[*] 56. Singular in a collective sense. The singular is sometimes used in a collective sense. “ἄμπελος”, vine(yard); “ἄργυρος”, silver(plate); “ἡ ἵππος”, cavalry; “ἡ κάμηλος” (HDT. ), camelry, etc. LYCURG.79: “τρία γάρ ἐστιν ἐξ ὧν ἡ πολιτεία συνέστηκεν, ὁ ἄρχων, ὁ δικαστής, ὁ ἰδιώτης”. XEN. An. 1.7.10: “ἀριθμὸς ἐγένετο τῶν μὲν Ἑλλήνων ἀσπὶς μυρία καὶ τετρακοσία” . Oec. 21.8: “μεγάλῃ χειρί” . THUC.2.4.2: “λίθοις τε καὶ κεράμῳ”. 3.89.4: “κύματος ἐπαναχώρησις” . 3.96.3: “πολλῇ χειρί” . 4.10.3: “τὸν πολέμιον δεινότερον ἕξομεν” . 4.90.2: “ἄμπελον κόπτοντες . . . καὶ λίθους ἅμα καὶ πλίνθον . . . καθαιροῦντες” . 5.10.9: “ἡ Χαλκιδικὴ ἵππος” . 6.24.3: “ὁ δὲ πολὺς ὅμιλος καὶ στρατιώτης” . HDT.1.80: “τῇ δὲ καμήλῳ ἕπεσθαι”. 1.174: “πολλῇ χειρί” (sim. elsewhere). 5.30: “ὀκτακισχιλίην ἀς πίδα”. 7.193: “τὸ κῦμα”. 8.113: “τὴν ἵππον τὴν χιλίην . . . τὴν ἄλλην ἵππον”. AR. Ran. 1466: “ὁ δικαστής” . EUR. Heracl. 275-6: “πολλὴν . . . αλχμήν”. Ibid. 337: “πολλῇ . . . χειρί”. Ibid. 1035: “χερί”. Med. 86: “πᾶς τις αὑτὸν τοῦ πέλας” (his neighbor) “μᾶλλον φιλεῖ” (as in English). Phoen. 78: “πολλὴν . . . ἀσπίδ”（“α”). Ibid. 441-2: “ μυρίαν ἄγων
λόγχην
”. fr. 243 N2: “ὀλίγον ἄλκιμον δόρυ”. SOPH. O. C. 1251: “δάκρυον” . AESCHYL. fr. 304.7 N2: “στάχυς” (sim. elsewhere in tragedy). PIND. O. 7.19: “Ἀργείᾳ σὺν αἰχμᾷ”. HOM. Od. 1.162: “κῦμα” . Il. 4.422: “κῦμα”, and sim. elsewhere. In 5.490: “νύκτας τε καὶ ἦμαρ”, and elsewhere, “ἦμαρ” is an adverbial expression. 16.11: “δάκρυον” (more than one tear is shed, as is shown by “δάκρυα θερμὰ χέων ὥς τε κρήνη μελάνυδρος”, v. 3), and sim. “δάκρυον” elsewhere in Il. and Od.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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