genitive of material or contents

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GENITIVE OF MATERIAL OR CONTENTS

The genitive expresses material or contents.

ἕρκος ὀδόντων the fence (consisting) of the teeth Δ 350, κρήνη ἡδέος ὕδατος a spring of sweet water X. A. 6.4.4, σωροὶ σῑ́του, ξύλων, λίθων heaps of corn, wood, stones X. H. 4.4.12, ἑξακόσια τάλαντα φόρου six hundred talents in taxes T. 2.13 (cp. 1296).

Predicate Use: στεφάνους ῥόδων ὄντας, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ χρῡσίου crowns that were of roses, not of gold D. 22.70, ἐστρωμένη ἐστὶ ὁδὸς λίθου a road was paved with stone Hdt. 2.138, and often with verbs of making, which admit also the instrumental dative. Hdt. has ποιεῖσθαι ἀπό and ἔκ τινος.

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