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In statements of number and measure ἤ may be omitted after the adverbial comparatives πλέον (πλεῖν) more, ἔλα_ττον (μεῖον) less, which do not alter their case and number: πέμπει οὐκ ἔλα_ττον δέκα φέροντας πῦρ he sends not less than ten men carrying fire X. H. 4.5.4, πόλις πλέον πεντακισχι_λίων ἀνδρῶν a city of more than 5000 men 5. 3. 16. Even when ἤ is kept, πλέον (πλεῖν), etc., remains unchanged: ἐν πλεῖν ( = πλείοσιν) ἢ δια_κοσίοις ἔτεσιν
in more than 200 years
D. 24.141, τοξότα_ς πλεῖν ἢ εἴκοσι μυ_ριάδας
more bowmen than 20 myriads
X. C. 2.1.6.
a. In place of the adverbial πλέον, etc., we find also the adjectival forms with or without ἤ or with the genitive: τοξότα_ς πλείους ἢ τετρακισχι_λίους
more bowmen than 4000
X. C. 2.1.5, ἔτη γεγονὼς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα more than 70 years old P. A. 17d, ι·ππέα_ς πλείους τρια_κοσίων
more than 300 horse
X. H. 1.3.10.
Herbert Weir Smyth [
n.d.],
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Smyth].
