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fometimes transferred to exprefs during, as it were, along a parti- 

 cular period. 



Kara vuzrcc ■7ri7rKa,vr l fcoe,t. ANACR. 



" I wander during the night," — u I wander along the period of 

 " night." Sometimes, too, by an extenfion of this fignification 

 to modes of relation, kxto. came to be ufed to denote according to, 

 that is, in the fame direction with another. Kar' &x6vu rii x,rl~ 

 (ruvTog, [Coloff. iii. 10.), " according to the image of the maker, — 

 " formed, — direction of the form, — the image of the maker." 

 The Latin prepofition correfponding to this was fecundum, evi- 

 dently the gerund of fequor, and fignifying following. The analo- 

 gy in the formation of the prepofitions in the two languages was 

 pretty fimilar. 



Again, another fecondary fenfe which came to be affixed to 

 xktu, was down. This application of the word arofe, either, as 

 Dr Moor fuppofes, becaufe down being the natural direction 

 which bodies take when left to themfelves, the word which de- 

 noted direction (imply, was applied to fignify this natural ten- 

 dency ; or, what is fully as probable, becaufe an object lying or 

 laid down, occupies the loweft pofition of which it is fufceptible. 

 In whichever of the two ways it happened, it is certain, that a 

 very common ufe of kcctcc is to fignify down. "CLgu,7]<re «ar« rS 

 xgrifivS, " he rufhed down the deep," — " he rufhed down, — place 

 " where the movement lay, — the deep, — direction, — that which 

 " bodies take when left to themfelves," — " or that which puts 

 " them in the loweft place they can occupy. 



xcltu. li <r<pi aeXaivov, 



Aiffi knihei^ir 'Igci^. HESIOD. 



" The black blood flowed down them to the ground," — " the 



" blood flowed, — place where the movement lay, — them, — di- 



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