[*] 503. Agreement of common adjective attribute. The common adjective attribute of two or more substantives agrees with the nearest. Exceptions are explicable. “σῖτος πολὺς καὶ πρόβατα”, XEN. An. 2.4.27; Much bread-stuff and small cattle (sheep). “πολλαὶ κριθαὶ καὶ πυροί”, Ibid. 7.1.13; Much barley and wheat. DEM.18.271: “δεινὰ πεπόνθασι ... καὶ πόλεις ὅλαι καὶ ἔθνη”. 1.19: “μηδεμίαν μήτε χάριν μήτ᾽ ἄνδρα. 25.68: τῶν ὑπαρχόντων νόμων καὶ πολιτείας” (481). LYS.[6]. 47: “ἀναμνήσθητε δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐξὅσων κακῶν καὶ πολέμου ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς περιεποιήσατε” . 13.95: “μηδαμῶς ... μήτε τέχνῃ μήτε μηχανῇ μηδεμιᾷ” . PLATO, Legg. 838A: “ὅταν ἀδελφὸς ἢ ἀδελφή” (= “ἀδελφοί”) “τῳ γένωνται καλοί” (480). Rpb. 459 C: “συχνῷ τῷ ψεύδει καὶ τῇ ἀπάτῃ”. XEN. An. 1.5.6: “ὁ δὲ σίγλος δύναται ἑπτὰ ὀ βολοὺς καὶ ἡμιωβόλιον Ἀττικούς” (concord due to “ἑπτά”). 2.4.27 (see above). 7.1.13 (see above). THUC.1.102.4: “καὶ πρὸς Θεσσαλοὺς ἅμα ἀμφοτέροις οἱ αὐτοὶ ὅρκοι καὶ ξυμμαχία κατέστη.” 2.49.8: “ἐς ἄκρας χεῖρας καὶ πόδας.” 6.49.4: “οὔτε πλοῦν πολὺν οὔτε ὁδόν” . HDT.3.82: “τριῶν γὰρ προκειμένων καὶ πάντων τῷ λόγῳ ἀρίστων ἐόντων, δήμου τε ἀρίστου καὶ ὀλιγαρχίης καὶ μουνάρχου”. AR. Lys. 1134: “Ἕλληνας ἄνδρας καὶ πόλεις ἀπόλλυτε” . Ran. 470-2: “τοία Στυγός σε μελανοκάρδιος πέτρα” | “Ἀχερόντιός τε σκόπελος αἱματοσταγὴς” | “φρουροῦσι, Κωκυτοῦ τε περίδρομοι κύνες, κτἑ”. AESCHYL. Eum. 437-8: “λέξας δὲ χώραν καὶ γένος καὶ ξυμφορὰς” | “τὰς σάς”. Pers.227: “παιδὶ καὶ δόμοις ἐμοῖσι τήνδ᾽ ἐκύρωσας φάτιν”. THEOGN. 87: “μή μ᾽ ἔπεσιν μὲν στέργε, νόον δ᾽ ἔχε καὶ φρένας ἄλλας. 860: πολλοὺς ἀσπασμοὺς καὶ φιλότητας ἔχω”. HOM. Od. 2.123: “βίοτόν τε τεὸν καὶ κτήματ᾽ ἔδονται. 19.406: γαμβρὸς ἐμὸς θυγάτηρ τε” (12). Il. 2.136: “ἡμέτεραί τ᾽ ἄλοχοι καὶ νήπια τέκνα”. 6.211: “ταύτης τοι γενεῆς τε καὶ αἵματος εὔχομαι εἶναι” . 9.466: “πολλὰ δὲ ἴφια μῆλα καὶ εἰλίποδας ἕλικας βοῦς”. But 11.244-5: “πρῶθ᾽ ἑκατὸν βοῦς δῶκεν, ἔπειτα δὲ χίλι᾽ ὑπέστη”, | “αἶγας ὁμοῦ καὶ ὄις, τά οἱ ἄσπετα ποιμαίνοντο, χίλι”（“α”) agrees with “μῆλα” understood, which becomes more evident by comparing Od. 9.183-4: “ἔνθα δὲ πολλὰ” | “μῆλ̓, ὄιές τε καὶ αἶγες, ἰαύεσκον. 13.287: οὐδέ κεν ἔνθα τεόν γε μένος καὶ χεῖρας ὄνοιτο” (78). 14.73: “ἡμέτερον δὲ μένος καὶ χεῖρας ἔδησεν”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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