AND BYZANTINE GREEK. 95 



Ajyjmsition. 

 In Byzantine Greek, apposition is often used for adnomination in cases like the 



following. Chron. 218, 16 Koyyidpiov eBeoK€V ev PaifMrj aaaapia ^vXiva koI oaTpuKiva, the 



same as Koyyidpcov daa-apiav ^vXlvcov Kal oa-rpaKivcov, a congiarion of woodoi and earthen 

 assaria. Theoph. 691, 19 AwheKa 'x^ikiaZa'i Xaov. 699 Avo ■x^i\idSe<; "Apa^e^. Porph. 

 Adm. 232, 19 Xxo'>^aplKia ^vyrjv fiiav. One pair of ear-rings. 233 T7]v ^vjfjv rd a^oXa- 

 piKta, The pair of ear-ritigs. 243, 8 Aojdpiov KevTijvdpiov ev. Theoph. Cont. 173, 19 

 MiXiapiaia Se a-UKKia evvea. Cedr, II, 19 Xvpov<; 'laKm^LTa^ irXrjdo'; iraiXv. (Compare 

 Lysias, Epitaph. 192, 27 ' EareiXe -irevTrjKOVTa /j.vpidSat a-Tpandv, equivalent to irevrrjKovTa 

 /jLvptaSccv (TTpariav.) 



§ 78. 

 Numerals. 



1. In later and Byzantine Greek, eh, one, often corresponds to the English a or an. 

 Sept. Gen. 21, 15 Kal eppcy^re to iraihi.ov vTTOKaro) ij,id<: IXottj?, tmder a fir-tree. Judith 



14, 6 'Ev xetpl ai'S/30? eVo?. NT. Matt. 8, 19 Kal irpoaeXOwv et? ypafifiarel^ elTrev avTm. 

 Joan. 6, 9 "Ecm -TrMBdpiov ev wSe. Epict. 3, 2, 10 Eh <piK6cToj>o<i. Mal. 190, 15 Baai- 

 x/o-crij? /ita?. Chron. 70, 11 Mm ■Trap6evo<: Kopi], A virgin. 597 Eh FotOo';. 



2. The substantive, in connection with numerals like tioenty-one, thirty-one, forty-one, 

 fifty-one, is put in the singular or plural. Sept. 3 Keg. 14, 21 TecraapaKovra km evo<; 



eviavToyv. 15, 10 TecTcrapaKOVTa koI ev eTO?. 4 Reg. 22, 1 TpiaKOvra Kal ev exo? e^acr'iXev- 

 aev ev 'lepovadKrui. InSCR. 4824 Etmv etKocjb eVo?. EpiPH. I, 449 B TpiaKOVTa eh y.r]v 



(written as one word, TpuxKoviaehy Mal. 478 TpiaKovra koI eva evuivTov. Theoph. 50, 



14 Ett) ev Kav rpiaKOVTU. 



3. The word kuv (xal dv) before a numeral means about, some. Clem. Rom. Homil. 



13, 9 Kav fiiav rjfj,epav irpo tov ^aTTTKrdijvat vrja-revaai, a day or SO. Philostr. Epist. 

 38 El yap eTnTpeyjrai'; (jloi kuv eva ^o(TTpv)(pv eKTep-elv. Apophth. Macar. 3 JJavToxi Se e^ 

 avTtDv Kav ev dpeaet, avTU), some One of them. Chron. 723, 20 Kdv O' Kapa^oi, Some 70 

 boats. 733 Kdv E' dXoya, Some 60 horses. Ptoch. 2, 197 seq. 



§ 79- 

 Genitive. 



1. In Byzantine Greek, when the masculine of the article is followed by a genitive 

 denoting a city or a province, e-ma-Ko-n-o';, bishop, is to be supplied. Palbad. Vit. 



