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Accusative: manner as satellite
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ἔπλεε πρόφασιν ἐπ᾽ Ἑλλησπόντου
‘He seemed to sail to the Hellespont.’ (Hdt. 5.33)
The accusative signals a manner as a satellite.
Lexical usage
This usage is frequent:
- with neuter pronouns: τι ‘in one way or another’, τοῦτο ‘in that way’;
- in specific fixed expressions: ἀμφότερα ‘in both ways’, δίκην (+ gen.) ‘in the manner (of)’, πάντα τὸν τρόπον ‘in every way’, πρόφασιν ‘ostensibly’, τὴν ταχίστην ‘as quickly as possible’, τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον ‘in that way’.
Example Sentences:
ἔγνωσαν καὶ αὐτοὶ τὴν ταχίστην ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ὅπλα κινεῖν
They decided to take up arms against them as quickly as possible. ֍
τί δὲ μέλλω φρένα Δίαν
καθορᾶν, ὄψιν ἄβυσσον;
How shall I begin to explore the mind of Zeus, an unfathomable sight?