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DISQUISITIONS on the 



branch from the fame root with the French Ster or ofter, to take 

 away or remove. 



Under this radical and original fenfe of &x, all its different 

 fignifications may be properly arranged. 



i. Place. 



Ex HvXa t\0av.' 



Homer. 



" Coming from Pylos," — " coming, — place quitted, — Pylos." 

 JloXvv Ix irorctpv ^vtrov cc.<pvo-<rtx.[Atvog., *' drawing much gold from or 

 " out of the river," — " drawing much gold, — place quitted, — 

 " the river." Aacig sf Hgeog Ty^0ug y " a ftone cut out of the 

 " mountain," — " cut out, — place quitted, — the mountain." 



2. Time.. Ex rqg vvureiotg riOvrixe, i( he died after the conful- 

 " fhip," — " time left, — period quitted, — the confulihip." 'Ex 

 rx h7nvov dv&%ug'/}<rsv, " he went away after fupper," — " he went 

 " away, — time quitted, — the time of fupper." 



3. State. E| ugjmis. KoXtpeiv, (Thucyd.), " out of peace to go 

 " to war," — to go to war, — ftate quitted, — peace." 



Under this idea, Ix is often applied to the materials from 

 which a thing is made, becaufe the object formed is, by an ob- 

 vious analogy, confidered as having quitted the mafs of unform- 

 ed matter to affume its new ftate. Uotti^ov ix %gv<ni, " a cup of 

 " gold," — " a cup made, — ftate quitted, — the mafs of unformed 

 " gold." 'Ex rgwv ivQiiw rgiyauo*. ffV5r t (TU<r§ui y (EUCLID). " from 

 " three ftraight lines to conftruct a triangle," — " to conftruct a 

 "triangle, — ftate or form quitted, — three unconnected ftraight 

 " lines." h-'i&uv e| Z» roc ayaX^oiru noiSei, (ThEOPH.), " ftones, of 

 -" which ftatues are made," — " ftatues are made, — ftate quitted, 

 " — mafs of unformed ftone*" 



'Ex and avo are frequently ufed ihdifcriminately. From the 

 radical fenfe of the two, fuch an idiom is perfectly admimble ; 

 for as ix ftgnifies the- place quiz:.; d, and owro -the remote point y or 



point r 



