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90. Concord when the subject is an infinitive or a sentence, or the verb is impersonal.

When the subject is an infinitive or a sentence (77), or the verb is impersonal (76), the predicate adjective (including verbals in -“τέος”) is regularly in the neuter singular.

ἀκοῦσαί γ᾽ ἄξιον,AR. Eq. 624 ; 'Tis worth the while to lend an ear.φανερὸν ἦν ὅτι οὐδὲν δεινὸν ἐγεγόνει περὶ τὴν πόλιν,LYCURG. 21 ; It was evident that no calamity had befallen the city.δεινὸν . . . εἰ μαχούμεθα,AR. Vesp. 426 ; It's dreadful if we've got to fight.ἐρόμενος εἴ που εἰδεῖέν τι χωρίον . . . ἔνθα οὐ προσβατὸν θανάτῳ,XEN. Apol. 23 (86). “βαδιστέον τἄρ᾽ ἐστὶν εἰς ἀγορὰν ἐμοί,AR. Eccl. 711.

LYCURG.3.Ibid. 21 (see above).

LYS.12.36:δεινὸν εἰ τοὺς . . . στρατηγοὺς . . . ἐζημιώσατε” . 18.15. 34.11:δεινὸν γὰρ ἂν εἴη, ., εἰ . . . οὐκ οὖν αἰσχρὸν εἰ … ;

AND.1.8:ἅμα δὲ περὶ πάντων εἰπεῖν ἀδύνατον”.

ANT.1.26:πῶς οὖν ταύτην ἐλεεῖν ἄξιόν ἐστιν”;

PLATO , Crito 53 C:ἆρα ἄξιόν σοι ζῆν ἔσται”; Theaet. 187 E:κρεῖττον γάρ που σμικρὸν εὖ πολὺ μὴ ἱκανῶς περᾶναι”.

XEN. Apol. 23 (see above). Mem. 1.7.2 (76).

AR. Lys. 292. 293. Ran. 652. 656. 658. Eccl. 711 (see above). 875-6:βαδιστέον ὁμόσ᾽ ἐστὶ δειπνήσοντα κοὐ μελλητέον” .

EUR. Alc. 1078: “ῥᾷον παραινεῖν παθόντα καρτερεῖν”. Tr. 472. 637: “τοῦ ζῆν δὲ λυπρῶς κρεῖσσόν ἐστι κατθανεῖν”. 1225.

PIND. P. 4.272: “ῥᾴδιον μὲν γὰρ πόλιν σεῖσαι”.

SOLON, 7: “ἔργμασιν ἐν μεγάλοις πᾶσιν ἁδεῖν χαλεπόν”.

MIMNERM. 2.10: “αὐτίκα τεθνάμεναι βέλτιον βίοτος”.

HOM. Od. 5.359:ὅθι μοι φάτο φύξιμον εἶναι” (37).

Il. 2.298. 5.253: “οὐ γάρ μοι γενναῖον ἀλυσκάζοντι μάχεσθαι”.

For the use of the neuter plural instead of the singular, see 37.

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