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Prepositions with the accusative: beneficiary/malefactive
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πρὸς υἱὸν ὀργὴν οὐκ ἔχει χρηστὸς πατήρ
‘A good father harbours no anger against his son.’ (Men. Mon. 451)
Prepositions with the accusative, especially εἰς and πρός, signal a beneficiary or malefactive.
Lexical usage
The preposition πρός 'against' mostly occurs with verbs of fighting. The context must determine whether the prepositional phrase with πρός is a beneficiary or a malefactive.
Less frequent are διά, ἐπί and ὑπέρ.
Example Sentences:
ἡδέως μὲν ἔχε πρὸς ἅπαντας, χρῶ δὲ τοῖς βελτίστοις
Be friendly to all people, but associate with the best of them. ֍
ἐν τῇ ὦν παρελθούσῃ εὐεστοῖ ὁ Κροῖσος τὸ πᾶν ἐς αὐτὸν ἐπεποιήκεε
During his past prosperity Croisus had done everything for him.