connection

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The genitive is often used loosely, especially at the beginning of a construction, to state the subject of a remark: ἵππος ἢν κακουργῇ, τὸν ἱππέᾱ κακίζομεν· τῆς δὲ γυναικός, εἰ κακοποιεῖ κτλ. if a horse is vicious, we lay the fault to the groom; but as regards a wife, if she conducts herself ill, etc. X. O. 3.11, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τεχνῶν and so in the case of the other arts too P. Charm. 165d, τί δὲ τῶν πολλῶν καλῶν; what about the many beautiful things? P. Ph. 78d.

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