Greek in a Nutshell by James Strong
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relation either with or without a preposition.
| >>>---|-----> | Genitive. Dative. Accusative. § 80. GENITIVE, denoting _origin_, answering to _Whence?_ and expressed by _from_. § 81. "_Local_," involving _external_ relations of space, either in a literal or a figurative sense. This includes actual _motion_ from an object, generally with a preposition, (á¼ÏÏ á¼Îº ÏαÏά;) _separation_ from it, usually with verbs compounded with a preposition; and _commencement_. § 82. "_Causal_," denoting a more _internal_ relation, as if the outgoing of some agency or property, as follows:-- § 83. _Active_, either direct, inferential, or metaphysical. This includes relations of source, (e.g., derivation, [commonly with á¼Îº, sometimes á¼ÏÏ, direct authorship with á½ÏÏ,] possession, property, [often with an Infin.]) _partitive_ use, (e.g., a class, material, partial relations,) and the Gen. of time, (in the _course_ of which,) especially the "Gen. absolute," with a Participle, as affording occasion. § 84. _Passive_, that is, indirect, the act being for the sake of the Gen. This includes verbs implying a _mental operation_, adjectives, and other words denoting _skill_, and the Gen. of _crime_ or _purpose_, (the last mostly an Infin. with the article.) |
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