[*] 37. Neuter plural of adjectives and verbals in -tos and -te/os. Especially to be noticed in this connection is the use of the neuter plural of adjectives and of verbals for the singular. This use is not a standard prose use. See Bishop, A. P. xx (1899), 1-21 and 121-138. “πλοϊμώτερα ἐγένετο,” THUC. 1.8.2 ; Greater facilities of navigation ensued. ORATORES ATTICI: No occurrence according to E. R. Schulze, Quaestiunculae grammaticae ad oratores Atticos spectantes, Bautzen, 1889. PLATO: In Rpb. 416 E, Krüger suggests “ὁσία” for “ὅσια”, and Ibid. 562 A, cited by Matth. § 443, is not an example. XEN. An. 3.4.49: “ἕως μὲν βάσιμα ἦν, ἐπὶ τοῦ ἵππου ἦγεν, ἐπεὶ δὲ ἄβατα ἦν, καταλιπὼν τὸν ἵππον ἔσπευδε πεζῇ” . Ibid. 4.6.17: “ἐάνπερ ἅπαξ λάβωμέν τι τοῦ ὄρους, βατὰ καὶ τοῖς ὑποζυγίοιςι ἔσται” . THUC.1.8.2: “καταστάντος δὲ τοῦ Μίνω ναυτικοῦ πλοϊμώτερα ἐγένετο παρ᾽ ἀλλήλους” . 1.72.1: “παριτητέα” . 1.79.2: “πολεμητέα” . 1.86.3: “παραδοτέα, διακριτέα, τιμωρητέα” . 1.88: “πολεμητέα” . 1.93.4: “ἀνθεκτέα” . 2.3.3: “ἐδόκει οὖν ἐπιχειρητέα εἶναι” . 2.10.2, and 56.1: “ἑτοῖμα”. 3.16.2: “ἄπορα” . 4.1.3 and 5.14.4: “ἀδύνατα”. 6.25.2: “πλευστέα” . 6.50.5: “πολεμητέα” . HDT.1.4: “δῆλα . . . ὅτι” . 1.91: “τὴν πεπρωμένην μοῖραν ἀδύνατά ἐστι ἀποφυγεῖν καὶ θεῷ” . 1.112: “βεβουλευμένα ἔσται” . 1.194: “οἷά τε” , and frequently. 1.207: “δῆλα” , and frequently. 3.61: “ἀκουστέα” . 3.109: “βιώσιμα” . 5.124 and 6.13: “ἀδύνατα” . 6.106: same. 7.185: “προσλογιστέα” . 9.2: “χαλεπά” . AR. Ach. 770: “οὐ δεινά;” Ibid. 1079: “οὐ δεινὰ μὴ ᾿ξεῖναί με μηδ᾽ ἑορτάσαι;” Eq. 30: “κράτιστα” . Ibid. 609: “δεινά” . Av. 1033: “οὐ δεινά;” Lys. 626: “δεινά” . COM. 4.661: “ἀνόητά γ᾽ εἰ τοῦτ᾽ ἦλθες ἐπιτάξων ἐμοί”. EUR. Alc. 218: “δῆλα” (twice). Bacch. 1039: “συγγνωστά” . Hec. 1107: same. H. F.583: “δίκαια τοὺς τεκόντας” (subj.) “ὠφελεῖν τέκνα” (obj.). Hipp. 269: “ἄσημα”. Med. 703: “συγγνωστά” . Or. 413: “οὐ δεινά” . Phoen. 994: “συγγνωστά”. SOPH. Ai. 887: “σχέτλια” . Ibid. 1126: “δίκαια” . Ant. 576: “δεδογμένα” . Ibid. 677: “ἀμυντέα” . Ibid. 678: “ἡσσητέα” . Ph. 524: “αἰσχρά” . Tr. 495, 1116: “δίκαια”. AESCHYL. Pr. V. 216: “κράτιστα” . PIND. O. 1.53: “ἄπορα” . P. 1.34: “ἐοικότα” . 2.81: “ἀδύνατα” . 4.247: “μακρά” . N. 8.4: “ἀγαπατά” . HOM. Od. 8.299: “οὐκέτι φυκτὰ πέλοντο” , but Od. 5.359: “ὅθι μοι φάτο φύξιμον εἶναι” . 11, [456]: “ἐπεὶ οὐκέτι πιστὰ γυναιξίν” . 14.489: “οὐκέτι φυκτὰ πέλονται” . 20.223: “οὐκέτ᾽ ἀνεκτὰ πέλονται” . Il. 14.97-8: “ὄφρα. . . Τρωσὶ μὲν εὐκτὰ γένηται” . 16.128: “μὴ δὴ νῆας ἕλωσι καὶ οὐκέτι φυκτὰ πέλωνται” .
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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