34* DISQUISITIONS on the 



and, if juftly analyzed, the fame will be found to hold when 

 it is joined with the genitive, though, with that cafe, Kara, is 

 commonly faid to exprefs oppq/ition. Thus, x«ra o-tcoirit ro%ivsiv, 

 (Herodian), " to moot at a mark," — " to fhoot, — lie of the 

 " mot, — or place where the fhot was made to lie, — the mark." 

 In thofe cafes where Kara falls to be tranflated as denoting oppo- 

 fition, the oppofition unqueftionably lies in the connected verb, 

 not in the prepofition. 



Kara ySjs TtTrstv. DlON* HALICAR. 



" To fall againft the ground," — u to fall, — lie or direction of the 

 " fall, — place where the falling lay, — the ground." But in mod 

 inftances where kktu occurs with the genitive, no direct oppofi- 

 tion is intimated. Thus, 



Kar' b<p@a,Xpav Kiyvro uy^hvg, HoMER. 



" A mift was fpread, (not againft, but) before his eyes," — " a 

 " mift was fpread, — place where its operation lay, — his eyes." 



From this primary fenfe of Kara,, two fecondary fenfes appear 

 to have branched. In the firft place, any thing laid down evi- 

 dently occupies a certain fpace, in the fame pofition or direction 

 with the object upon which it lies. Upon this idea, Kara, came 

 frequently to be ufed to exprefs the line along which any thing has 

 its pofition, courfe, or direction. Hence it may frequently be ren- 

 dered along. FJc-i «ar' %£ioc, " he goes along the mountain," — 

 " he goes, — direction of his going, — lie of his courfe, — the 

 " mountain." "Eg%ovrui Kara, rrjg ofix, or Ka.ru rqv odov, " they 



u come along the road," — " they come, — direction or lie of their 

 " coming, — the road." Kara, rS ra^tog xgiftourai, " to fufpend 

 " along the wall," — " to fufpend, — direction in which the ob- 

 li ject was fufpended, — the wall." By the obvious analogy be- 

 tween place and time, Kara, in this mode of application was 



fome times 



