[*] 479. Singular subjects connected by disjunctives. When singular subjects are connected by disjunctives the singular is the rule, but the plural is sometimes found. Singular: “οὔθ᾽ ἡ Ἑλλὰς οὔθ̓ ἡ βάρβαρος τὴν πλεονεξίαν χωρεῖ τἀνθρώπου”, DEM.9.27; (No land) neither Greek nor non-Greek can hold the greed of this creature. DEM.1.6: “οὐδὲ γὰρ λόγος οὐδὲ σκῆψις ὑμῖν . . . ὑπολείπεται”. 9.27 (see above). PLATO, Phaedr. 245D: “ἀρχῆς γὰρ δὴ ἀπολομένης οὔτε αὐτή ποτε ἔκ του οὔτε ἄλλο ἐξ ἐκείνης γενήσεται”. Rpb. 342 B: “οὔτε γὰρ πονηρία οὔτε ἁμαρτία οὐδεμία οὐδεμιᾷ τέχνῃ πάρεστιν”. THUC.1.93.5: “ἐντὸς δὲ οὔτε χάλιξ οὔτε πηλὸς ἦν”. HDT.2.41: “οὔτε ἀνὴρ Αἰγύπτιος οὔτε γυνὴ ἄνδρα Ἕλληνα φιλήσειε ἂν τῷ στόματι” (438). AR. Ach. 308: “οἷσιν οὔτε βωμὸς οὔτε πίστις οὔθ᾽ ὅρκος μένει”. SOPH. O. R. 1020: “ἀλλ᾽ οὔ σ᾽ ἐγείνατ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἐκεῖνος οὔτ᾽ ἐγώ”. fr. 511.2: “οἷς οὔτε δαίμων οὔτε τις θεῶν . . . ποτ᾽ ἂν νείμειεν ἀξίαν χάριν”. AESCHYL. Pers. 14-5: “κοὔτε τις ἄγγελος οὔτε τις ἱππεὺς” | “ἄστυ τὸ Περσῶν ἀφικνεῖται”. SIMON. C. 4.4-5: “ἐντάφιον δὲ τοιοῦτον οὔτ᾽ εὐρὼς” | “οὔθ᾽ ὁ πανδαμάτωρ ἀμαυρώσει χρόνος”. HOM. Il. 8.7-8: “μήτε τις οὖν θήλεια θεὸς τό γε μήτε τις ἄρσην” | “πειράτω διακέρσαι ἐμὸν ἔπος”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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