Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].

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A passive may be formed in the case of verbs ordinarily intransitive but allowing a cognate accusative in the active: ἱκανὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ηὐτύχηται the enemy has had enough good fortune T. 7.77 (εὐτυχεῖν ἱκανά, ^cross1573), κεκινδυ_νεύσεται the risk will have been run Ant. 5.75. See ^cross1746. This is common with neuter passive participles: τὰ ἠσεβημένα αὐτῷ the impious acts committed by him L. 6.5, τὰ σοὶ κἀ_μοὶ βεβιωμένα the life led by you and by me D. 18.265, τὰ πεπολι_τευμένα αὐτοῖς their political acts 1. 28, ἁμαρτηθέντα errors committed X. A. 5.8.20.

a. Some verbs describing the action of the weather may be used in the passive: νειφόμενοι ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὸ ἄστυ they returned to the city covered with snow X. H. 2.4.3.

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Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].

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