[*] 32. Ellipsis of masculine substantives. When persons are not meant a substantive is understood. Ellipses of masculine substantives are rare but clear. “ὁ Κυζικηνός” (sc. “στατήρ”), The Cyzicene (a coin). LYS. 12.11: “τετρακοσίους κυζικηνούς” (sc. “στατῆρας”), but 32.6: “τριάκοντα στατῆρας Κυζικηνούς” . THUC.1.47.2, and elsewhere: “ὁ πεζός” (sc. “στρατός”) (but “ὁ πεζὸς στρατός,” 4.8.2 ). 3.107.1: “τὸν Ἀμπρακικόν” (sc. “κόλπον”). 6.30.1: “τὸν Ἰόνιον” (sc. “κόλπον”). 34.4: (similarly). HDT. 3.25: “τὸν πεζόν” . 4.128: “ὁ πεζός” and “τὸν πεζόν” (twice) (but 1.80: “τὸν πεζὸν στρατόν” ). AR. Ach. 1229: “ἄκρατον” (sc. “οἶνον”). Eq. 105: “ἄκρατον . . . πολύν” . Ibid. 1187: “ἔχε καὶ πιεῖν κεκραμένον τρία καὶ δύο” . COM. FR. Mein. 3.462.13-4. “ἐν ποτηρίῳ γλυκύν” (sc. “οἶνον”). 4.563: “ πρὸ τοῦ πιεῖν
τὸν ἄκρατον ἡμῶν
”. 4.352.420: “ὁ πολὺς ἄκρατος ὀλίγ᾽ ἀναγκάζει φρονεῖν”, Much makes your senses crooked, if you take it straight. EUR. Cycl. 569: “ὅστις ἂν πίῃ πολύν” (sc. “οἶνον”). Ibid. 573. HOM. Il. 9.203: “ζωρότερον ῾σξ. “οἶνον”̣̓ δὲ κέραιε” , Don't draw it too mild.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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