Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, Part IV: Syntax, THE CASES, ACCUSATIVE, TWO VERBS WITH A COMMON OBJECT

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[*] 1634. The case of an object common to two verbs is generally that demanded by the nearer: ““οὐ δεῖ τοῖς παιδοτρίβαις ἐγκαλεῖν οὐδ᾽ ἐκβάλλειν ἐκ τῶν πόλεων” we must not accuse the trainer or banish him from the cities” P. G. 460d.

a. The farther verb may contain the main idea: ““ἐπιτι_μᾷ καὶ ἀποδοκιμάζει τισί” he censures some and rejects them at the scrutiny” L. 6.33.

[*] 1635. The construction is usually ruled by the participle, not by the finite verb, when they have a common object but different constructions, and especially when the object stands nearer the participle: ““τούτῳ δοὺς ἡγεμόνας πορεύεσθαι ἐκέλευσεν ἡσύχως” having given him guides he ordered him to proceed quietly” X. C. 5.3.53; and when the common object stands between, as ““προσπεσόντες τοῖς πρώτοις τρέπουσι” falling upon the foremost they put them to flight” T. 7.53.

a. Sometimes the finite verb regulates the construction, as ““καλέσα_ς παρεκελεύετο τοῖς Ἕλλησι” he summoned the Greeks and exhorted them” X. A. 1.8.11.

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Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges