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						<p><hi rend="bold">Neuter adjective as the substantive predicate.</hi></p>
						<p>The neuter singular adjective is often used as the substantive
							predicate of a masculine or feminine subject, whether singular or
							plural.</p>
						<p><quote lang="greek">διαβολὴ γάρ ἐστι δεινότατον</quote>, <bibl n="Hdt.  7.10" default="NO" valid="yes">HDT.7.10</bibl>, <quote lang="greek">η</quote>;
							<emph>For calumny is a dreadful evil.</emph>
							<quote lang="greek">Μυκῆναι μικρὸν ἦν</quote>, <bibl n="Thuc.  1.10.1" default="NO" valid="yes">THUC.1.10.1</bibl>(124).</p>
						<p><bibl n="Dem. 1.5" default="NO" valid="yes">DEM.1.5:</bibl>
							<quote lang="greek">καὶ ὅλως ἄπιστον οἶμαι ταῖς πολιτείαις
								ἡ τυραννίς</quote>. 19.336: <quote lang="greek">μὴ λέγ᾽ ὡς
									καλὸν εἰρήνη, μηδ᾽ ὡς συμφέρον</quote>.</p>
						<p><bibl n="Plat. Gorg. 506E" default="NO" valid="yes">PLATO, Gorg. 506E:</bibl>
							<quote lang="greek">τάξει ἆρα τεταγμένον καὶ κεκοσμημένον
								ἐστὶν ἡ ἀρετὴ ἑκάστου</quote>; <bibl n="Plat. Laws 663E" default="NO" valid="yes">Legg. 663 E:</bibl>
							<quote lang="greek">καλὸν μὲν ἡ ἀλήθεια, ὦ ξένε, καὶ
								μόνιμον</quote>. Ibid. 732 E: <quote lang="greek">ἔστι δὴ
									φύσει ἀνθρώπειον μάλιστα ἡδοναὶ καὶ λῦπαι καὶ
									ἐπιθυμίαι</quote>. <bibl n="Plat. Rep. 368E" default="NO" valid="yes">Rpb. 368 E:</bibl>
							<quote lang="greek">οὐκοῦν μεῖζον πόλις ἑνὸς ἀνδρός</quote>;</p>
						<p><cit>
							<bibl n="Xen. Mem. 2.3.1" default="NO" valid="yes">XEN. Mem. 2.3.1:</bibl>
							<quote lang="greek">χρησιμώτερον νομίζουσι χρήματα ἢ
								ἀδελφούς</quote>
						</cit>. <cit>
							<bibl n="Xen. Ec. 12.15" default="NO" valid="yes">Oec. 12.15:</bibl>
							<quote lang="greek">κερδαλέον ἐστὶν ἡ ἐπιμέλεια</quote>
						</cit>.</p>
						<p><bibl n="Thuc.  1.10.1" default="NO" valid="yes">THUC.1.10.1</bibl>(see above). <cit>
							<bibl n="Thuc. 1.138.5" default="NO" valid="yes">1.138.5:</bibl>
							<quote lang="greek">ἐδόκει γὰρ</quote>
						</cit> (sc. <quote lang="greek">ἡ Δάμψακος</quote>) <quote lang="greek">πολυοινότατον τῶν τότε εἶναι</quote>. 3.37.3.
							4.26.5 (see 124). 4.62.2.8.9.3 (see 124).</p>
						<p><bibl n="Hdt. 3.108" default="NO" valid="yes">HDT.3.108</bibl>(see 124). 7.10, <quote lang="greek">η</quote> (see above).</p>
						<p><cit>
							<bibl n="Aristoph. Pl. 203" default="NO" valid="yes">AR. Pl. 203:</bibl>
							<quote lang="greek">δειλότατόν ἐσθ᾽ ὁ πλοῦτος</quote>
						</cit>.</p>
						<p>EUR. El. 1035: <quote lang="greek">μῶρον μὲν οὖν
							γυναῖκες</quote>. H. F. 1292: <quote lang="greek">αἱ μεταβολαὶ
								λυπηρόν</quote>. <cit>
									<bibl n="Eur. Orest. 232" default="NO" valid="yes">Or. 232:</bibl>
									<quote lang="greek">δυσάρεστον οἱ νοσοῦντες ἀπορίας
										ὕπο</quote>
								</cit>. <cit>
									<bibl n="Eur. Orest. 772" default="NO" valid="yes">Ibid. 772:</bibl>
									<quote lang="greek">δεινὸν οἱ πολλοί, πανούργους ὅταν
										ἔχωσι προστάτας</quote>
								</cit>. Suppl. 508: <quote lang="greek">σφαλερὸν ἡγεμὼν
									θρασύς</quote>.</p>
						<p><cit>
							<bibl n="Soph. OC 592" default="NO" valid="yes">SOPH. O. C. 592:</bibl>
							<quote lang="greek">ὦ μῶρε, θυμὸς δ᾽ ἐν κακοῖς οὐ
								ξύμφορον</quote>
						</cit>.</p>
						<p><bibl default="NO">PIND. fr. 110 Bgk.4:</bibl>
							<quote lang="greek">γλυκὺ δ᾽ ἀπείροισι πόλεμος</quote>, <emph>A
								sweet thing is war to those that have not tried it.</emph></p>
						<p>HOM. Il. 2.204: <quote lang="greek">οὐκ ἀγαθὸν
							πολυκοιρανίη</quote>.</p>
						<p>So a Neuter Relative or other pronoun may have for its antecedent a
							Masculine or Feminine substantive. See <emph>Relative
								Sentences.</emph></p>
						
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