet, of which the perfect paffive would 

 confequently fignify, " I have been fet," or " I am fet," or what 

 is equivalent, " I fit." Now, in the regular declenfion of this 

 verb e&>, <kg would occur as the participle of one of the aorifls 

 paffive, naturally and literally therefore fignifying fet down, or 

 what is equivalent to this, any thing in the act of fitting, refting, 

 or fome fimilar attitude. Here, as in the other prepofitions, 

 fome common word being underflood, &g might come directly 

 and literally to exprefs fitting place, refling place, flopping place. 



With this fenfe, all the ufes of &g exactly coincide. 



'H tig rug ■TrugoiXXyi'hxg \v6iiag ivQtloc ipfifrriuroi, (Euclid), " the 

 " flraight line falling on parallel ftraight lines," — " the ftraight 

 " line falling, — refting place, — parallel ftraight lines." 'Exsrf«<p?j 

 I} xuva/v \g tuv olxtov, (Archim.), " let the ruler be turned towards 

 " the fun," — " let the ruler be turned, — refting or flopping 

 " point of its turning, — the line of the fun. 



- " favtiov \ig Tgoir t i>. HOMER. 



" I came to Troy," — " I came, — flopping place, — Troy." 



'Eig Tovg"EXXrivag Xi vc ^ ov £zl 'V" r2 ' " ne caufed money be fent to 

 H the Greeks," — " he caufed money be fent, — flopping place, — 

 " place where the fending refted, — the Greeks. 'EGuXKs xldov ti$ 

 7iiyog, " he threw a ftone at or againfl the wall," — " he threw a 

 " flone, — flopping place, — the w T all." 'Eig rqv ezxXfi<rictv zaOzfypxi, 

 " I fet myfelf down in the afTembly," — u I fet myfelf down, — 

 " fitting place, — the afTembly." Kvgog vugr,v hg to uvto ^vgiov, 

 (Xenoph.), " Cyrus was prefent at, or in the fame place," — 

 " Cyrus was prefent, — refling place, — the fame place." 



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