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DISQUISITIONS on the 



the fecond is under the firft. In the prepofition us«j», the Greeks 

 nfed the one mode of expreflion ; in the prepofition vtto the 

 other. In the Englifh prepofitions by which thefe are rendered, 

 a fimilar analogy in both cafes takes place. 



As the adjective vrog, therefore, originally and literally figni- 

 fied high, the prepofition vro has radically the fame meaning, 

 and to this primary idea its various ufes have a direct reference. 



i. Literally and moft ufually, it denotes under or below in 

 point of place, from the analogy already explained. Ka) rov 'wxi.% 

 ytjg $ vno yqv -fcgvcrov, " the gold both above and under the 

 " ground," — f * the gold, — higher in refpect of the ground, and 

 " the gold in regard to which the ground is higher." 



"A^a KurtzeiVTO, o f/Av clvu, o 5' vt j abrov. LucIAN. 



" They fat down together, the one above, the other below him, 

 " (Zeno)," — " they fat down together, in fuch a pofition, that 

 " the one was above Zeno, — and Zeno was high — in regard to 

 " the other." 



"AXXo [a\v i^Sffccaffiv bit lxlo$. ApOLLON. 



" He faved one fandal from under the mud," " he faved one 

 " fandal, — place quitted, — the fituation in which the mud was 

 " high in regard to it." 



"JLvdov tfufive tt/^s vtto yetXitriv. 



Hesiod. 



" It remained within, under the edges of the veffel," — •" it re- 

 " mained within, in fuch a fituation that the edges of the veffel 

 " were high, or in a high pofition in regard to it." 



By an eafy extenfion of this meaning, bno came to denote that 

 one object was in any way covered or hid by another. Ka; ^ 

 zaraxgvvrst vvo rw Srvgav, (Herodot.), u he conceals him behind 

 " the door/* — " he conceals him in fuch a pofition that the door 



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