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Time
adverbs of
§346ADVERBSCorrelative Adverbs.—Adverbs from pronominal stems often correspond in form and meaning. In the list on p. 102 poetic or rare words are in (). a. The demonstratives in () are forei…
genitive, dative, and accusative of, distinction
§1447GENITIVE OF TIME AND PLACEThe genitive may or may not denote a definite part of the time during which anything takes place; the dative fixes the time explicitly either by specifying a definite point in a gi…
§1543LOCATIVE DATIVEThe dative and genitive of time are sometimes employed with only a slight difference (1447 a).
genitive of
§§1444–1447GENITIVE OF TIME AND PLACETime.—The genitive denotes the time within which, or at a certain point of which, an action takes place. As contrasted with the accusative of time (1582), the genitive denotes a po…
§1325GENITIVE OF MEASUREThe genitive denotes measure of space, time, or degree. ὀκτὼ σταδίων τεῖχος a wall eight stades long T. 7.2, πέντε ἡμερῶν σῑτία provisions for five days 7. 43 (cp. fossa pedum quin…
expressed by dative of participle
§1498DATIVE OF RELATIONDative of the Participle expressing Time.—In expressions of time a participle is often used with the dative of the person interested in the action of the subject, and especially to…
dative of
§§1539–1543LOCATIVE DATIVEDative of Time.—The dative without a preposition is commonly used to denote a definite point of time (chiefly day, night, month, year, season) at which an action occurred. The dati…
§1447GENITIVE OF TIME AND PLACEThe genitive may or may not denote a definite part of the time during which anything takes place; the dative fixes the time explicitly either by specifying a definite point in a gi…
§1528COMITATIVE DATIVESpace and Time.—The dative of space and time may sometimes be regarded as comitative. a. Space: the way by which (qua), as ἐπορεύετο τῇ ὁδῷ ἣν πρότερον ἐποιήσατο he marched by the …
expressed by genitive and preposition
§1583ACCUSATIVE OF EXTENTThe accusative of time implies that the action of the verb covers the entire period. When emphasis is laid on the uninterrupted duration of an action, παρά with the accusative (169…
§1685. 1 bδιάδιά (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…
by ἐν with dative
§1542LOCATIVE DATIVEἐν is added: a. To words denoting time when there is no attributive: ἐν τῷ χειμῶνι in winter X. O. 17.3; cp. 1444. b. When the attributive is a pronoun (sometimes): (ἐν) ἐκείνῃ τῇ …
accusative of extent of
§1580ACCUSATIVE OF EXTENTThe accusative denotes extent in space and time.
§§1582–1585ACCUSATIVE OF EXTENTTime.—The accusative denotes extent of time. ἔμεινεν ἡμέρᾱς ἑπτά he remained seven days X. A. 1.2.6, ξυμμαχίᾱν ἐποιήσαντο ἑκατὸν ἔτη they made an alliance for a hundred years T. 3.…
§1447GENITIVE OF TIME AND PLACEThe genitive may or may not denote a definite part of the time during which anything takes place; the dative fixes the time explicitly either by specifying a definite point in a gi…
expressed by accusative and preposition
§1583ACCUSATIVE OF EXTENTThe accusative of time implies that the action of the verb covers the entire period. When emphasis is laid on the uninterrupted duration of an action, παρά with the accusative (169…
§1587ACCUSATIVE OF EXTENTTime and degree are often expressed by prepositions with the accusative. See Prepositions under ἀμφί, ἀνά, διά, ἐπί, κατά, παρά, πρός, ὑπό.
accusative of, where dative is in place
§1583ACCUSATIVE OF EXTENTThe accusative of time implies that the action of the verb covers the entire period. When emphasis is laid on the uninterrupted duration of an action, παρά with the accusative (169…
expressed by adverb accusative
§1611ADVERBIAL ACCUSATIVETime and Succession (1582): τὸ νῦν now, τὸ πάλαι of old, πρότερον before, τὸ πρότερον the former time, πρῶτον first, τὸ κατ᾽ ἀρχᾱ́ς in the beginning, τὸ πρῶτον in the first place, …
by participle
§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…
§2061THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL PARTICIPLETime.—The time denoted by the participle is only relative to that of the governing verb, and is to be inferred from the context. Each participial form in itself expresses only stag…
§2070GENITIVE ABSOLUTE. ACCUSATIVE ABSOLUTEGenitive Absolute.—A circumstantial participle agreeing with a genitive noun or pronoun which is not in the main construction of the sentence, stands in the genitive absolute. Like…
Of an action
expressed by tenses
§§1850–1857THE TENSESBy the tenses (‘tense’ from tempus) are denoted: 1. The time of an action: present, past, future. 2. The stage of an action: action continued or repeated (in process of development…