Position

§144QUANTITY OF SYLLABLESA syllable is long by position when its vowel precedes two consonants or a double consonant: ἵππος horse, ἐξ out of. a. One or both of the two consonants lengthening a final syllab…

§145QUANTITY OF SYLLABLESA stop with a liquid after a short vowel need not make the preceding syllable long by position. A syllable containing a short vowel before a stop and a liquid is common (either sho…

§314 aCOMPARISON OF ADJECTIVESAdjectives in -ος with a short penult lengthen ο to ω: ϝέο-ς new, ϝεώ-τερος, νεώ-τατος, χαλεπό-ς difficult, χαλεπώ-τερος, χαλεπώ-τατος. An undue succession of short syllables is th…

§§1154–1167Attributive Position of the ArticleA word or group of words standing between the article and its noun, or immediately after the article if the noun, with or without the article, precedes, is an attributive. Thus, ὁ …

§§1168–1171Predicate Position of AdjectivesA predicate adjective either precedes or follows the article and its noun: σοφὸς ὁ ἀνήρ or ὁ ἀνὴρ σοφός the man is wise. Thus, ἀτελεῖ τῇ νῑ́κῃ ἀνέστησαν they retired with their vic…

§1163Attributive Position of the ArticleThe attributive position is employed with the possessive pronouns and the possessive genitives of the reflexive and demonstrative pronouns (1184), αὐτο<*> meaning same (1173), and …

§1171Predicate Position of AdjectivesThe predicate position is employed with the demonstratives οὗτος, ὅδε, ἐκεῖνος, and ἄμφω, ἀμφότερος, ἑκάτερος, and ἕκαστος; with the possessive genitives of personal and relative p…

§1184POSITION OF THE GENITIVE OF PRONOUNS AND THE ARTICLEIn the attributive position (1154) stands the genitive of the demonstrative, reflexive, and reciprocal pronouns. τὸ τούτου βιβλίον or τὸ βιβλίον τὸ τούτου his book, τὸ ἐμαυτοῦ βιβλ…

§1185POSITION OF THE GENITIVE OF PRONOUNS AND THE ARTICLEIn the predicate position stands a. The genitive of the personal pronouns (whether partitive or not): τὸ βιβλίον μου (σου, αὐτοῦ, etc.), or μου σου, αὐτοῦ. etc.) τὸ βιβλίον when ot…

§§1172–1175PECULIARITIES OF POSITION WITH THE ARTICLEAdjectives of Place.—When used in the predicate position (1168) ἄκρος (high) means the top of, μέσος (middle) means the middle of, ἔσχατος (extreme) means the end of. Cp. summus, m…

§§1204–1217THE PRONOUN αὐτόςαὐτός is used as an adjective and as a pronoun. It has three distinct uses: (1) as an intensive adjective pronoun it means self (ipse). (2) As an adjective pronoun, when preceded b…

§§1176–1181PECULIARITIES OF POSITION WITH THE ARTICLEThe demonstrative pronouns οὗτος, ὅδε, ἐκεῖνος, and αὐτός self, in agreement with a noun, usually take the article, and stand in the predicate position (1168): οὗτος ὁ ἀνήρ or ὁ ἀν…

§1182PECULIARITIES OF POSITION WITH THE ARTICLEPossessive pronouns take the article only when a definite person or thing is meant, and stand between article and noun: τὸ ἐμὸν βιβλίον my book, τὰ ἡμέτερα βιβλία our books. a. But…

§1183PECULIARITIES OF POSITION WITH THE ARTICLEThe article is not used with possessive pronouns or the genitive of personal and reflexive pronouns (cp. 1184, 1185): a. When no particular object is meant: ἐμὸν βιβλίον or βιβλίον…

§1196 aTHE 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…

§§1186–1189INTERROGATIVES, ἄλλος, πολύς, ὀλίγος WITH THE ARTICLEThe interrogatives τίς, ποῖος may take the article when a question is asked about an object before mentioned: ΣΩ. νῦν δ<*> ἐκε <*>να, ὦ Φαῖδρε, δυνάμεθα κρῑ́νειν. ΦΑΙ. τὰ ποῖα; SOC…

§1307GENITIVE OF THE DIVIDED WHOLE (PARTITIVE GENITIVE)Position.—The genitive of the whole stands before or after the word denoting the part: τῶν Θρᾳκῶν πελτασταί targeteers of the Thracians T. 7.27, οἱ ἄποροι τῶν πολῑτῶν the needy amo…