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1381. The genitive is often used loosely, especially at the beginning of a construction, to state the subject of a remark: ἵππος ἢν κακουργῇ, τὸν ἱππέα_ κακίζομεν: τῆς δὲ γυναικός, εἰ κακοποιεῖ κτλ. if a horse is vicious, we lay the fault to the groom; but as regards a wife, if she conducts herself ill, etc. X. O. 3.11, ““ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τεχνῶνand so in the case of the other arts tooP. Charm. 165d, τί δὲ τῶν πολλῶν καλῶν; what about the many beautiful things? P. Ph. 78d.

GENITIVE WITH COMPOUND VERBS

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