measure

(IV) With substantive pronouns and numerals.

οἱ μὲν αὐτῶν, οἱ δ᾽ οὔ some of them and not others P. A. 24e, οἳ ὕστερον ἐλήφθησαν τῶν πολεμίων those of the enemy who were taken later X. A. 1.7.13, οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων no one in the world P. S. 220a, τὶ τοῦ τείχους a part of the wall T. 7.4, τὶς θεῶν one of the gods E. Hec. 164 (τὶς θεός a god X. C. 5.2.12), ἓν τῶν πολλῶν one of the many things P. A. 17a; rarely after demonstrative pronouns: τούτοις τῶν ἀνθρώπων to these (of) men T. 1.71.

a. With ὀλίγοι and with numerals ἀπό and ἐξ are rarely added: ἐκ τριῶν ἕν one of three S. Tr. 734. ἐξ with superlatives is also rare. See also 1688. 1 c.

The genitive denotes measure of space, time, or degree.

ὀκτὼ σταδίων τεῖχος a wall eight stades long T. 7.2, πέντε ἡμερῶν σῑτία provisions for five days 7. 43 (cp. fossa pedum quindecim, exilium decem annorum Less commonly with a neuter adjective or pronoun: ἐπὶ μέγα ἐχώρησαν δυνά<*> they advanced to a great pitch of power T. 1.118, τὶ δόξης some honour (aliq<*> famae) 1. 5, ἀμήχανον εὐδαιμονίᾱς (something infinite in the way of happiness) infinite happiness P. A. 41c (with emphasis on the adj.). But the phrases εἰς τοῦτο, εἰς τοσοῦτο ἀφικέσθαι (ἤκειν, ἐλθεῖν, προσβαίνειν, usually with a personal subject) followed by the genitive of abstracts are common: εἰς τοῦτο θράσους ἀφῑ́κετο he reached such a pitch of boldness D. 21.194, ἐν παντὶ ἀθῡμίᾱς in utter despondency T. 7.55, ἐν τούτῳ παρασκευῆς in this stage of preparation 2. 17, κατὰ τοῦτο καιροῦ at that critical moment 7. 2. The article with this genitive is unusual in classical Greek: εἰς τοῦτο τῆς ἡλικίᾱς to this stage of life L. 5.3. Some of these genitives may also be explained by 1306.

Under the head of measure belongs amount: δυοῖν μναῖν πρόσοδος an income of two minae X. Vect. 3.10. Cp. 1296, 1323.

Predicate Use.—ἐπειδὰν ἐτῶν ᾖ τις τριᾱ́κοντα when a man is thirty years old P. L. 721a, τὰ τείχη ἦν σταδίων ὀκτώ the walls were eight stades long T. 4.66.

Space.—The accusative denotes the space or way over which an action is extended, and the measure of the space traversed.

ἄγειν (στρατιᾱ̀ν) στενᾱ̀ς ὁδούς to lead an army over narrow roads X. C. 1.6.43, ἐξελαύνει σταθμοὺς τρεῖς, παρασάγγᾱς εἴκοσι καὶ δύο he advances three stages, twenty- two parasangs X. A. 1.2.5, ἀπέχει ἡ Πλάταια τῶν Θηβῶν σταδίους ἑβδομήκοντα Plataea is seventy stades distant from Thebes T. 2.5.

a. This use is analogous to the cognate accusative after verbs of motion (ἐξόδους ἐξελθεῖν, πλεῖν θάλατταν).