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kai usage

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 5:14 am
by psilord
So, suppose I want to say something like "many dreadful noises" (accusative), would I say it like this:

[size=150]πολλὰς δεινὰς κλαγγάς[/size]

or like this:

[size=150]πολλὰς καὶ δεινὰς κλαγγάς[/size]?

I think I'm supposed to do the latter form....

Thanks.

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:41 am
by Eureka
καὶ or τε would normally be used to link those two adjectives together, but it's apparently sometimes left out in poetry.

Re: kai usage

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 3:41 am
by Bert
psilord wrote:So, suppose I want to say something like "many dreadful noises" (accusative), would I say it like this:

[size=150]πολλὰς δεινὰς κλαγγάς[/size]

or like this:

[size=150]πολλὰς καὶ δεινὰς κλαγγάς[/size]?

I think I'm supposed to do the latter form....

Thanks.
If I remember right, one of the bigger Greeks on this site told me that a string of adjectives without a word between was not liked by the Greeks .
That would make it [size=150]πολλὰς καὶ δεινὰς κλαγγάς[/size],
or [size=150]πολλὰς κλαγγὰς δεινάς[/size].