To the word denoting the whole the appositive may be a collective singular (adjunctive apposition): οὗτοι μὲν ἄλλος ἄλλα λέγει
these say, some one thing, some another A. 2.1.15 (cp. ἠρώτων δὲ ἄλλος ἄλλο Charm. 153c), οἱ στρατηγοὶ βραχέως ἕκαστος ἀπελογήσατο
each of the generals defended himself briefly H. 1.7.5. Cp. 952.
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Adjunctive apposition
§982APPOSITION