[B-Greek] OUDEIS

Barry H. nebarry at verizon.net
Thu Feb 10 18:59:01 EST 2011



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From: "Carl Conrad" <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
To: "nebarry" <nebarry at verizon.net>
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Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] OUDEIS



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.<<

Somebody on the Classics list nailed it -- it looks adapted from Xen. Ana. 
1.9.19.  I recently re-read that, so that the C&S exercise looked hauntingly 
familiar, but I couldn't place it.

Thanks for the responses, guys.

N.E. Barry Hofstetter, semper melius Latine sonat...
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