[*] 1322. The genitive of an explicit word may explain the meaning of a more general word. Ἰ_λίου πόλις E 642, as urbs Romae, ““ἄελλαι παντοίων ἀνέμων” blasts formed of winds of every sort” ε 292. This construction is chiefly poetic, but in prose we find ὑὸς μέγα χρῆμα a monster (great affair, 1294) of a boar Hdt. 1.36, ““τὸ ὄρος τῆς Ἰστώνης” Mt. Istone” T. 4.46 (very rare, 1142 c). An articular infinitive in the genitive often defines the application of a substantive: ““ἀμαθία_ ἡ τοῦ οἴεσθαι εἰδέναι α:` οὐκ οἶδεν” the ignorance of thinking one knows what one does not know” P. A. 29b. a. But with ὄνομα the person or thing named is usually in apposition to ὄνομα: ““τῷ δὲ νεωτάτῳ ἐθέμην ὄνομα Καλλίστρατον” I gave the youngest the name Callistratus” D. 43.74.
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DEFINITIONS
SYNTAX OF THE SIMPLE SENTENCE
KINDS OF SIMPLE SENTENCES
EXPANSION OF THE SIMPLE SENTENCE
AGREEMENT: THE CONCORDS
THE SUBJECT
OMISSION OF THE SUBJECT
CASE OF THE SUBJECT: THE NOMINATIVE
THE PREDICATE
CONCORD OF SUBJECT AND PREDICATE
PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF NUMBER
PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF GENDER
PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF PERSON
ADJECTIVES
ADVERBS
THE ARTICLE
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ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT
PRONOUNS
THE CASES
PREPOSITIONS
THE VERB: VOICES
VERBAL NOUNS
THE PARTICIPLE
VERBAL ADJECTIVES IN
-τέος
SUMMARY OF THE FORMS OF SIMPLE SENTENCES
COMPOUND AND COMPLEX SENTENCES: COÖRDINATION AND SUBORDINATION
SYNTAX OF THE COMPOUND SENTENCE
SYNTAX OF THE COMPLEX SENTENCE
CLASSES OF SUBORDINATE CLAUSES
ADVERBIAL COMPLEX SENTENCES
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2193
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2487
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ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
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RELATIVE CLAUSES:
2488-
2573
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DEPENDENT SUBSTANTIVE CLAUSES
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2574
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2635
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INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES (QUESTIONS)
INDIRECT (DEPENDENT) QUESTIONS
EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
PARTICLES
SOME GRAMMATICAL AND RHETORICAL FIGURES
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Part II: Inflection
Part IV: Syntax
ADVERBIAL COMPLEX SENTENCES
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2193
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2487
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ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
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RELATIVE CLAUSES:
2488-
2573
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[*] 1322. The genitive of an explicit word may explain the meaning of a more general word. Ἰ_λίου πόλις E 642, as urbs Romae, ““ἄελλαι παντοίων ἀνέμων” blasts formed of winds of every sort” ε 292. This construction is chiefly poetic, but in prose we find ὑὸς μέγα χρῆμα a monster (great affair, 1294) of a boar Hdt. 1.36, ““τὸ ὄρος τῆς Ἰστώνης” Mt. Istone” T. 4.46 (very rare, 1142 c). An articular infinitive in the genitive often defines the application of a substantive: ““ἀμαθία_ ἡ τοῦ οἴεσθαι εἰδέναι α:` οὐκ οἶδεν” the ignorance of thinking one knows what one does not know” P. A. 29b. a. But with ὄνομα the person or thing named is usually in apposition to ὄνομα: ““τῷ δὲ νεωτάτῳ ἐθέμην ὄνομα Καλλίστρατον” I gave the youngest the name Callistratus” D. 43.74.
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