[*] 1185. In the predicate position stands a. The genitive of the personal pronouns (whether partitive or not): τὸ βιβλίον μου (σου, αὐτοῦ, etc.), or μου σου, αὐτοῦ. etc.) τὸ βιβλίον when other words precede, as ““ὃς ἔχει σου τὴν ὰδελοην” who has your sister to wife” And. 1.50. b. The genitive of the other pronouns used partitively. N. 1.—Homer does not use the article in the above cases, and often employs the orthotone forms (““σεῖο μέγα κλέος” thy great fame” π 241). Even in Attic ἐμοῦ for μου occurs (““ἐμοῦ τὰ φορτία” my wares” Ar. Vesp. 1398). N. 2.—The differences of position between 1184 and 1185 may be thus illustrated:
| My book is pretty: | καλόν ἐστί τὸ βιβλίον μου. |
| καλόν ἐστί μου τὸ βιβλίον. | |
| My pretty book: | τὸ καλόν μου βιβλίον. |
| They read their books: | τὰ έαυτῶν <*>βιβλία ἀναγιγνώσκουσι. |