Apposition

§916SYNTAX OF THE SIMPLE SENTENCEAppositive.—An appositive is a noun added to another noun or to a pronoun to describe or define it: Μιλτιάδης ὁ στρατηγός Miltiades, the general, ῡ̔μεῖς οἱ ἱερεῖς you, the priests,…

§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 …

§§976–982APPOSITIONConcord.—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. …

§977APPOSITIONAn appositive to a possessive pronoun stands in the genitive, in agreement with the personal pronoun implied in the possessive: τὸν ἐμὸν ( = ἐμοῦ) τοῦ ταλαιπώρου βίον the life of m…

§978APPOSITIONAn appositive in the genitive may follow an adjective equivalent to a genitive: Ἀθηναῖος ( = Ἀθηνῶν) ὤν, πόλεως τῆς μεγίστης being an Athenian, a citizen of the greatest city P. A.…

§1196 bTHE POSSESSIVE PRONOUNSThe possessive pronouns (330) of the first and second persons are the equivalents of the possessive genitive of the personal pronouns: ἐμός = μου, σός = σου, ἡμέτερος = ἡμῶν, ῡ̔μέτ…

§§981–984APPOSITIONPartitive Apposition (σχῆμα καθ᾽ ὅλον καὶ μέρος, construction of the whole and part). The parts are represented by the appositives, which stand in the same case as the whole, which…

§981APPOSITIONPartitive Apposition (σχῆμα καθ᾽ ὅλον καὶ μέρος, construction of the whole and part). The parts are represented by the appositives, which stand in the same case as the whole, which…

§982APPOSITIONTo 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 X. A. 2.1.15 …

§985APPOSITIONConstruction of the Whole and Part in Poetry.—In Homer and later poets a verb may take two objects, one denoting the person, the other the part especially affected by the action: τ…

§986APPOSITIONAttributive Apposition.—A substantive may be used as an attributive to another substantive. This is common with substantives denoting occupation, condition , or age (usually with ἀ…

§987APPOSITIONDescriptive Apposition.—Here the appositive describes something definite that has just been mentioned: ἡ ἡμετέρᾱ πόλις, ἡ κοινὴ καταφυγὴ τῶν Ἑλλήνων our city, the common refuge of …

§§988–990APPOSITIONExplanatory Apposition.—Here the appositive explains a general or vague statement: τούτου τῑμῶμαι, ἐν πρυτανείῳ σῑτήσεως I propose this as the penalty, maintenance in the Prytaneum…

§989APPOSITIONIn Homer the substantival article at the beginning of a sentence may be followed by an appositive noun at or near the end: ἡ δ᾽ ἀέκουσ᾽ ἅμα τοῖσι γυνὴ κίεν but she, the woman, went…

§1102ὁ, ἡ, τό IN HOMERὁ, ἡ, τό often approaches to its later use as the definite article or is actually so used: τὸν μέν . . . τὸν δ᾽ ἕτερον E 145 (cp. 1107). a. The substantive often stands in appositi…

§§991–995APPOSITIONApposition to a Sentence.—A noun in the nominative or accusative may stand in apposition to the action expressed by a whole sentence or by some part of it. a. The appositive is nom…

§1019ADJECTIVESThe equivalents of an adjective are: a participle (οἱ παρόντες πολῖται the citizens who are present); a noun in apposition (Δημοσθένης ὁ ῥήτωρ Demosthenes the orator, i.e. not Δημο…

§1160Attributive Position of the ArticleA proper name, defining a preceding noun with the article, may itself have the article: ὁ ἀδελφὸς ὁ Ἀρεθούσιος (his) brother Arethusius D. 53.10. Cp. 1142 c. An appositive to a pro…

§1272THE ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS ἄλλος AND ἕτεροςἄλλος, and ἕτερος (rarely), may be used attributively with a substantive, which is to be regarded as an appositive. In this sense they may be rendered besides, moreover, as well: ο…

§1287VOCATIVEBy the omission of σύ or ῡ̔μεῖς the nominative with the article may stand in apposition to a vocative: ὦ ἄνδοες οἱ παρόντες you, gentlemen, who are present P. Pr. 337c, ὦ Κῦρε καὶ …

§1987THE INFINITIVE WITHOUT THE ARTICLE: AS SUBJECT, PREDICATE, AND APPOSITIVEAs an Appositive.—The infinitive may stand in apposition to a preceding substantive, pronoun, or adverb. εἷς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος, ἀμῡ́νεσθαι περὶ πάτρης one omen is best, to fight for o…

§2718οὐ AND μή WITH THE INFINITIVE NOT IN INDIRECT DISCOURSEμή is used when the infinitive stands in apposition (1987), and hence is like τὸ μή with the infinitive. Thus, τοῦτο ἕν ἐστιν ὧν φημι, μηδένα ἂν ἐν βραχυτέροις ἐμοῦ τὰ αὐτὰ εἰπεῖν …

§2035OTHER USES OF THE ARTICULAR INFINITIVEApposition (cp. 1987). The articular infinitive, in any case, is often used in apposition to a preceding word, especially a demonstrative. τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ ἀδικεῖν, τὸ πλέον τῶν ἄλλων…

§2539OTHER PECULIARITIES OF RELATIVE CLAUSESAppositives to the antecedent may be drawn into the relative clause as the nearest construction or for the sake of emphasis. Thus, εὑρήσει τοὺς . . . δικαστᾱ́ς, οἵπερ καὶ λέγονται …