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Dative: manner as satellite
παντὶ τρόπῳ ἄμεινόν ἐστιν δίκαιον εἶναι ἢ ἄδικον
‘It is certainly better to be righteous than unrighteous.’ (Plat. Rep. 357b)
The dative signals a manner as a satellite.
Lexical usage
Many datives of manner are almost adverbs:
TBX τῇ ἀληθείᾳ 'in reality'
βίᾳ 'with force, against one's will'
δημοσίᾳ καὶ ἰδίᾳ 'in public and in private' (publice et privatim)
δίκῃ 'rightly'
δόλῳ 'cunningly'
(τῷ) ἔργῳ 'indeed'
ἡσυχῇ 'calmly, quietly'
κομιδῇ 'wholly, definitely'
κόσμῳ 'in an orderly way'
κύκλῳ 'round about'
(τῷ) λόγῳ 'in word'
τῷ ὄντι 'indeed'
ὀργῇ 'angrily'
προφάσει 'ostensibly'
σῑγῇ, σιωπῇ 'in silence'
σπουδῇ 'hastily; diligently'
φυγῇ 'in flight'
Syntactic usage
This dative is usually accompanied by a quantifying modifier.
βοῇ γὰρ ὡς τἆλλα καὶ τοὺς ἁμιλλωμένους ἔκρινον
As with other events they judged the competitors by shouting.
κατὰ σπουδὴν καὶ πολλῷ θορύβῳ ταῖς μὲν ναυσὶν ἐπὶ τὴν Σαλαμῖνα ἔπλεον.
Hastily and with much noise they sailed their ships to Salamis. ֍