A Compendious Grammar of the Greek Language (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ... any thing is Derived, Made, Supplied, or Taken; (B) That which exerts an influence, as an Excitement, Occasion, or ConDition; (C) That which produces any thing, as its Active or Efficient Cause; and (D) That which Constitutes any thing What It Is. 411. A. That from which any thing is DeRived, MADE, SUPPLIED, Or TAKEN. To this divis J 414. OP ORIGIN AND MATERIAL. OF SUPPLY. 235 ion belong, (J) the Genitive of Origin, (2) the Genitive of Material, (3) the Genitive of Supply, and (4) the Genitive of the Whole, or the Genitive Partitive. 1 and 2. Genitive of Origin and of Material. 412. Rule VI. The Origin, Source, and Material are put in the Genitive: as, AapcCov ml Ilapvcr&TiSos-ylyvovrai iraiSes S6o, of D. and P. are bom two children, i. 1. 1. ToO 5' tipvv, from him I sprang, Eur. Iph. T. 4. Ti diroXaiVats kv Ttjs &pxis what advantage should you derive from your authority Cyr. 7. 5. 56. 4o(vikos lUr al Bipai Treiroiri)ievai, the doors being made of the palm-tree, lb. 22. Olvoi fotvtKwy ii. 3. 14 (cf. i. 5. 10). a. The Gen. of source or material occurs, especially in the Epic poets, for other forms of construction, particularly the instrumental Dat.: as, Upfpai Si irupos Sijfoio Bvperpa, burn the gates ivith raging fire from fire, as the source, B. 415. Xetpas vif/dfievos irotii aX4s, having waslied his hands with water from in the foaming sea, . 261. 413. That of which one discourses or thinks may be regarded as the material of his discourse or thoughts; thus we speak of the matter of discourse, a matter of complaint, the subject-matter of a composition, &c. Hence, not unfrequently, both in immediate dependence upon another word, and even in the introduction of a sentence, Rule VII. The Theme Of Discourse Or Op Thought is put in the Genit...