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1433. The genitive with the comparative often takes the place of with another construction: ἀ_θλιώτερόν ἐστι μὴ ὑγιοῦς σώματος ( = μὴ ὑγιεῖ σώματι) ““μὴ ὑγιεῖ ψυ_χῇ συνοικεῖνit is more wretched to dwell with a diseased soul than a diseased bodyP. G. 479b, πλείοσι ναυσὶ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ( = οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι) ““παρῆσανthey came with more ships than the AtheniansT. 8.52.

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