Subject and Predicate Nominative

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easternugget
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Subject and Predicate Nominative

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So I know that the subject and the predicate on both sides of a form of ειμι are supposed to agree in number and gender. What if the subject is masculine and the predicate nominative is a feminine noun? Is that allowed? Does it ever actually happen?

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Post by chad »

hi, it's allowed, it happens, nouns don't have to "agree" in gender, e.g.

Λόγος δέ ?στι φωνὴ σημαντική (Aristotle, on Interpretation, 16b)

cheers, chad

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