[*] 135. Superlative Predicate agreeing with the Genitive: “ὁ δὲ παῖς πάντων θηρίων ἐστὶ δυσμεταχειριστότατον”, PLATO, Legg. 808D; The boy (animal) is the hardest to manage of all (animals). PLATO, Legg. 808D (see above). HDT.5.24: “κτημάτων πάντων ἐστὶ τιμιώτατον ἀνὴρ φίλος”, Of all possessions most valuable is a friend. On the Attraction of the Predicate Adjective into the Vocative, see 25. The dramatic “ἡμεῖς” for “ἐγώ” of a woman is masculine. See 55.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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