GREEK PREPOSITIONS. 34^ 



does not itfelf occur, yet in fome of its immediate derivatives, 

 traces of the fame fignification remain. Thus, in Greek, we 

 have wugHu, a cheek, and in Latin we find the adjective par, 

 u equal," both evidently defcendants from this root; the former 

 denoting the fide parts of the head, the latter an object corre- 

 fponding fide for fide with another. As, therefore, the Englifh. 

 prepofition befide, is nothing but a contracted form of beingf.de, 

 that is, being the fide of an object: ; fo the Greek prepofition vu.- 

 £«, befide, may juftly be fet down as a noun fignifying fide or 

 flank j and from the different afpects under which an object may 

 be viewed, as occupying the fide of another, the different appli- 

 cations of Trctga, take their rife. 



In the mathematical writers this is plain. ITa^a rrjv dodeio-av 

 sv^Sccv 7ra.ga,'hX-/iXo'ygttfA{Aov TtugaQot.'heiv, (EUCLID), " to conftruct a 

 " parallelogram upon (as commonly rendered) a given ftraight 

 " line," — " to conftruct a parallellogram, — fide of it, — a given 

 " ftraight line." And in compofition, Tctgccz-XfigajfAara, toc^ccXX/iXo- 

 y^a^a, u the complements of a parallelogram," as commonly ren- 

 dered, mean exactly the fide fillers. 



In writers of a different clafs the fame meaning appears. Ks- 

 Xoiog vagal kiXoiov ifylyei, (Aristot.), " daw fits befide daw," — - 

 " daw fits, — fide, — daw." 



vaga xgorctipav r\ vugsiolg. HoMER. 



" The cheeks befide the temples," — " the cheeks, — fide, — the 

 " temples." 



wyogqv h vuga vqviri TiTvzro> Hom. Od. 



" The market-place which was formed befide the fhips," — 

 " which was formed, — fide or flank of the market-place, — ob- 

 " ject by which the market-place was flanked, — the fhips." 



