This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 Excerpt: ...a quality generally, as eairepioc, vespertinus, 'of or belonging to evening', OaXdooioc 'marine', evioc 'belonging to the guest', amrhpioc 'saving, or contributing to safety'. If two adjectives are derived from one substantive, one in oc and the other in toe, the latter generally signifies a proneness, a tendency to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 Excerpt: ...a quality generally, as eairepioc, vespertinus, 'of or belonging to evening', OaXdooioc 'marine', evioc 'belonging to the guest', amrhpioc 'saving, or contributing to safety'. If two adjectives are derived from one substantive, one in oc and the other in toe, the latter generally signifies a proneness, a tendency to any thing which the first expresses generally as a quality, e. g. icaQapoc 'pure', KaQapiot 'loving purity'd. XV. Adjectives in-o'eje and weic signify a fulness, e. g. tijTioeic ' full of prudent counsels', Tccyioeic, aju7reXoeir ripaddeic, riepdeic, vtfpdeir, avOepdeic. The termination-weio is used when the penult is long, e. g. Krirueic, ' e XVI. Adjectives in-oArjc, confined to the older poets, express an inclination to the action denoted by the verb from which they are derived, as paivoXric, Jem. paivoXlc, o'i(pdXi)c, fem. o'tfpoX'ic in Hesychius, birvidXtic (also Ojtihwxjjc) in the same writer; or simply a custom, paiVoxiq, J)wc Horn. H. in Cer. 51. XVII. Adjectives in-wS;; HI, express sometimes, 1) a fulness, e. g. 7roia r)c, avOeixwSrii;, trerrpuBrtc, l-dvwSvc 2) a resemblance, (kijkwsijc Arist. Plut. 561. 'wasp-like', (pAoywoVjc 'like fire, shining like fire," avSjow&jc 'manly'a. In this sense these adjectives coincide with those in-oeiSr/c, and probably are formed from them, as affTepoeiBric, ovpavoc signifies also 'the starry heaven', and 0pop.(3oeiSrjc is distinguished from Opofifio&ric, only in formb. E-w8i)fl is different, from o a. XVIII. Adjectives in-wXoq signify a propensity, a tendency to any thing, e. g. aftapruXor, ifievSwXoG, pei$wuc, 'prone to sin', 'lying', 'penuriousness'. XIX. Adjectives in-woe, properly wioc, and-oioc signify origin, e. g. TrarpwoG0, jxriTpiooc, in Homer irarpw...
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Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. 8vo. Brown binding with engraved feather motif border on both boards. Backstrip missing, boards detached from leaves (but present). End pages also detached but present. Most leaved are foxed. Half title page has owner signiture in penned in cursive font, 1830. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN: