A grammar of the Homeric dialect - Wilbourhall.org

130 USE OF CASES. [136.
is construed with a Substantive in the Ace. of ' cognate ' form,
or at least of equivalent meaning.
A Cognate Ace. is generally used to introduce the Adjective
or Pronoun which really qualifies or defines the predication contained
in the Verb: e.g. airprjKTov -Tro'Aejuou TToXejjLifciv to wage a
war without result (cp. the adverbial use of a Neut. Adj. in
aXXrjKTov TToAejuu'Cetz; to war without ceasing] ; 05 KCV apio-ryv (3ovXr]v
povXtva-rj who shall give the lest counsel ( = apicrra (BovXevcrrj) ;
e^>tA.t TravTotrjv /3ij(rao-0e, eA/cos o jue (Bporos ovracrtVy VTTOO-^CTLS rjv ircp VTre-
&C.
136.] Other Adverbial Accusatives. The following uses
may be placed here as more or less analogous to the Cognate
Accusative :
(1) Substantives expressing a particular sphere or kind of the
action denoted by the Verb as
:
II. 6. 292 rjyayz ^ibovtifjOev . . rrjv obbv rjv 'EAez^y Trep a^ryyaye
the voyage on which he brought lack Helen: (cp.
Od. 6. 164
yXOov yap KCU Keure . . Tr)v obbv fj 877 KrA.) ; so obbv ot>(cr^at,
obbv rjyrja-aa-daL
to lead on the way ; and again efeo-uyz; eXOelv
to go on an expedition (and in Od. 21. 20 teo-ir]v TroXXrjv obov
yXdev went a long way on an expedition)^ ayycXirjv cXOovra going on
a message ; fiovXas eapyu*v ayaOas taking the lead in good
counsels ; Od. 8. 23 a0Xovs . . TOVS . .
CTretpTJo-ayr' 'Obvcrfjos ',
Od. 19. 393 ovXrjV rr]v TTOTC JJLLV crvs rjXaa-. So baivvvra yapov
holding a wedding-feast, baivv rd(pov gave a funeral feast (whereas
the cognate bair-qv baivvjjievovs means holding an ordinary feast)
vvdyiJiv "Aprja let us join battle, e/n8a pr^yvvvro fiapelav broke in
grievous strife.
So probably we should explain II. I. 31 \\LQV Ae'xos avrLoaxrav,
like II. 15. 33 (^Ao'rr;? re KCU e^^ rjv ^iyrjs (cp. Pind. N. I. 67
orav 0eot . .
yiyavTevo-iv payav avTiafavi). Also Od. 6. 259 otyp*
av jjLv K aypovs tojuteu Kat epy' avOpunrutv so long as our way is
through "fields and tillage of 'men = , aypovs obbv v dypoty.
Note that this construction is chiefly applied to the familiar
spheres of action battle, council, feasting. &c.
(2) Abstract Nouns expressing an attribute of the action.
II. 9. 115 ov TL \l/evbo$ jjias aras KareAefas with no falsehood