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

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The genitive is used with adverbs of manner, especially with the intransitive ἔχω, ἥκω (Hdt.). The genitive usually has no article: ὡς τάχους ἕκαστος εἶχεν as fast as each could (with what measure of speed he had) X. H. 4.5.15, ὡς ποδῶν εἶχον as fast as my legs could carry me Hdt. 6.116, ἔχοντες εὖ φρενῶν being in their right minds E. Hipp. 462, εὖ σώματος ἕξειν to be in good bodily condition P. R. 404d (cp. ^cross407 c, τοὺς ὑγιεινῶς ἔχοντας τὰ σώματα those who are sound in body: with the article, ^cross1121), χρημάτων εὖ ἥκοντες well off Hdt. 5.62, τοῦ πολέμου καλῶς ἐδόκει ἡ πόλις καθίστασθαι . . . τῆς τε ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης παρόδου χρησίμως ἕξειν they thought that the city was well situated for the war and would prove useful for the march along Thrace T. 3.92.

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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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