Substantives

§§205–208GENERAL RULES FOR THE ACCENT OF NOUNSSubstantives and adjectives accent, in the oblique cases, the same syllable as is accented in the nominative, provided the ultima permits (163); otherwise the following syllable re…

§§838–856FORMATION OF SUBSTANTIVESSome suffixes have a special significance; of these the most important are given in 839-856. But suffixes commonly used with a special function (such as to denote agency, action, i…

§859LIST OF NOUN SUFFIXESVOWEL SUFFIXES 1. ο: nom. -ο-ς masc., fem., -ο-ν neut. A common suffix in primitives denoting persons (usually male agents) or things (often abstracts). ἀρχ-ό-ς leader from ἄρχ-ω l…

§865LIST OF NOUN SUFFIXESSUFFIXES WITH SIGMA 1. σι ( = τι): primary, denoting actions or abstract ideas (840 a. 2); rarely of persons: πό-σι-ς husband.—2. σιᾱ: primary, denoting actions or abstract ideas (…

§§886–890LAST PART OF A COMPOUNDCompound Substantives and Adjectives.—The last part of a noun-compound consists of a noun-stem or of a verb-stem with a noun-suffix.

§910SYNTAX OF THE SIMPLE SENTENCEPredicate Nouns.—Nouns (substantival or adjectival) are often used as complements to the predicate. Thus, a. A predicate substantive is a substantive forming part of the predicate …

§911SYNTAX OF THE SIMPLE SENTENCEA predicate substantive or adjective may often be distinguished from an attributive (912) in that the former implies some form of εἶναι be. Thus, πρεσβευτήν and εὐτυχῆ in 910. Afte…

§915SYNTAX OF THE SIMPLE SENTENCEPredicate substantives, adjectives, and participles, in agreement either with subject or object, are more common in Greek than in English, and often call for special shifts in tran…

§§973–975CONCORD OF PREDICATE SUBSTANTIVESA predicate substantive agrees with its subject in case: Μιλτιάδης ἦν στρατηγός Miltiades was a general.

§§1499–1502DATIVE WITH ADJECTIVES, ETC.Adjectives, adverbs, and substantives, of kindred meaning with the foregoing verbs, take the dative to define their meaning. βασιλεῖ φίλοι friendly to the king X. A. 2.1.20, εὔνους…

§1510INSTRUMENTAL DATIVE PROPERThe instrumental dative occurs after substantives: μῑ́μησις σχήμασι imitation by means of gestures P. R. 397b.

§1529WITH ADJECTIVES, ETC.Many adjectives and adverbs, and some substantives, take the instrumental dative by the same construction as the corresponding verbs. σύμμαχος αὐτοῖς their ally D. 9.58, χώρᾱ ὅμορο…

§1655PREPOSITIONSA preposition usually assumes the force of an adjective when compounded with substantives which do not change their forms on entering into composition, as σύνοδος a national meetin…

§§2001–2007C. Infinitive after Adjectives, Adverbs, and SubstantivesThe infinitive serves to define the meaning of adjectives, adverbs, and substantives, especially those denoting ability, fitness, capacity, etc. (and their opposites), and generall…

§2735οὐ AND μή WITH SUBSTANTIVES AND ADJECTIVES USED SUBSTANTIVELYοὐ and μή are used with substantives and substantivized adjectives with the same difference as with participles. Here the generic μή is much more common than οὐ. ἡ τῶν γεφῡρῶν . . …