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Genitive: source as satellite

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μάθε μου καὶ τάδε

‘’ (Xen. Cyrop. 1.6.44)

In a small number of cases the genitive signals a source as a satellite.

Lexical usage

Source of a sound

ἀκούω, ἀκροάομαι ‘to hear (from)’, μανθάνω, πυνθάνομαι ‘to learn (from)’

Example Sentences: 

ὑπανίστανται δέ μοι ἤδη καὶ θάκων καὶ ὁδῶν ἐξίστανται οἱ πλούσιοι

Now they get up from their seats for me and the rich get out of the way. [provisional translation]