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[*] 85. Other forms of the copula: DEM.4.18: “εἰδὼς εὐτρεπεῖς ὑμᾶς” (sc. “ὄντας”). 4.29: “ἐγὼ πλέων ἐθελοντὴς πάσχειν ὁτιοῦν ἕτοιμος” (sc. “εἰμί”), “ἐὰν μὴ ταῦθ᾽ οὕτως ἔχῃ”. 18.277: “καίτοι ἔγωγ᾽ ὁρῶ τῆς τῶν λεγόντων δυνάμεως τοὺς ἀκούοντας τὸ πλεῖστον κυρίους” (sc. “ὄντας”). 19.250: “εἶτ᾽ οὐ σὺ σοφιστής” (sc. “εἶ”); “καὶ πονηρός γε” (sc. “εἶ”). “οὐ σὺ λογογράφος” (sc. “εἷ”); “καὶ θεοῖς ἐχθρός γε” (sc. “εἶ”). ANTIPHON, 1.4: “ὑμεῖς γάρ μοι ἀναγκαῖοι” (sc. “ἐστέ”). PLATO, Rpb. 499D: “περὶ τούτου ἕτοιμοι” (sc. “ἐσμέν”) “τῷ λόγῳ διαμάχεσθαι, ὡς κτἑ”. Theaet. 143 D: “σοὶ δὴ οὐκ ὀλίγιστοι πλησιάζουσι, καὶ δικαίως: ἄξιος γὰρ” (sc. “εἶ”) “τά τε ἄλλα καὶ γεωμετρίας ἕνεκα”. Ibid. 146 B: “ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ ἀήθης τῆς τοιαύτης διαλέκτου” (sc. “εἰμί”), I'm unfamiliar with this style of talk. THUC.1.23.2: “οὔτε φυγαὶ τοσαίδε ἀνθρώπων καὶ φόνος” (sc. “ἐγένοντο”). SOPH. O. T. 91-2: “εἰ τῶνδε χρῄζεις πλησιαζόντων κλύειν”, | “ἕτοιμος” (sc. “εἰμί”） “εἰπεῖν, εἴτε καὶ στείχειν ἔσω”. HOM. Od. 4.206 = 18.126: “τοίου γὰρ καὶ πατρός” (sc. “ἐσσί”). Il. 9.225: “χαῖῤ, Ἀχιλεῦ: δαιτὸς μὲν ἐίσης οὐκ ἐπιδευεῖς” (sc. “εἰμέν”). 20.434: “οἶδα δ᾽ ὅτι σὺ μὲν ἐσθλός” (sc. “ἐσσί”), “ἐγὼ δὲ σέθεν πολὺ χείρων” (sc. “εἰμί”). 21.482: “χαλεπή τοι ἐγὼ” (sc. “εἰμί”) “μένος ἀντιφέρεσθαι”, and so elsewhere.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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