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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt:...are transitive. Thus with gen., &px» to rule, Ovtooi to touch, axoiu to hear; with dat., irArjffiofiu to approach, aptryte to assist, p6ovu to envy. c. In many cases the Greek itself varies, using the same verb at different times as transitive and intransitive. Thus with ace. or gen., alaOico/uai to perceive, ivOvfiovnat to consider; with ace. or dat, 4voxu to trouble, ewio-TpaTciu to war against, and similar compounds of iirl; Sei /xt Tivos poetic for Bei uoi Twos I have need of something. d. Many intransitive verbs become transitive by being compounded with a preposition: thus j8aiV« intrans. to go, but trans. Siafiainu to go across, ixPalva to depart from (oftener with gen.), iropa/3aiVo to (pass beside) transgress, iirep$aiva to pass over, to surpass, to transgress. e. In rare cases an intransitive-verb in connection with a verbal noun forms a transitive phrase with an object-accusative: i-rio-riMves fiaow Tb irporqKotna they were acquainted with their duties, riOvainu rqi (pijiu Tovs @yfa.lovs to be (dead with fear) mortally afraid of the Thebans. 391. The Particles rfi and /no are followed by the accusative. They are used in swearing, and the ace. perhaps depends on Wu/« (390 a) understood. vi is always affirmative; n&, unless vat precedes it, is always connected with a negative expressed or understood: vi Ala by Zeus, pa! /to Afa yea by Zeus, ov,ua Ata no by Zeus, p.a rbv--ov av ye not you, by the--(the name of the god suppressed with humorous effect).--a. The accusative is sometimes found in other exclamations: Outof, & ere Toi there ho! you, I mean. 392. Some verbs take an accusative from an idea of Making or EfFecting, which is understood along with their proper sense. Thus upeafleveiv elpypnv (to act as embassador and s...