Means

§842FORMATION OF SUBSTANTIVESINSTRUMENT OR MEANS OF ACTION The instrument or means of an action is expressed by the primary suffixes 1. τρο (nom. -τρο-ν, neut.): ἄρο-τρο-ν plough (ἀρό-ω plough), λύ-τρο-ν ranso…

§863 a 8LIST OF NOUN SUFFIXESSUFFIXES WITH DENTALS (τ, δ, θ) a. Suffixes with τ. 1. τ: primary, at the end of stems, as ἀ-γνώς, ἀ-γνῶ-τ-ος unknown (γι-γνώ-σκω know). 2. το, τᾱ: primary, in verbal adjectives in…

§§1503–1511INSTRUMENTAL DATIVEThe Greek dative, as the representative of the lost instrumental case, denotes that by which or with which an action is done or accompanied. It is of two kinds: (1) The instrumenta…

§1757PASSIVE VOICEThe dative, or a prepositional phrase, is regularly used with the passive to denote the instrument, means, or cause (1506). The agent may be viewed as the instrument: in prose, whe…

§1679ORDINARY USES OF THE PREPOSITIONSMeans is expressed by διά with the genitive (the normal usage in Attic prose), ἀπό, ἐξ, ἐν, σύν. Motive is expressed by ὑπό (gen.), διά (accus.), ἕνεκα.

§1681. 2ἀμφίἀμφί (cp. ἄμφω, ἀμφότερος, Lat. ambi-, amb-, am-) originally on both sides (either externally only, or inside and outside), hence about. Cp. the use of περί (1693) throughout. Chie…

§1684. 1 c (4)ἀπόἀπό (Lesb. etc. ἀπύ) from, off, away from; originally of separation and departure. Cp. Lat. ab, Eng. off, of. 1. ἀπό with the Genitive only a. Local: καταπηδήσᾱς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου leap…

§1685. 1 dδιάδιά (Lesb. ζά) through, originally through and out of, and apart (separation by cleavage), a force seen in comp. (cp. Lat. dis-, Germ. zwi-schen). 1. διά with the Genitive a. Local…

§1687. 1 cἐνἐν in (poetic ἐνί, εἰν, εἰνί), Lat. in with the abl., en-; opposed to εἰς into, ἐξ out of. On ἐν with the genitive by ellipsis, see 1302. 1. ἐν with the Dative (Locative) only a. L…

§1688. 1 cἐξ, ἐκἐξ, ἐκ out, out of, from, from within, opposed to ἐν, εἰς; cp. Lat. ex, e. As contrasted with ἀπό away from, ἐξ denotes from within. 1. ἐξ, ἐκ with the (Ablatival) Genitive only In…

§1696. 1 cσύνσύν (Older Attic ξύν; cp. Ion. ξῡνός from κονιος = κοινός, Lat. cum) with. 1. σύν with the Instrumental Dative only. a. In standard (i.e. not Xenophontic) prose σύν has been almost…

§2060THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL PARTICIPLEThe circumstantial participle expresses simply circumstance or manner in general. It may imply various other relations, such as time, manner, means, cause, purpose, concession, con…

§2063THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL PARTICIPLEMeans (often the present participle).—λῃζόμενοι ξῶσι they live by pillaging X. C. 3.2.25, μὴ κρῖν᾽ ὁρῶν τὸ κάλλος, ἀλλὰ τὸν τρόπον judge by regarding not beauty, but (by regarding)…