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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?'