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[*] 574. Attraction of articular participle or adjective. The articular participle or adjective is commonly attracted into the gender of its predicate. “οὔτε πλῆθός ἐστιν οὔτε ἰσχὺς ἡ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ τὰς ϝίκας ποιοῦσα”, XEN. An. 3.1.42; It is neither numbers nor strength that win victories in war. “νοῦς ἐστιν ὁ διακοσμῶν τε καὶ πάντων αἴτιος”, PLATO , Phaedo, 97 C; Mind is the regulative principle and the cause of all things. DEM. [7]DEM., 36: “ἀριθμὸς ἡμερῶν ἐστιν ὁ κρίνων. 24.165: ὁ δὲ τούτων αἴτιος Ἀνδροτίων εἴη”. LYS.1. 15: “ἐφύλαττεν ἕως ἐξηῦρεν ὅ τι εἴη τὸ αἴτιον” . PLATO, Cratyl. 400A: “καὶ τὴν τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων φύσιν οὐ πιστεύεις Ἀναξαγόρᾳ νοῦν καὶ ψυχὴν εἶναι τὴν διακοσμοῦσαν καὶ ἔχουσαν”; Phaedo 96 B: “ὁ δ᾽ ἐγκέφαλός ἐστιν ὁ τὰς αἰσθήσεις παρέχων”. 97 C (see above). XEN. An. 3.1.42 (see above). 7.7.36: “οὐ γὰρ ἀριθμός ἐστιν ὁ ὁρίζων τὸ πολὺ καὶ τὸ ὀλίγον”. Cyr. 8.7.13: “οὐ τόδε τὸ . . . σκῆπτρον τὸ τὴν βασιλείαν διασῷζόν ἐστιν”. Oec. 20.2: “οὐ γὰρ ἡ ἐπιστήμη οὐδ᾽ ἡ ἀνεπιστημοσύνη τῶν γεωργῶν ἐστιν ἡ ποιοῦσα τοὺς μὲν εὐπορεῖν, τοὺς δὲ” “ἀπόρους εἶναι”. [R. A.] 1.2: “ὁ δῆμός ἐστιν ὁ ἐλαύνων τὰς ναῦς καὶ ὁ τὴν δύναμιν περιτιθεὶς τῇ πόλει. 3.13: ὁ δῆμός ἐστιν ὁ ἄρχων τὰς ἀρχάς”. HDT.2.16: “οὐ γὰρ δὴ ὁ Νεῖλός γέ ἐστι . . . ὁ τὴν Ἀσίην οὐρίζων τῇ Λιβύῃ. 171: αἱ Δαναοῦ θυγατέρες ἦσαν αἱ τὴν τελετὴν ταύτην ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἐξα γα γοῦσαι”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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