336 DISQUISITIONS on the 



*' the fame parallels." TiaociXX^Xoy^a^oV cos-f-rcu&c&i iv rtj <$c£«V>; 

 yaviu,, (Euclid), " to conftruct a parallelogram, — container, — a 

 *' given angle," — u a parallelogram formed with a given angle." 

 'Eji rZ oi-aco txu&ifrro, (John xi. 20.), " fhe fat in the houfe," — 

 " container, — the houfe." 'EXu^ts-v h role, riyifcocrtv Is^et, (Mat. 

 ii. 6.), " leaft among the chiefs of Judah," — " leaft of thofe, — 

 " container or comprehender, — the chiefs of Judah, — of thofe 

 *' whom the title Chiefs of Judah comprehends." KccreGutvt-v it 

 rn zoXvQyiOgci, (John v. 4.), " he defcended into the pool," — " he 

 " defcended, — container of him after his defcent, — the pool." 

 'EX0av iv 'EXXah, " to come into Greece," — *f to come, — contain- 

 H er after the coming, — Greece." In thefe two laft examples, 

 and others of a fimilar nature, the intermediate ftep is, as it 

 were, overlooked, being underftood as neceffarily implied in the 

 completion of the action. In the Englifh prepofition into,, the 

 expremon is more full, though the order of the two prepofitions 

 of which that word is compounded, is, as it were, inverted, — to 

 implying the termination of the motion by which a place is 

 reached, and in the pofition of the object, after having been fix- 

 ed at its place of deftination. 



Ev is alfo applied to time; and in this application the fame re- 

 solution of it may be made. Ev wm ripigaig u-7rodvri<rxov<rtv, (Hip- 

 pocr.), " they will die within feven days," — " they will die, — 

 " period comprehending the time of their dying, — feven days." 

 Ev ffirovloCis ivoi'/io-e, • ■ he did it during the truce," — " he did it, — 

 " container of the time of doing it, — the truce." 



Ej> is likewife ufed in exprefling modes of action. Ev nixi-ait; 

 xa) aaovTioig ^dc^cvtcci, (Xenoph.), " they fight" (as ufually ren- 

 dered) " with fhields and darts,"—" they fight in the way of 

 " fhields and darts," — " they fight, — container of their mode of 

 " fighting, — the ufe of fhields and darts." ' Airoxraycti iv popQula, 

 jg iv X^u, (Apoc. vi. 8,)> " to kill in the way of fword and fa- 



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