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150.] GENITIVE. 143
This use of the Gen. is singularly common in Latin: see Roby, 1282.
The reason for this difference between Greek and Latin evidently is that in
Latin the Gen. is not confounded with the Abl. The same explanation has
been given of the free use which Latin makes of the predicative Dative
( 143, note}.
149.] Genitive of Place. A Gen. expresses a vague -local
relation (within,
in the sphere of, &c.),
in the following uses :
(1) After a negative
II. 17. 372 vtcfros b' ov (paiveTo 770,0-77? yatrjs OVT opeW.
Od. 3. 251 r\ ov/c'Apyeos jjev 'A^auKov. Cp. 14. 98., 21. 109.
(2) When two sides or alternative places
II. 9. 219 avrbs 6' avriov l&v ^Obvo-afjos 0etoto
are contrasted
roi^ou TOV erepoto. Cp. 24. 59 8
Od. I. 23 AWioiras, rol bixQa SeScuarat, ecrxarot avbp&v,
oi IJLZV bvffOfjievov 'Tirtpiovos, ol 8' aviovros,
and so perhaps Od. 12. 27 r)
oAos TJ CTT! yijs,
and Od. 4. 678 av\rjs
KTOS v in the court outside (cp. 9. 239).
(3) With Verbs of motion, to express the space within which
the motion takes place, as II. 2. 785 dteTrprjcrow TreStoto made
their way over the plain : so lav Tro/Ve'os irebioLo, t'Trrrco
TreSi'oto, Trebioio io)Ke^ KOVLOVTZS irebiOLO, &c. 10. ; 353 e
veiolo (3a6ir]s TTTIKTOV aporpov
:
24. 264 Iva Trp^ora-cojuez; 6oto, cp.
Od. 2. 404., 3. 476. This use of the Gen. is almost confined to
set phrases ; accordingly it is only found with the Gen. in -oio
When an Ace. of quantity and
(the archaic form).
The difference of meaning between this Genitive and the
Accusative of Space ( 138) seems to be that the Ace. measures
the action of the Verb, whereas the Gen. only gives a local relation
in which the action stands.
a Gen. are both used, the Ace. often seems to govern the Gen. ;
e. g. 6/uuA.ou TTO\\OV TT\6(6v advancing far in the throng, Trapef eA-
Otiv irebioLo rvrOov to go a short space ofplain beyond. So with
Adverbs : tvOa KOL ZvO* Wv&e fJ'CL^rj
irebioio :
abrjv eAaorat TroAe/xoto ;
and with a negative
: OVK "Apyeos ^v ^e was nowhere in Argos.
Thus the Gen. has a partitive character.
15O.] Genitive of Time. This Gen. expresses a period of
time to which the action belongs, without implying anything as
to its duration; e.g.
Od. 14. 161 Tovb' avrov XvitdfiavTos eAevo-erai he will come (sometime
in) this very year. So II. 5. 523 z^e/uur/? in calm weather ;
8.
470 fiovs in the morning ; n. 691 r&v vpoTtpwv ereW informer
years ; 22. 27 o-n-wprjs eto-t goes in autumn.
It appears from the corresponding construction in Sanscr. and