[537] Cisseus, king of Thrace, was father of Hecuba, called “Cisseis regina” 10. 705. ‘In munere’ occurs again 8. 273, “tantarum in munere laudum,” in the sense of ‘by way of a reward,’ for which we should have expected “in munus” or “muneri.” Comp. the use of ἐν χάριτι ποιῆσαί τινί τι, nearly = εἰς χάριν (Lidd. and Scott χάρις), where though χάρις apparently expresses the feeling rather than its tangible result, the two meanings lie sufficiently near together to make the illustration apposite. Such constructions as “in hoste” 2. 541 are so far parallel as that they show other cases in which ‘in’ with abl. is used where we should expect ‘in’ with acc.
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