Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, Part IV: Syntax, THE CASES, DATIVE, DATIVE PROPER

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DATIVE PROPER

[*] 1457. The dative proper denotes that to or for which something is or is done.

[*] 1458. It is either (1) used with single words (verbs, adjectives, and sometimes with adverbs and substantives) or (2) it serves to define an entire sentence; herein unlike the genitive and accusative, which usually modify single members <*> a sentence. The connection between dative and verb is less intimate than that between genitive or accusative and verb.

[*] 1459. The dative proper is largely personal, and denotes the person who is interested in or affected by the action; and includes 1461-1473 as well as 1474 ff. The dative proper is not often used with things; when so used there is usually personification or semi-personification.

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