Verbs of approaching and meeting take the genitive according to 1343 or 1349. These verbs are poetical. Thus, ἀντιόων ταύρων for the purpose of obtaining (his share of) bulls α 25, ἀντήσω τοῦδ᾽ ἀνέρος I will encounter this man II 423, πελάσαι νεῶν
to approach the ships Aj. 709. In the meaning draw near to verbs of approaching take the dative (1463).
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Approaching
verbs of, with genitive
§1353THE PARTITIVE GENITIVE
with dative
§1353THE PARTITIVE GENITIVE
Verbs of approaching and meeting take the genitive according to 1343 or 1349. These verbs are poetical. Thus, ἀντιόων ταύρων for the purpose of obtaining (his share of) bulls α 25, ἀντήσω τοῦδ᾽ ἀνέρος I will encounter this man II 423, πελάσαι νεῶν
to approach the ships Aj. 709. In the meaning draw near to verbs of approaching take the dative (1463).
§1463DATIVE AS DIRECT COMPLEMENT OF VERBS
(II) To meet, approach, yield.
ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀπήντησαν αὐτοῖς οἱ στρατηγοί
but when the generals met them A. 2.3.17, περιτυγχάνει Φιλοκράτει
he meets Philocrates H. 4.8.24, ποίοις οὐ χρὴ θηρίοις πελάζειν
what wild beasts one must not approach C. 1.4.7, σὺ δ᾽ εἶκ᾽ ἀνάγκῃ καὶ θεοῖσι μὴ μάχου yield to necessity and war not with heaven E. fr. 716. On the genitive with verbs of approaching, see 1353.