Topic · from the English index · as printed
Agreement
the concords
§925AGREEMENT: THE CONCORDSThere are three concords in simple sentences: 1. A finite verb agrees with its subject in number and person (949). 2. A word in apposition with another word agrees with it in case …
of finite verb with subject
§925AGREEMENT: THE CONCORDSThere are three concords in simple sentences: 1. A finite verb agrees with its subject in number and person (949). 2. A word in apposition with another word agrees with it in case …
§§949–972CONCORD OF SUBJECT AND PREDICATEA finite verb agrees with its subject in number and person. Thus, τοῦτο τὸ ψήφισμα ἐγένετο this bill was passed L. 13.56, ὃ δέδοικ᾽ ἐγὼ μὴ πάθηθ᾽ ῡ̔μεῖς which I fear lest you may s…
of word in apposition
§925AGREEMENT: THE CONCORDSThere are three concords in simple sentences: 1. A finite verb agrees with its subject in number and person (949). 2. A word in apposition with another word agrees with it in case …
§§976–995APPOSITIONConcord.—An appositive (916) agrees in case with the word it describes: κόλακι, δεινῷ θηρίῳ καὶ μεγίστῃ βλάβῃ to a flatterer, a terrible beast and a very great source of injury P. …
of predicate adjective
§925AGREEMENT: THE CONCORDSThere are three concords in simple sentences: 1. A finite verb agrees with its subject in number and person (949). 2. A word in apposition with another word agrees with it in case …
§975CONCORD OF PREDICATE SUBSTANTIVESA predicate substantive or adjective agrees with the subject of the governing verb when the subject of the infinitive is omitted because it is the same as that of the governing ver…
§1020ADJECTIVESConcord.—An adjective agrees with its substantive in gender, number, and case. This holds true also of the article, adjective pronouns, and participles: thus, A. Attributive: ὁ δίκ…
§§1044–1062WITH ONE SUBJECTA circumstantial participle (2054) referring to a collective noun (996) may be plural: τὸ στράτευμα ἐπορίζετο σῖτον κόπτοντες τοὺς βοῦς the army provided itself with provisions by …
of attributive adjective
§925AGREEMENT: THE CONCORDSThere are three concords in simple sentences: 1. A finite verb agrees with its subject in number and person (949). 2. A word in apposition with another word agrees with it in case …
§1020ADJECTIVESConcord.—An adjective agrees with its substantive in gender, number, and case. This holds true also of the article, adjective pronouns, and participles: thus, A. Attributive: ὁ δίκ…
§§1030–1039AGREEMENT OF ATTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVESAn attributive adjective belonging to more than one substantive agrees with the nearest: τὸν καλὸν κᾱ̓γαθὸν ἄνδρα καὶ γυναῖκα εὐδαίμονα εἶναί φημι the perfect man and woman are hap…
apparent violations
§926AGREEMENT: THE CONCORDSApparent violation of the concords is to be explained either by a. Construction according to sense, where the agreement is with the real gender or number (e.g. 949 a, 950-953, 958,…
of predicate substantive
§§973–975CONCORD OF PREDICATE SUBSTANTIVESA predicate substantive agrees with its subject in case: Μιλτιάδης ἦν στρατηγός Miltiades was a general.
of adjective or participle with subject of plural verb, of single person
§1009PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF NUMBERIn tragedy, if a woman, speaking of herself, uses the plural verb (1008), an adjective or participle, in agreement with the subject, is feminine singular or masculine plural: ἥλιον…
according to sense
§1013PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF GENDERConstruction according to the Sense (926 a).—The real, not the grammatical, gender often determines the agreement: ὦ φίλτατ᾽, ὦ περισσὰ τῑμηθεὶς τέκνον O dearest, O greatly honoure…
of participles
§2148REMARKS ON SOME USES OF PARTICIPLESThe participle often agrees with the logical, and not with the grammatical, subject. The participle thus often agrees with the subject of the finite verb which the writer had in mi…
of verbal in -τέος
§2151VERBAL ADJECTIVES IN -τέοςThe Personal (Passive) Construction.—The personal verbal in -τέος is used only when the verb from which it is derived takes the accusative. The verbal agrees with the subject in ge…
of relative pronoun
§2501CONCORD OF RELATIVE PRONOUNSA relative pronoun agrees with its antecedent in gender, number, and person; its case is determined by the construction of the clause in which it stands. οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἀνὴρ δ̀ς ἦλθ…
§2502CONCORD OF RELATIVE PRONOUNSVariations from the law of agreement are, in general, the same as in the case of other pronouns (926). a. The construction according to sense (950, 1013) often occurs, as φίλον θάλ…