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... Substantival Clause 112 97 . " " 22 " " as an oblique assertion . 112 98 . " " 99 " " " " 99 . 22 " " 100 . 99 99 101. The Adjectival Clause . " " contracted . 99 99 petition . question . 113 • 113 " " • 114 • 114 102 . " " 99 103 . 99 ...
... Substantival Clause 112 97 . " " 22 " " as an oblique assertion . 112 98 . " " 99 " " " " 99 . 22 " " 100 . 99 99 101. The Adjectival Clause . " " contracted . 99 99 petition . question . 113 • 113 " " • 114 • 114 102 . " " 99 103 . 99 ...
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... substantival and of an adverbial accusative [ see § 46 ] . The Vocative [ not a case ] is a stem used interjectionally . The Genitive case marks one noun or pronoun as occu- pying some adjectival relation to another noun . As its many ...
... substantival and of an adverbial accusative [ see § 46 ] . The Vocative [ not a case ] is a stem used interjectionally . The Genitive case marks one noun or pronoun as occu- pying some adjectival relation to another noun . As its many ...
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... Substantival . Subject of verb . Acc . " " Object of verb . Voc . Gen. • . Interjectional . Acc . [ adv . ] Adverbial Person addressed . & c . of something . of . Course , duration , & c . Adjectival Material , possessor , Gen. [ adv ...
... Substantival . Subject of verb . Acc . " " Object of verb . Voc . Gen. • . Interjectional . Acc . [ adv . ] Adverbial Person addressed . & c . of something . of . Course , duration , & c . Adjectival Material , possessor , Gen. [ adv ...
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... substantival , adjectival , or adverbial functions by a reference to the functions of the old Aryan cases as given above . Thus we shall often speak of a modern noun as discharging a ' nominative function , ' a ' dative function , ' a ...
... substantival , adjectival , or adverbial functions by a reference to the functions of the old Aryan cases as given above . Thus we shall often speak of a modern noun as discharging a ' nominative function , ' a ' dative function , ' a ...
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... substantival ] after a verb of percep- tion , e.3 . οἶδα θνητὸς ὤν I know that I am mortal [ lit. I know being mortal ] . There are several other idiomatic uses , but they all appear to have grown out of subordinating attributes ...
... substantival ] after a verb of percep- tion , e.3 . οἶδα θνητὸς ὤν I know that I am mortal [ lit. I know being mortal ] . There are several other idiomatic uses , but they all appear to have grown out of subordinating attributes ...
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