Herbert Weir Smyth [
n.d.],
A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [
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Smyth].
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Stress is often laid on (a) the starting-point or (b) the goal of an action.
a. καταδήσα_ς ἀπὸ δένδρων τοὺς ἵππους tying his horses to (from) trees X. H. 4.4.10. By anticipation of the verbal action (attraction of the prep. with the article): τὴν ἀπὸ στρατοπέδου τάξιν ἔλιπεν
he deserted his post in the army
Aes. 3.159, οἱ ἐκ τῆς ἀγορᾶς καταλιπόντες τὰ ὤνια ἔφυγον the market-people (οἱ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ) left their wares and fled X. A. 1.2.18.
b. With verbs of collecting (ἀθροίζειν, συλλέγειν) and enrolling (ἐγγράφειν): εἰς πεδίον ἀθροίζονται they are mustered in (to) the plain X. A. 1.1.2, εἰς ἄνδρας ἐγγράψαι to enrol in (to) the list of men D. 19.230.
Herbert Weir Smyth [
n.d.],
A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [
info] [
word count] [
Smyth].
