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Dative: experiencer as disjunct
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ὦ μῆτερ ὡς καλός μοι ὁ πάππος
‘Mother, how handsome is grandfather!’ (Xen. Cyrop. 1.3.2)
The dative form of a personal pronoun in the first or second person (μοι, ἡμῖν, σοι [or τοί], ὑμῖν) signals an experiencer as a disjunct. The speaker assumes that the person in question takes an interest in the state of affairs.
Translation tips
Usually it is better not to translate the so-called ethical dative.
Varia
The so-called ethical dative also occurs in the third person (οἱ, αὐτῷ, αὐτῇ etc.), but this is very rare.
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