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Infinitive: result or property as (agreeing) argument
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The infinitive can function as an agreeing constituent:
- with the subject (e.g. with καλέομαι ‘to be called’, νομίζομαι ‘to be regarded as’);
- with the first object (e.g. with καλέω ‘to call’).
Syntactic usage
It goes without saying that the infinitive is a nominative in the first case and an accusative in the second, although this is not morphologically apparent.
Example Sentences:
νόμος “ὅστις δὲ ἀπίλλει τῇ θύρᾳ, ἔνδον τοῦ κλέπτου ὄντος.” — τὸ ἀπίλλειν τοῦτο ἀποκλείειν νομίζεται, καὶ μηδὲν διὰ τοῦτο διαφέρου
Legal text: Whoever obstructs the way with the door, when the thief is inside... - By this blocking the road is meant closing, no discussion about it. [provisional translation]