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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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A predicate adjective referring to a genitive regularly stands in the genitive, but a predicate substantive or participle generally stands in the accusative in agreement with the unexpressed subject of the infinitive: Κύ_ρου ἐδέοντο ώς προθυ_μοτάτου γενέσθαι they entreated Cyrus to show himself as zealous as possible X. H. 1.5.2, ὑπὸ τῶν δεομένων μου προστάτην γενέσθαι by those who begged me to become their chief X. C. 7.2.23, δέομαι ὑ_μῶν ἐθελῆσαί μου ἀκοῦσαι, ὑπολογιζομένους τὸ πλῆθος τῶν αἰτιῶν I beg of you that you be willing to listen to me, paying heed to the number of charges Aes. 2.1.

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