[*] 89. The adjective predicate. The adjective predicate agrees with its subject in number, gender, and case. “δόξῃ μὲν χρήματα κτητά, δόξα δὲ χρημάτων οὐκ ὠνητή”, ISOC.2.32. “πασῶν ἦν βελτίστη” (sc. “ἡ ἐμὴ γυνή”), LYS.1.7. “ἐγὼ δὲ . . . μεστὸς ἦν ὑποψίας”, Ibid. 17. “αἱ δεύτεραί πως φροντίδες σοφώτεραι”, EUR. Hipp. 436 (84). “αἰσχρὸς φανοῦμαι”, SOPH. Ph. 906 (Neoptolemos speaks).
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