[B-Greek] OUDEIS
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Thu Feb 10 12:36:12 EST 2011
On Feb 10, 2011, at 12:18 PM, nebarry wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is anywhere attested in ancient Greek literature the neuter plural of ουδείς, OUDEIS? Smyth and LSJ list masculine plurals, but not neuter, and I can remember no example myself.
Nor can I; LSJ doesn't indicate it either. I think it would have to be the adjectival usage, like Lat. NULLA ...
> Secondly, the following is a sentence from the venerable Crosby and Schaeffer, chapter 64. Most of C&S's exercises are adapted from Greek literature. Does anyone know the provenance of this one?
>
> οποτε δε τινα ευροι χρηματα πολλα εκ του δικαιου λαμβανοντα, ουποτε ουδενα απηρειτο, αλλ αει πορσεδιδου. hOPOTE DE TINA hEUROI CRHMATA POLLA EK TOU DIKAIOU LAMBANONTA, OUPOTE OUDENA APHiREITO, ALL' AEI PROSEDIDOU.
Interesting; it's good Attic -- using the optative in the protasis of a past general condition; if I were to run a TLG search, I'd start looking in Plutarch's Lives, I think; this has to be said of somebody with power and wealth, like a Roman emperor.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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