Personification and the Use of Abstract Subjects in the Attic Orators and Thukydides, Part 1Johns Hopkins University, 1901 - 49 pages |
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... meaning , but are old feminine forms which correspond to the nomina agentis in -ós , ǹ Tpoon , nourishment , ' being really the feminine of an original adjective тpopós - h - óv , ' nourishing . ' The fem- inine adjective has become an ...
... meaning , but are old feminine forms which correspond to the nomina agentis in -ós , ǹ Tpoon , nourishment , ' being really the feminine of an original adjective тpopós - h - óv , ' nourishing . ' The fem- inine adjective has become an ...
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... meaning of the large average in Demosthenes , which is intimately connected with the orator's vigor and sus- tained intensity . Aischines has an average apparently a trifle higher than Demosthenes , but this is due to the fact that he ...
... meaning of the large average in Demosthenes , which is intimately connected with the orator's vigor and sus- tained intensity . Aischines has an average apparently a trifle higher than Demosthenes , but this is due to the fact that he ...
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... meaning would have been expressed by saying that ' the oil had not been spilled ( èxxv0îvai ye ) ' . Yet the latter would have been a trivial term , not rising above the level of common life , and Demosthenes has made a great gain in ...
... meaning would have been expressed by saying that ' the oil had not been spilled ( èxxv0îvai ye ) ' . Yet the latter would have been a trivial term , not rising above the level of common life , and Demosthenes has made a great gain in ...
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... ) , ' Conceive the blank face of Patriotism when it found , etc. ' ( p . 226 ) .— On the other hand there can be no question of the concrete meaning in such words as βοήθεια ( Th . 6 , PERSONIFICATION AND USE OF ABSTRACT SUBJECTS 35.
... ) , ' Conceive the blank face of Patriotism when it found , etc. ' ( p . 226 ) .— On the other hand there can be no question of the concrete meaning in such words as βοήθεια ( Th . 6 , PERSONIFICATION AND USE OF ABSTRACT SUBJECTS 35.
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... meaning ' eternally young , imperishable ' : [ Lys . ] 2 , 79 ἀγήρατοι αὐτῶν αἱ μνῆμαι ; Hyp . 6 , 42 εὐδοξίαν ἀ .; frg . 221 ; cf. Th . 2 , 44 f . τὸ φιλότιμον ἀ . μόνον ; 2 , 43 a . ἔπαινον ; for the poets , v . Hense , p . 271. Isokr ...
... meaning ' eternally young , imperishable ' : [ Lys . ] 2 , 79 ἀγήρατοι αὐτῶν αἱ μνῆμαι ; Hyp . 6 , 42 εὐδοξίαν ἀ .; frg . 221 ; cf. Th . 2 , 44 f . τὸ φιλότιμον ἀ . μόνον ; 2 , 43 a . ἔπαινον ; for the poets , v . Hense , p . 271. Isokr ...
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