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Accusative: goal as satellite

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ἀλλ’ αὐτὰ ταῦτα καὶ νῦν ἥκω παρὰ σέ, ἵνα ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ διαλεχθῇς αὐτῷ

‘’ (Plat. Prot. 310e)

The accusative signals a goal as a satellite.

Lexical usage

The word in the accusative is invariably a neuter pronoun indicating a situation. Many of these pronouns are very idiomatic: τί; 'why?, wherefore?'

Example Sentences: 

τί δέ; ... - ἵνα ἤκουσας ἀνδρῶν διαλεγομένων οἳ νῦν σοφώτατοί εἰσι

Why was that? So that you could hear men who are the wisest at the moment. [provisional translation]