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88. The verbal predicate.

The verbal predicate agrees with its subject in number and person.

“τοῦτο γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐγὼ προὐβαλόμην καὶ περὶ τούτου τὴν ψῆφον οἴσετε νῦν ὑμεῖς”, DEM.21.28; This is why I presented him (this is the gist of my charge against him), and this is the point about which YOU are now to cast your votes. “τί ποιοῦσιν οἱ νόμοι”; DEM.21.30; What do the laws do? “τὼ μὲν οὖν ἀδελφὼ αὐτῷ, ὥ περ ἐγενέσθην, ἄμφω ἄπαιδε ἐτελευτησάτην”, ISAE. 6.6; He had both his brothers to die childless.

“ ἴτ᾽, ὦ μεγίστης Παλλάδος καλούμεναι
πασῶν Ἀθῆναι τιμιωτάτη πόλις,
”

For the use of a verb of the First Person Plural with a subject of the First Person Dual, see 105.

Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.

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