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Preposition ἐπί with the dative: condition
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καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοις ὠμόσθησαν οἱ ὅρκοι
‘And on those conditions the oaths were sworn.’ (Xen. Hell. 7.4.11)
The preposition ἐπί with the dative signals a condition.
Example Sentences:
ἀφίεμέν σε ἐπὶ τούτοις, ὅπως μηκέτι διαλέξῃ τούτους τοὺς λόγους οὓς μέχρι νῦν διελέγου
We let you free on the condition that you stop arguing as you have until now. ֍
αὐτοί τε τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἀννίβαν ἔδοσαν πίστεις καὶ παρ’ ἐκείνων ἔλαβον ἐπὶ τούτοις [...]
They gave pledges of loyalty to Hannibal and his entourage and vice versa on the following conditions: […]
ἐπὶ τούτοις γὰρ οἱ ἄνδρες παρέδοσαν τὴν πόλιν καὶ ταῦτα συνέθεντο.
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