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Cognate
accusative, the apposition accusative often a
§991 b N.APPOSITIONApposition 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…
with verbs of judicial action
§1377GENITIVE OF CRIME AND ACCOUNTABILITYVerbs of judicial action may take a cognate accusative (δίκην, γραφήν), on which the genitive of the crime depends: γραφὴν ὕβρεως καὶ δίκην κακηγορίᾱς φεύξεται he will be brought t…
§1378GENITIVE OF CRIME AND ACCOUNTABILITYἁλίσκεσθαι (ἁλῶναι) be convicted, ὀφλισκάνειν lose a suit, φεύγειν be prosecuted are equivalent to passives: ἐᾱ́ν τις ἁλῷ κλοπῆς . . . κᾱ̓̀ν ἀστρατείᾱς τις ὄφλῃ if any one be conde…
§1576COGNATE ACCUSATIVENote the expressions δικάζειν δίκην decide a case, δικάζεσθαι δίκην τινί go to law with somebody, διώκειν γραφήν τινα indict somebody, φεύγειν δίκην τινός be put on one's trial for…
of same and kindred origin
§§1563–1568COGNATE ACCUSATIVEThe cognate accusative is of two kinds, of which the second is an extension of the first.
with adjectives
§1565COGNATE ACCUSATIVEThe cognate accusative occurs even with adjectives of an intransitive character: μήτε τι σοφὸς ὢν τὴν ἐκείνων σοφίᾱν μήτε ἀμαθὴς τὴν ἀμαθίᾱν being neither at all wise after the fas…
may become subject of passive
§1566COGNATE ACCUSATIVEPassive: πόλεμος ἐπολεμεῖτο war was waged X. H. 4.8.1.
§1568COGNATE ACCUSATIVEPassive: πόλεμος ἐταράχθη war was stirred up D. 18.151.
§1574COGNATE ACCUSATIVEPassive: τοῦτο οὐκ ἐψεύσθησαν they were not deceived in this X. A. 2.2.13, ταῦτα οὐδεὶς ἂν πεισθείη no one would be persuaded of this P. L. 836d.
§1744PASSIVE VOICEThe cognate accusative may become the subject of the passive: πόλεμος ἐπολεμήθη war was waged P. Menex. 243e (πόλεμον πολεμεῖν, 1564).
§1749PASSIVE VOICEA passive may be formed in the case of verbs ordinarily intransitive but allowing a cognate accusative in the active: ἱκανὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ηὐτύχηται the enemy has had enough good f…
with κεῖσθαι, στῆναι, καθίζειν, etc.
§1569COGNATE ACCUSATIVEAn extension of the cognate accusative appears in poetry with κεῖσθαι, στῆναι, καθίζειν and like verbs: τόπον, ὅντινα κεῖται the place in which he is situated S. Ph. 145, τί ἕστηκε…
with no attribute
§§1570–1571COGNATE ACCUSATIVEAn attributive word is usually necessary (but not in Hom.); otherwise the addition of the substantive to the verb would be tautologous. But the attribute is omitted: a. When the no…
omitted, leaving adjective attribute
§1572COGNATE ACCUSATIVEThe substantive may be omitted, leaving only the adjectival attribute: παῖσον διπλῆν (scil. πληγήν) strike twice (a double blow) S. El. 1415, τοῦτον ἀνέκραγον ὡς ὀλίγᾱς (scil. πληγ…
adjective, pronoun, or pronoun adjective treated as neuter substantive
§§1573–1574COGNATE ACCUSATIVEUsually an adjective, pronoun, or pronominal adjective is treated as a neuter substantive. Cp. μεγάλ᾽ ἁμαρτάνειν to commit grave errors D. 5.5 with μέγιστα ἁμαρτήματα ἁμαρτάνουσι P…
)( dative
§1577COGNATE ACCUSATIVEThe (rarer) dative (φόβῳ ταρβεῖν, βιαίῳ θανάτῳ ἀποθνῄσκειν, φεύγειν φυγῇ) expresses the cause (1517), manner (1513), or means (1507).
combined with external object
§1620INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL OBJECT WITH ONE VERBThe external object refers to a person, the internal object (cognate accusative, 1563 ff.) refers to a thing. Here the internal object stands in closer relation to the verb. ὁ πόλε…
§1629DOUBLE OBJECT WITH VERBS SIGNIFYING TO ASK, DEMAND, ETC.Both person and thing are equally governed by the verb. The accusative of the person is the external object; the accusative of the thing is sometimes a cognate accusative (internal…
Subject
§1566COGNATE ACCUSATIVEPassive: πόλεμος ἐπολεμεῖτο war was waged X. H. 4.8.1.
§1568COGNATE ACCUSATIVEPassive: πόλεμος ἐταράχθη war was stirred up D. 18.151.
§1574COGNATE ACCUSATIVEPassive: τοῦτο οὐκ ἐψεύσθησαν they were not deceived in this X. A. 2.2.13, ταῦτα οὐδεὶς ἂν πεισθείη no one would be persuaded of this P. L. 836d.
§1744PASSIVE VOICEThe cognate accusative may become the subject of the passive: πόλεμος ἐπολεμήθη war was waged P. Menex. 243e (πόλεμον πολεμεῖν, 1564).
§1749PASSIVE VOICEA passive may be formed in the case of verbs ordinarily intransitive but allowing a cognate accusative in the active: ἱκανὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ηὐτύχηται the enemy has had enough good f…
§1750PASSIVE VOICEThe cognate subject may be implied, as in the case of impersonal passives, in the perfect and tenses derived from the perfect. Thus, ἐπειδὴ αὐτοῖς παρεσκεύαστο when their preparati…