[*] 469. Number. The common verbal or adjective predicate of two or more subjects is put in the plural. The substantive predicate follows the rules given 93 and 96. “Βρασίδας καὶ τὸ στράτευμα ἐχώρουν ἐγγυτέρω τῆς θαλάσσης”, THUC.4.73.1; Brasidas and his army moved nearer to the sea. “ὀλίγου καταγέλαστοι ἐγενόμεθα . . . ἐγώ τε καὶ σύ, ὦ παῖ Ἀξιόχου”, PLATO, Euthyd. 279D. “χρυσὸς δὲ καὶ ἄργυρος . . . ἐστὶν ἐπίφθονον κτῆμα”, Legg. 955 E. LYS. 3.12: “Σίμων δὲ οὑτοσὶ καὶ Θεόφιλος καὶ Πρώταρχος καὶ Αὐτοκλῆς εἷλκον τὸ μειράκιον” . 12.6: “Θέογνις γὰρ καὶ Πείσων ἔλεγον ἐν τοῖς τριάκοντα περὶ τῶν μετοίκων” . PLATO, Euthyd. 276A: “ὁ κιθαριστὴς καὶ ὁ γραμματιστὴς διδάσκαλοι δήπου ἦσαν σοῦ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων παίδων”. 279 D (see above). THUC.3.69.2: “καὶ παρεσκευάζοντο ὅ τε Βρασίδας καὶ ὁ Ἀλκίδας πρὸς ταῦτα.” 4.46.1: “Εὐρυμέδων καὶ Σοφοκλῆς . . . ἀφικόμενοι ἐς Κέρκυραν ἐστράτευσαν . . . ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐν τῷ ὄρει . . . καθιδρυμένους” . 73.1 (see above). AR. Vesp. 592-3: “εἶτ᾽ Εὔαθλος χὠ μέγας οὗτος κολακώνυμος ἀσπιδαποβλὴς” | “οὐχὶ προδώσειν ὑμᾶς φασιν”. AESCHYL. Ag. 650-2: “ξυνώμοσαν γάρ, ὄντες ἔχθιστοι τὸ πρίν”, | “πῦρ καὶ θάλασσα, καὶ τὰ πίστ᾽ ἐδειξάτην” | “φθείροντε τὸν δύστηνον Ἀργείων στρατόν”. PIND. N. 3.50: “τὸν ἐθάμβεον Ἄρτεμίς τε καὶ θρασεῖ᾽ Ἀθάνα. 7.19-20: ἀφνεὸς πενιχρός τε θανάτου πέρας” | “ἅμα ν έονται”. SAPPHO, 31: “Λάτω καὶ Νιόβα μάλα μὲν φίλαι ἦσαν ἔταιραι”. HOM. Od. 11.23-4: “ἔνθ᾽ ἱερήια μὲν Περιμήδης Εὐρύλοχός τε” | “ἔς χον. 12.195-6: αὐτίκα δ᾽ ἀνστάντες Περιμήδης Εὐρύλοχός τε” | “πλείοσί μ᾽ ἐν δεσμοῖσι δέον μᾶλλόν τε πίεζον”. Il. 10.536-7: “αἲ γὰρ δὴ Ὀδυσεύς τε καὶ ὁ κρατερὸς Διομήδης” | “ὧδ᾽ ἄφαρ ἐκ Τρώων ἐλασαίατο μώνυχας ἵππους”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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