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[*] 2032. GENITIVE OF THE ARTICULAR INFINITIVEa. The genitive of the articular infinitive is used to limit the meaning of substantives, adjectives, and verbs. b. Adnominal (1290): ““τοῦ πιεῖν ἐπιθυ_μίᾳ” from desire to drink” T. 7.84, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν προσβαλόντες ἐς ἐλπίδα ἦλθον τοῦ ἑλεῖν they attacked the city and entertained hopes of taking it 2.56. c. Partitive (1306): ““τοῦ θαρσεῖν τὸ πλεῖστον εἰληφότες” having gained the greatest amount of courage” T. 4.34. After comparatives (1431): τί οὖν ἐστιν . . . τοῦ τοῖς φίλοις ἀρήγειν κάλλι_ον; what then is nobler than to help one's friends? X. C. 1.5.13. d. After verbs: ““ἐπέσχομεν τοῦ δακρύ_ειν” we desisted from weeping” P. Ph. 117e (cp. 1392). e. Purpose (cp. 1408), often a negative purpose: ““τοῦ μὴ τὰ δίκαια ποιεῖν” in order not to do what was just” D. 18.107, ““ἐτειχίσθη Ἀταλάντη . . . τοῦ μὴ λῃστὰ_ς . . . κακουργεῖν τὴν Εὔβοιαν” Atalante was fortified to prevent pirates from ravaging Euboea” T. 2.32. More common is the use with ὑπέρ (2032 g) or ἕνεκα. f. Genitive Absolute (2070): ἐπ᾽ ἐκείνοις δὲ ὄντος αἰεὶ τοῦ ἐπιχειρεῖν καὶ ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν εἶναι δεῖ τὸ προαμύ_νασθαι since the power of attack is always in their hands, so in our hands should lie the power of repelling it in advance T. 3.12. g. After prepositions, e.g. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐπὶ Κα_ρία_ν ἰέναι . . . ἐπὶ Φρυγία_ς ἐπορεύετο instead of going against Caria, he marched toward Phrygia X. H. 3.4.12, ““ἄνευ τοῦ σωφρονεῖν” without exercising self-control” X. M. 4.3.1. To express purpose the genitive with ὑπέρ is very common: ““ὑπὲρ τοῦ τούτων γενέσθαι κύ_ριος . . . πάντα πρα_γματεύεται” he devotes his every effort that he may become master of these” D. 8.45, ὑπὲρ τοῦ μὴ τὸ κελευόμενον ποιῆσαι in order not to do what was commanded 18. 204. Furthermore, after ἀπό, πρό, διά, μετά, περί, ὑπό, ἕνεκα, χάριν, χωρίς, πλήν, μέχρι; and after adverbs. In Hdt. τοῦ may be omitted after ἀντί.
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