[*] 13. Nominative in apposition with the vocative. The nominative with the article is sometimes in apposition with an expressed or unexpressed vocative which is identical with the subject of the verb. Similarly the pronoun “οὗτος” is often used in calling to a person. “ὁ παῖς, ἀκολούθει δεῦρο,” AR. Ran.521 ; You boy, follow this way! “οὗτος, τί ποιεῖς;” Ibid. Nub. 723 : You there, what are you doing? PLATO, Conv. 172A: “Ὦ Φαληρεύς, ἔφη, οὗτος Ἀπολλόδωρος, οὐ περιμενεῖς; κἀγὼ ἐπιστὰς περιέμεινα: καὶ ὅς, Ἀπολλόδωρε, ἔφη κτἑ” . (note difference between nom. and voc.). Ibid. 218 B: “οἱ δὲ οἰκέται καὶ εἴ τις ἄλλος ἐστὶ βέβηλος ..., πύλας ... τοῖς ὠσὶν ἐπίθεσθε” . Protag. 337 C: “ὦ ἄνδρες, ἔφη, οἱ παρόντες” . XEN. An.1.5.16: “Πρόξενε καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι οἱ παρόντες Ἕλληνες, οὐκ ἴστε ὅ τι ποιεῖτε” , Proxenus and the rest of you Greeks that are present, you do not know what you are doing. Cyr. 4.5.17: “ἴθι μὲν οὖν σὐ, ἔφη, ὁ πρεσβύτατος, καὶ ἰὼν ταῦτα λέγε” . Ibid. 4.5.22: “σὺ δ᾽, ἔφη, ὁ τῶν Γ̔ρκανίων ἄρχων, ὑπόμεινον” . Ibid. 5.3.43: “ἐπιμέλεσθε . . . οἵ τε ἄρχοντες καὶ πάντες δὲ οἱ σωφρονοῦντες” . Ibid. 6.3.33: “σὺ δὲ ὁ ἄρχων . . . ἐκτάττου” . Ibid. 8.7.28: “καὶ πάντες δὲ οἱ παρόντες καὶ οἱ ἀπόντες φἰλοι χαίρετε” . Mem. 3.14.4: “παρατηρεῖτ᾽, ἔφη, τοῦτον, οἱ πλησίον” . AR. Ach. 242: “πρόϊθ᾽ ἐς τὸ πρόσθεν ὀλίγον, ἡ κανηφόρος” . Nub. 723 (see above). Vesp. 1: “οὗτος, τἰ πάσχεις;” Ibid. 1364: “ὦ οὗτος, οὗτος” . Av. 665 sq.: “ἡ Πρὀκνη ἔκβαινε” . Lys. 437: “ἔδεισας, οὗτος;” Ran. 521 (see above). EUR. Alc. 773: “οὗτος, τί σεμνὸν . . . βλέπεις;” EUR. Med. 922: “αὕτη, τί χλωροῖς δακρύοις τέγγεις κόρας;” EUR. Or. 1567: “οὗτος σύ, . . . μὴ ψαύσῃς” (“σύ” expressed with the “οὗτος”). SOPH. Ai. 71-72: “οὗτος, σὲ … καλῶ” . Ibid. 89: “ὦ οὗτος, Αἴας, δεύτερόν σε προσκαλῶ” . AESCHYL. Pers. 155-6: “ὦ βαθυζώνων ἄνασσα … μῆτερ ἡ Ξέρξου γεραιά, χαῖρε” . HOM. Od. 3.427: “οἱ ἄλλοι” . Cf. 9.172: “ἄλλοι μὲν νῦν μίμνετ᾽ ἐμοὶ ἐρίηρες ἑταῖροι” . Il. 3.94: “οἱ ἄλλοι” , 19.83: similarly. Cf. ibid. 190: “ἄλλοι” .
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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