Topic · from the English index · as printed
Reciprocal
middle
§1726MIDDLE VOICEReciprocal Middle.—With a dual or plural subject the middle may indicate a reciprocal relation. So with verbs of contending, conversing (questioning, replying), greeting, embracing…
Pronoun
declension
§331PRONOUNSReciprocal Pronoun.—The reciprocal pronoun, meaning one another, each other, is made by doubling the stem of ἄλλος (ἀλλ-αλλο-). It is used only in the oblique cases of the dual and…
genitive, in attributive position
§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…
use
§1277THE RECIPROCAL PRONOUNThe pronoun ἀλλήλοιν expresses reciprocal relation: ὡς δ᾽ εἰδέτην ἀλλήλους ἡ γυνὴ καὶ ὁ Ἀβραδάτᾱς, ἠσπάζοντο ἀλλήλους when Abradatas and his wife saw each other, they mutually embr…
§1278THE RECIPROCAL PRONOUNTo express reciprocal relation Greek uses also (1) the middle forms (1726); (2) the reflexive pronoun (1231); or (3) a substantive is repeated: ἀνὴρ ἕλεν ἄνδρα man fell upon man O …
Reflexive
§1231THE REFLEXIVE PRONOUNSReciprocal Reflexive.—The plural forms of the reflexive pronouns are often used for the reciprocal ἀλλήλων, ἀλλήλοις, etc.: ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς διαλεξόμεθα we will converse with (ourselves…
§1232THE REFLEXIVE PRONOUNSBut the reciprocal must be used when the idea ‘each for or with himself’ is expressed or implied: μᾶλλον χαίρουσιν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀλλήλων κακοῖς ἢ τοῖς αὑτῶν ἰδίοις ἀγαθοῖς ( = ἢ ἐπὶ τοῖ…
Relations
how expressed in Greek
§1277THE RECIPROCAL PRONOUNThe pronoun ἀλλήλοιν expresses reciprocal relation: ὡς δ᾽ εἰδέτην ἀλλήλους ἡ γυνὴ καὶ ὁ Ἀβραδάτᾱς, ἠσπάζοντο ἀλλήλους when Abradatas and his wife saw each other, they mutually embr…
§1278THE RECIPROCAL PRONOUNTo express reciprocal relation Greek uses also (1) the middle forms (1726); (2) the reflexive pronoun (1231); or (3) a substantive is repeated: ἀνὴρ ἕλεν ἄνδρα man fell upon man O …
§1726MIDDLE VOICEReciprocal Middle.—With a dual or plural subject the middle may indicate a reciprocal relation. So with verbs of contending, conversing (questioning, replying), greeting, embracing…
§1727MIDDLE VOICEThe reciprocal relation may also be expressed (1) by the use of the reflexive pronoun (cp. 1724) with the active: φθονοῦσιν ἑαυτοῖς they are mutually envious X. M. 3.5.16; (2) by t…