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II 8*.] SECONDARY SUFFIXES. Ill<br />

',<br />

-T7) vav-Trj-s, i7T77o-ra, r<strong>of</strong>o-ra (Voc.), dypo-rai,<br />

Kopvvi]-rr]-s, vTrr]vij-Tr]-s, TroAiTJ-r?;-? and TroAi-rry-s, 6bi-rrj-s.<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se are perhaps Primitive e. g. : al^rj-rri-s may<br />

an obsolete *al)yjida)<br />

to wield <strong>the</strong> spear<br />

: see 120.<br />

Some<br />

come from<br />

-T7]T<br />

',<br />

(friXo-TriT-a love, brj'io-TrJT-a battle.<br />

', (j>opiJLiy<br />

a lyre, a-vpiy^ a reed-pipe, o-aAmyf a trumpet,<br />

Aeuyy-es pebbles, o-rpo^aAtyl eddy, pa0ajuuyy-es drops.<br />

The I <strong>of</strong> -iB-rj, -ijxo, -tvo, -IKO was probably not part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> original Suffix, but<br />

was <strong>the</strong> final vowel <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Stem. We may ei<strong>the</strong>r suppose that (e. gr.) fj.6p-i-/j.os<br />

was formed directly from a Stem p.op-i (cp. poipa for pop-ia), or that it followed<br />

<strong>the</strong> analogy <strong>of</strong> aA/a-/uos,

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