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Genitive: exclamation (cause)
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ἰὼ ἰὼ δυστόνων κακῶν, ἄναξ
‘What terrible suffering, my king!’ (Aesch. Seven 1005)
The genitive signals an exclamation, usually preceded by an interjection.
Lexical usage
Common interjections include φεῦ and οἴμοι ‘alas!’.
Syntactic usage
In tragedy the genitive after οἴμοι or ὤμοι ‘alas!’ refers to the second or third person. For the first person the nominative is used.
According to most grammars (including Rijksbaron and others 2003) this genitive has a causative role.
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