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Dative of Place.—In poetry the dative without a preposition is used to denote place.
a. Where a person or thing is: στὰ_ς μέσῳ ἕρκεϊ
taking his stand in the middle of the court
Ω 306, γῇ ἔκειτο
she lay on the ground
S. O. T. 1266, ναίειν ὄρεσιν to dwell among the mountains O. T. 1451. Often of the parts of the body (Hom. θυ_μῷ, καρδίῃ, etc.). With persons (generally in the plural): ἀριπρεπὴς Τρώεσσιν conspicuous among the Trojans Z 477. τοῖσι δ' ἀνέστη A 68 may be rose up among them or a dative proper (for them).
b. Place whither (limit of motion): πεδίῳ πέσε fell on the ground E 82, κολεῷ ἄορ θέο
put thy sword into its sheath
κ 333.
Herbert Weir Smyth [
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