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[*] 615. Difference between attributive adverb and adjective. The difference between the attributive adverb and the attributive adjective is the difference between the participial element that the adverb requires, and the adjective. “ἡ πρότερον ὀλιγαρχία” = “ἡ πρότερον οὖσα ὀλιγαρχία”, the oligarchy which formerly existed. “ἡ προτέρα ὀλιγαρχία”, cf. LYS.12.65, the former of the two oligarchies. “ἡ πρότερον γυνή”, the one who was formerly wife (now dead, divorced, or what not). “ἡ προτέρα γυνή”, first wife, former wife of two. DIN.1.69: “τοὺς πρότερον πολέμους” (now at peace) “καλῶς διῴκησας ... κατὰ τὴν προτέραν εἰσφοράν” (another pending). DEM.2.7: “τοὺς μὲν πρότερον συμμάχους”. 18.108: “κατὰ τοὺς προτέρους νόμους”. 19.84: “ἡ πρότερον βοήθει”（“α”). 163: “τὴν προτέραν ... πρεσβείαν”. 333: “ἐπὶ τῆς ὑστέρας πρεσβείας”. 24.122: “κατὰ τοὺς νόμους τοὺς προτέρους”. LYS.12.65: “τῆς προτέρας ὀλιγαρχίας αἰτιώτατος ἐγένετο”. 25.9: “τὴν προτέραν ὀλιγαρχίαν”. 19: “ἐν τῇ προτέρᾳ δημοκρατίᾳ”. ANTIPHON, 5.37: “οἱ ὕστεροι λόγοι ... τῶν ὑστέρων λόγων ... τοὺς δὲ προτέρους λόγους”. 42: “τοῖς μὲν πρώτοις καὶ τοῖς ὕστερον λόγοις”. PLATO, Charm. 165A: “τὰ ὕστερον γράμματα”. Menex. 240 E: “τὰς ὑστέρας μάχας”. Rpb. 547 D: “τὴν προτέραν πολιτείαν”. 620 A: “κατὰ συνήθειαν γὰρ τοῦ προτέρου βίου τὰ πολλὰ αἱρεῖσθαι”. XEN. An. 7.8.22: “καὶ οὕτω τὰ πρότερα ἱερὰ ἀπέβη”. Hell. 1.2.8: “ἀπὸ τῶν προτέρων εἴκοσι νεῶν καὶ ἀπὸ ἑτέρων πέντε”. THUC.1.32.5: “τῇ πρότερον ἀπραγμοσύνῃ ἐναντία τολμῶμεν”. 3.41: “ἐν τῇ προτέρᾳ ἐκκλησίᾳ”. 6.6.2: “τοῦ προτέρου πολέμου”. 7.43.3: “ἡ προτέρα στρατιά”, the first of the two armies. HDT.1.84: “ὁ πρότερον βασιλεύς”. 6.87: “τῶν πρότερον ἀδικημάτων”. 7.2: “ἐκ τῆς προτέρης γυναικός”. AR. Eq. 43: “τῇ προτέρᾳ νουμηνίᾳ”. 535: “διὰ τὰς προτέρας νίκας”. 1355: “ταῖς πρότερον ἁμαρτίαις”. Vesp. 558: “διὰ τὴν προτέραν ἀπόφυξιν”. Ran. 691: “τὰς πρότερον ἁμαρτίας”. Eccl. 609: “τοῖσι νόμοις διεχρώμεθα τοῖς προτέροισιν”. 985: “ἐπὶ τῆς προτέρας ἀρχῆς”. HOM. Il. 13.794: “ἠοῖ τῇ προτέρῃ” (612).
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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