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#1 Position of the article and articles w/ adjectives

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1.1 The man is bad.
1.2 Beautiful things.
1.3 The beautiful.
1.4 The wise (men).
1.5 The good men.
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1.1 The man is bad. κακός ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος
1.2 Beautiful things. καλά
1.3 The beautiful. οἱ καλοί
1.4 The wise (men). οἱ ἄνθρωποι σοφοί
1.5 The good men. οἱ αγαθοί
Last edited by benissimus on Tue Dec 16, 2003 1:04 am, edited 3 times in total.
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1.1 ὁ ἄνθπωπος κακός
1.2 καλά
1.3 οἱ καλοί (pl) or ὁ καλός (sg)
1.4 οἱ σοφοί
1.5 οἱ ἄνθρωποι οι (ἀγαθοί

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1.2 [size=150]τὰ καλά[/size]; following e.g. Plato Minos 316a

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1. κακός ὁ ἀνέρ -- oops, its eta, and wrong accent :oops:
2. τὰ καλά (from χαλεπά τὰ καλά ·π)
3. ὁ καλός was my first guess.
4. σοφοί οἱ ἄνθρωποι -- oops, I was thinking it was "The men are wise" :oops:
5. οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ἀγαθοί
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1.1 [size=150]ὁ ἀνὴρ κακός ἐστιν[/size]
1.2 [size=150]τὰ καλά[/size] (neuter for things)
1.3 [size=150]τὸ καλὸν[/size] (neuter for abstract idea)
1.4 [size=150]οἱ σοφοί[/size] (like the 2nd paragraph of herodotus)
1.5 [size=150]οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ ἀγαθοί[/size]

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