Συγχαίρω

I rejoice with (someone), I congratulate

Translated by Catharine Roth25 Apr 2014Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 23 words

[The verb] is construed with a genitive.¹
"The one was giving congratulations for the victory, but the other was answering in return [...]."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Συγχαίρω· γενικῇ συντάσσεται. ὁ μὲν συνέχαιρε τῆς νίκης, ὁ δὲ ἀνθυπεκρίνετο.

Betacode

*sugxai/rw: genikh=| sunta/ssetai. o( me\n sune/xaire th=s ni/khs, o( de\ a)nqupekri/neto.

1Adler reports a different note in the Syntacticum Laurentianum and Syntacticum Gudianum. The verb would usually take a dative of the person with whom one rejoices, and a genitive of the cause of rejoicing. ↩
2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. ↩

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