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Prepositions with the dative: reference
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ἦσαν ἐν Ὀλύνθῳ τῶν ἐν τοῖς πράγμασιν τινὲς μὲν Φιλίππου καὶ πάνθ᾽ ὑπηρετοῦντες ἐκείνῳ, τινὲς δὲ τοῦ βελτίστου καὶ ὅπως μὴ δουλεύσουσιν οἱ πολῖται πράττοντες
‘’ (Dem. 9.56)
The preposition ἐν with the dative signals a reference.
Lexical usage
Less frequent are ἀμφί (in poetry) and περί.