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before us proves that the true translation is to 

 bury. 



mene, a declinable demonstrative particle. 



prinafutu, in the Greek spyaaavTo, they made, 

 or caused to be made, if the Lycian verbs had 

 a middle voice. This is the first instance in 

 which we are sure of having a verb in the 

 plural ; it is therefore very unfortunate that 

 there is a flaw, which makes its termination 

 uncertain. The same tense in the singular is 

 of frequent occurrence, written prinajatu. 



Pole?iida, in the genitive Polenldau, in the 

 Greek AiroWtoviSrig. There are several pecu- 

 liarities of Lycian orthography shown in the 

 changes which this name undergoes in its trans- 

 lation from the Greek. Both the initial vowel 

 and the terminal consonant are dropped in the 

 Lycian, in which language a great majority of 

 the names begin with a consonant, and all with- 

 out exception end in a vowel. There is also a 

 remarkable change of the w into e in the middle 

 of the word. Strabo gives an instance of an 

 analogous change in the Asiatic name of Nwjoa, 

 which he says is now called N*?|Ooa<x<roc. In addi- 

 tion to this, one / is omitted, and the name is so 

 changed, that if we had not the Greek form in 



