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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
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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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ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
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DEPENDENT SUBSTANTIVE CLAUSES
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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 I: Letters, Sounds, Syllables, Accent
Part II: Inflection
Part IV: Syntax
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[*] 1431. Comparison (1402).—Adjectives of the comparative degree or implying comparison take the genitive. The genitive denotes the standard or point of departure from which the comparison is made, and often expresses a condensed comparison when actions are compared. Thus, ““ἤττων ἀμαθὴς σοφοῦ, δειλὸς ἀνδρείου” an ignorant man is inferior to a wise man, a coward to a brave man” P. Phae. 239a, ““κρεῖττόν ἐστι λόγου τὸ κάλλος τῆς γυναικός” the beauty of the woman is too great for description” X. M. 3.11.1, ““Ἐπύαξα προτέρα_ Κύ_ρου πέντε ἡμέραις ἀφί_κετο” Epyaxa arrived five days before Cyrus” X. A. 1.2.25, ““καταδεεστέρα_ν τὴν δόξαν τῆς ἐλπίδος ἔλαβεν” the reputation he acquired fell short of his expectation” I. 2.7. So with δεύτερος, ὑστεραῖος, περιττός. Comparatives with ἤ, 1069.
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