35 o DISQUISITIONS on the 



B5? <f aazojy vugci §7vct. <7ro\u(p\oi<r£oio SuKclaDig. Hom. II. 



" He went in filence befide the ftiore of the far refounding 

 " ocean," — " he went, — fide of his courfe, the far refounding 

 " ocean." 



From this radical meaning of vugu, the tranfition was jQiort 

 and eafy to apply it to exprefs a particular fide or party, when 

 any oppofition was fpoken of. I'zvui iraga. rZ TWa<£>£pa, (Xe- 

 noph.), -* to go over to Tissaphernes," — " to go, — fide to 

 "which he goes,— that of Tissaphernes." 'Er/ $ vug ipoi 

 rig IfMTttgid, (Demost.), there is alfo fome experience on my 

 " fide," — " there is fome experience alfo, — fide me." 



Another transition, perhaps equally eafy, was to apply <za§» 

 in exprefTing fome particular view taken of an object. Here, as 

 before, the idea is derived from fide ; the fubject being fuppofed 

 to have feveral fides on which it may be viewed, and the one 

 fpoken of the particular one immediately in view ; as, 



Qzog idoxxv vcc^a. to fteyiOog tuv itiirga.yptvw. LuciAN. 



" I feemed a god for the greatnefs of my actions," — " I feemed 

 " a god, — fide on which I was viewed, — the greatnefs of my ac- 

 " tions." 



It was natural, too, to apply o-a^a, when contraji or compari- 

 fori in any manner was to be denoted ; the two objects contrafl- 

 ed being confidered as placed fide by fide, for the purpofe of 

 more accurate obfervation. Hagu, roc sv(pgci o olvog yXvxuregog, (A- 

 ristot.), " wine is fweeter contrafted with bitter things," — 

 " wine is fweeter, bitter things being fet by its fide." 



"E^e; Tiv" 1 oyKov Agyog KXXrjvuv irugol. ElIRIP. Photl. 



11 Argos has fome ground of boafting befide the Grecians," — 

 a object fet by its fide, — the other Grecians." 'Qga7og xuXku 



