[*] 106. When the dual subject is of the second or of the third person, the verb is occasionally in the plural. “δισσὼ γὰρ ἀστέρ᾽ ἱππικοῖς ἐπὶ ζυγοῖς” | “σταθέντ᾽ ἔκρυψαν ἅρμα λυγαίῳ νέφει”, EUR. Heracl. 854-5; Twain stars atop the horses' yokes did perch | and hid the chariot with a murky cloud. PLATO, Phaedr. 256C: “φίλω μὲν οὖν καὶ τούτω . . . ἀλλήλοιν διά τε τοῦ ἔρωτος καὶ ἔξω γενομένω διάγουσι”. AR. Ach. 1216-7: “ἐμοῦ δέ γε σφὼ . . . ἄμφω . . . προσλάβεσθ᾽, ὦ φίλαι.” EUR. Heracl. 854-5 (see above). Or. 1415: “ἔβαλον ἔβαλον . . . ἄμφω” . Cf. Phoen. 1423-4: “γαῖαν δ᾽ ὀδὰξ ἑλόντες ἀλλήλων πέλας” | “πίπτουσιν ἄμφω κοὐ διώρισαν κράτος”. Ibid. 1454: “ἄμφω δ᾽ ἅμ᾽ ἐξέπνευσαν ἄθλιον βίον”, Both at once breathed forth a wretched life.
, And third (both) our twain brethren in one day self-murdering—the ill-fated pair—wrought out a common doom with mutual hands. HES. Sc.233-4: “ἐπὶ δἐ ζώνῃσι δράκοντε” | “δοιὼ ἀπῃωρεῦντ”(“ο”). HOM. Od. 4.20-2: “τὼ δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ἐν προθύροισι δόμων . . . στῆσαν”. Il. 1.321: “τώ οἱ ἔσαν κήρυκε καὶ ὀτρηρὼ θεράποντε”. 16.218: “δὔ ἀνέρε θωρήσσοντο”, The two men 'gan to don their corselets.“ τρίτον δ᾽ ἀδελφὼ δύο μίαν καθ᾽ ἡμέραν
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