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When "tosoutos...wste" is used in a sentence, is "tosoutos" typically used predicately or attributively.

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o( dh=mov a0pe/kteinen a0/ndra tosou=ton w9/ste kai/ oi9 qeoi/ qrhnou=si qa/naton au0tou=
In this sentence, would "tosouton" be predicative or attributive?

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vir litterarum wrote:When "tosoutos...wste" is used in a sentence, is "tosoutos" typically used predicately or attributively.

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o( dh=mov a0pe/kteinen a0/ndra tosou=ton w9/ste kai/ oi9 qeoi/ qrhnou=si qa/naton au0tou=
In this sentence, would "tosouton" be predicative or attributive?

attributive: such a great man, or a man so great, or a man who was so great (translated with a relative clause, but still attributive).

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So, in such a sentence, is the consecutive clause expressing the result of the attribute?

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vir litterarum wrote:So, in such a sentence, is the consecutive clause expressing the result of the attribute?
I would say so. The gods only care because he is 'tosoutos'.

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