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1507
Instrument or Means.—ἔβαλλέ με λίθοις
he hit me with stones
L. 3.8, ἵ_ησι τῇ ἀξί_νῃ he hurls his ax at him (hurls with his ax) X. A. 1.5.12, ταῖς μαχαίραις
-- 347 -- κόπτοντες hacking them with their swords 4. 6. 26, οὐδὲν ἤνυε τούτοις
he accomplished nothing by this
D. 21.104, ἐζημίωσαν χρήμασιν they punished him by a fine T. 2.65, ὕ_οντος πολλῷ (ὕδατι) during a heavy rain X. H. 1.1.16 ( cross934). So with δέχεσθαι: τῶν πόλεων οὐ δεχομένων αὐτοὺς ἀγορᾷ οὐδὲ ἄστει, ὕδατι δὲ καὶ ὅρμῳ as the cities did not admit them to a market nor even into the town, but (only) to water and anchorage T. 6.44. Often with passives: ᾠκοδομημένον πλίνθοις
built of bricks
X. A. 2.4.12.
a. The instrumental dative is often akin to the comitative dative: ἀλώμενος νηί τε καὶ ἑτάροισι
wandering with his ship and companions
λ 161, νηυσὶν οἰχήσονται
they shall go with their ships
Ω 731, θυ_μῷ καὶ ῥώμῃ τὸ πλέον ἐναυμάχουν ἢ ἐπιστήμῃ
they fought with passionate violence and brute force rather than by a system of tactics
T. 1.49.
b. Persons may be regarded as instruments: φυλαττόμενοι φύλαξι
defending themselves by pickets
X. A. 6.4.27. Often in poetry (S. Ant. 164).
c. Verbs of raining or snowing take the dative or accusative ( cross1570 a).
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