A grammar of the Homeric dialect - Wilbourhall.org

102 NOUN FORMATION. [114.
-iodr, -too-, -ur : the Comparative Suffix, as TrXeco (7rXe-too--a)
TrXeio-Tos (7rXe-ia--ros)
: see 114*, J.
-Fo : Kivo$ (Ktv-Fos) empty, ovXos (oX-fos) whole, Xai-os Icterus,
6p96s ard-uus.
-F*v, -Fov, -Fuv, -Fv :
iriaivfat, alvv age, life (Loc. attv, see 99),
a-TTip(t>v (d-Trep-Ftov, cp. TTtipaivo) for Trep-f^-tco) -Ftv appears in
:
the Inf. in -tv-ai, as dbtvai for Fib-Fev-cu, ( 84).
-fwo-, -for, Fern, -met; in the Pf. Part., and in the Nouns
6py-via fathom, apir-via storm-wind, ay-tna street.
-Fap ',
as map (for Ttl-Fap) fatness, oveiap (6vr]-Fap ?) help, et8ap
(eb-Fap) food, etA.ap shelter, &c. ; -fep in Tueipa, Fern, of Tiiavfat.
The ancient grammarians noticed that the Stem before -a/> is
long (Herodian ii. 769 ed. Lentz).
-JUiO ',
with the O-form, as TTOT-JUO-S (irer-) fall, Kop-jmo
torc/, oX-juo-j (^eX-)
rolling stone, pcox-j^os (/5r?y-) ^?^%.
-jxi ;
in (j)TJ-iJiL-s report, bvva-fja-s power.
-\tiv in priy-fuv beach on which the waves break, Dat. v
also Nom. vo-^ivr].
fght :
-jj.6^, -fA.o^ -jjiwi' ; TTvO-fjLrjV (Gen. -/iez/-os) base, avr-priv breath,
\L[jLrjv haven, TTOL^V shepherd, 8et-/xo)z; (-JJLOV-OS) fearing, fjivrj-jJiav
mindful, r\-^v shooter, rep-paw end, Orj-p&v-a (Ace.) a heap.
Also the Infinitives in -jxey-ai (Dat.) and -jxek (Loc.)
: see 84.
-fjiar as
; 8et-jua, Gen. -/xar-o?, /mr, orojua ^^^ &c.
Of these Suffixes -^v and -JJLCIT go with the strong form of
the Stem, -y.w with the weak form.
With -o, -YJ
are formed -fxei/o (in Participles), and -jj^o, -\LVT\,
as
(3t\-iJivo-v a dart, Xi-^vn] a marsh ;
-jxyd (-pv-ia), in ptpi-^va care.
fiwp ;
as TK-fj.ap and roc-juuop device ; -p*po, in t-j
-Z^O, -o^o ;
as 8et-ro-s fearful, TIT^-VOS flyina, T^-VTJ art, TTOI-VTI
atonement ; o\-avo-?v handle, bpeiravr] sic&le, Tpvir-avov auger, o-re'