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§199 cDECLENSIONGender of Sexless Objects.—The gender of most nouns denoting sexless objects has to be learned by the endings (211, 228, 255) and by observation. The following general rules should…

§840FORMATION OF SUBSTANTIVESNAMES OF ACTIONS AND ABSTRACT SUBSTANTIVES a. Substantives denoting actions often express abstract idea and names of actions and verbal abstracts are often used co<*> cretely. The …

§840FORMATION OF SUBSTANTIVESNAMES OF ACTIONS AND ABSTRACT SUBSTANTIVES a. Substantives denoting actions often express abstract idea and names of actions and verbal abstracts are often used co<*> cretely. The …

§859. 1, 2, 6LIST OF NOUN SUFFIXESVOWEL SUFFIXES 1. ο: nom. -ο-ς masc., fem., -ο-ν neut. A common suffix in primitives denoting persons (usually male agents) or things (often abstracts). ἀρχ-ό-ς leader from ἄρχ-ω l…

§861. 2LIST OF NOUN SUFFIXESSUFFIXES WITH NASALS (μ, ν) 1. μο, μᾱ (nom. μο-ς; -μᾰ and -μη): primary, in substantives denoting actions or abstract ideas (840 a. 5-7), and in some concretes: χῡ-μό-ς juice (χέω …

§863 a 2, 3, b 2LIST OF NOUN SUFFIXESSUFFIXES WITH DENTALS (τ, δ, θ) a. Suffixes with τ. 1. τ: primary, at the end of stems, as ἀ-γνώς, ἀ-γνῶ-τ-ος unknown (γι-γνώ-σκω know). 2. το, τᾱ: primary, in verbal adjectives in…

§865. 1LIST OF NOUN SUFFIXESSUFFIXES WITH SIGMA 1. σι ( = τι): primary, denoting actions or abstract ideas (840 a. 2); rarely of persons: πό-σι-ς husband.—2. σιᾱ: primary, denoting actions or abstract ideas (…

§890LAST PART OF A COMPOUNDAn abstract word can enter into composition only by taking a derivative ending (usually -ιᾱ) formed from a real or assumed compound adjective: ναῦ-ς ship, μάχη fight = ναύ-μαχος, w…

§1000PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF NUMBERPlural.—The plural of proper names, of materials, and of abstracts is used to denote a class. (1) of proper names: Θησέες men like Theseus P. Th. 169b. (2) of materials: here the p…

§1004PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF NUMBERDistributive Plural.—Abstract substantives are often used distributively in the plural: σῑγαὶ τῶν νεωτέρων παρὰ πρεσβυτέροις the silence of the younger men in the presence of their…

§1025ADJECTIVES USED SUBSTANTIVELYWith participles, especially in Thucydides: τὸ ὀργιζόμενον τῆς ὀργῆς their angry feelings T. 2.59, τῆς πόλεως τὸ τῑμώμενον the dignity of the State 2. 63. The action of the verb is…

§2051THE ATTRIBUTIVE PARTICIPLEA participle may be modified by adjectives or take a genitive, when its verbal nature has ceased to be felt: τὰ μῑκρὰ συμφέροντα τῆς πόλεως the petty interests of the State D. 18.2…

§§1131–1135THE ARTICLE WITH ABSTRACT SUBSTANTIVESAbstract substantives generally have the article: ἡ ἀρετὴ μᾶλλον ἢ ἡ φυγὴ σῴζει τᾱ̀ς ψῡχᾱ́ς valour rather than flight saves men's lives X. C. 4.1.5.

§354 eNUMERALSOther classes of numeral words. a. Distributives proper, answering the question how many each? are wanting in Greek. Instead, ἀνά, εἰς, and κατά, with the accus., and compounds of …