'instrumental-comitative dative' - beginners guide to grammatical terms

Jonathan Ryder jpr1001 at cam.ac.uk
Wed Jun 16 12:12:45 EDT 1999


Edgar Krentz wrote:

> Don't lose heart. Carl Conrad is simply being precise. See H. W. Smyth,
> GREEK GRAMMAR, par. 1521-1528, all devoted to the comitative dative.
>
> This is the grammar you should read constantly. Its grammatical terminology
> is the normal set, prior to the arrival of modern linguistics.

It's OK I've not lost heart, but just wanted to find the best and quickest source.
It's also helpful to be given insight into historical development of grammatical
description as in the comment above.

One more question: would you recommend Smyth in preference to BDF?

Jonathan




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