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An attributive word is usually necessary (but not in Hom.); otherwise the addition of the substantive to the verb would be tautologous. But the attribute is omitted:
a. When the nominal idea is specialized: φυλακὰ_ς φυλάττειν
b. When the substantive is restricted by the article: τὸν πόλεμον πολεμεῖν
c. When a plural substantive denotes repeated occurrences: ἐτριηράρχησε τριηραρχία_ς
d. In various expressions: Ὀλύμπια νι_κᾶν
τὴν ναυμαχία_ν νι_κῆσαι
θύ_ειν τὰ εὐαγγέλια
e. In poetry the use of a substantive to denote a special form of the action of the verb is much extended: στάζειν αἷμα Ἄρηπνεῖν
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Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].
