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1303. Predicate Use.—The genitive may be connected with the noun it limits by means of a verb.

““Ἱπποκράτης ἐστὶ οἰκία_ς μεγάλης” Hippocrates is of an influential house” P. Pr. 316b, ““Βοιωτῶν ἡ πόλις ἔσται” the city will belong to the Boeotians” L. 12.58, ““ἡ Ζέλειά ἐστι τῆς Ἀσία_ς” Zelea is in Asia” D. 9.43, ““οὐδὲ τῆς αὐτῆς Θρᾴκης ἐγένοντο” nor did they belong to the same Thrace” T. 2.29, ““ἃ διώκει τοῦ ψηφίσματος, ταῦτ᾽ ἐστίν” the clauses in the bill which he attacks, are these” D. 18.56.

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