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96 DECLENSION. [lIO.<br />

The ending -cos has long been considered to be <strong>the</strong> Greek form <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

original Ablatival -6t (Lat. -od) <strong>of</strong> o- stems In Greek, however, a final -d<br />

would disappear (as in aAAo, Lat. aliu-d, &c.) and consequently <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>ory<br />

applies only to <strong>the</strong> forms without -s, viz. cD8e and ovrca. The difficulty was<br />

met by Curtius (Curt. Stud. x. 219) with <strong>the</strong> suggestion that -T would pass into<br />

-s before a dental or cr : e. g. ovrcas

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