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1615. Especially in Plato and Herodotus, after verbs signifying to name, to call, the predicate noun may be connected with the external object by (a redundant) εἶναι (911); ““σοφιστὴν ὀνομάζουσι τὸν ἄνδρα εἶναιthey call the man a sophistP. Pr. 311e, ““ἐπωνυμία_ν ἔχει σμι_κρός τε καὶ μέγας εἶναιhe is called both short and tallP. Ph. 102c. This is due to the analogy of verbs signifying to think or say (1041).

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