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Headword:
*)/agamai
Adler number: alpha,139
Translated headword: I admire, I marvel at, I am amazed at
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Used] with a possessive genitive: "I admire my friend on account of his manners and his good character";[1] and with an accusative: "I think that one of the gods was amazed at the war".[2] Whenever it is followed by se[3] it takes an accusative, and when "for the sake of" can be understood it is construed with a genitive.
Greek Original:*)/agamai: kata\ peripoi/hsin genikh=|: to\n fi/lon a)/gamai tw=n tro/pwn kai\ tou= xrhstou= h)/qous e(/khti: ai)tiatikh=| de/: oi)=mai de\ to\n po/lemon qew=n tina a)gasqh=nai. o(/tan e)/xh| th\n se ai)tiatikh=|, kai\ o(/tan e)cakou/htai to\ e(/neka genikh=| sunta/ssetai.
Notes:
cf.
alpha 138,
alpha 141,
alpha 178. LSJ entry at web address 1.
[1] Quotation unidentifiable.
[2] An approximation of
Isocrates 4.84 (web address 2).
[3] "You", in the accusative singular.
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Keyword: dialects, grammar, and etymology
Translated by: William Hutton on 28 March 2000@00:33:15.
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