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That v/A
functions both as a location of activity and a parin
it
is
ticipant
suggested by a second construction: the accusative
of respect. In two cases this construction occurs with verbs expressing distress: xevco(Adesp.924.7) and a%wixai(Pind., Is. 8.5a).
In another passage, a person feels disgusted in respect to dv/to
{aco: Theog. 989). In contrast, a person can be delighted {hpv
(xeqnofiai:Pind., Pyth.2.14). Theognis says that someone lying
(xefim) in great helplessness in respect to vfi would find few
guardians as faithful friends (646). Pindar describes Melissos as
similar (exco)in &vjj,6
to the daring of lions (Is. 4.46). Elsewhere
he describes men who become nivvxol{h/uov(Is. 8.25a). In all these
instances an activity is experienced specifically in respect to dvfxo
which may, as with the comitative-instrumentaldative, take part
in it. vfi seems subordinate to the person but shares in his
activity.
The participation of dv/t in a person's activity may also be
suggested by two instances of a dative of manner. Hesiod says:
ivfiw (Theog. 536). Pindar uses this
aoaftevo fiyav (iovv nqocpQovi
dative in Pyth. 4.181: v/u yeXave.
as Affected from Without
III. 0VJUO
151
152
153
164
VII. ConclusionsfromtheEvidence
The instances in which {h/xo appears in Hesiod and the lyric
poets suggest a varied relationship between a person and this
functions as a location in which a person
psychic entity. First, v/Lio
and volitional activities. In such
emotional,
intellectual,
performs
to
be
seems
subordinate
to the person, acting as the
passages {hfio
location where he performs these activities. It is also a location
specifically affected by outside influences. The reaction of {hjuoc
also affects the person's behaviour.
Secondly, {hpo acts not merely as a location of a person'sactivity
but also as a means and accompaniment which he uses or with
which he acts. These passages suggest that v/to could act in
cooperation with a person.
Thirdly, evjuocis an entity directly affected by outside influences,
other people, or the person himself. In some passages helplessness,
cares, or necessity can affect dv/x.In others, gods can conquer,
know, or stir up vjLto.Other people also can increase, remove,
delight, or persuade flvpoc. In yet other passages- and most frequently- a person exerts influence over his own v/.In particular a person "has" a vjbiodisplaying different characteristics.
It is also an entity a person can place, turn, restrain, delight, guide,
cherish, or increase. In all these passages v/uoseems subordinate
to outside forces or to the person himself. Ovfiomay be able to
offer opposition to the person, requiring him to exercise control
over it.
functions as an independent
Finally, and most importantly, v/bio
a
within
in
this
a prominentrole o&vfju
was
agent
person.Although
it
in
enhanced
the
seems
the
Homer,16)
lyric poets by
appearance
of the vocative case. By now a person can directly address his
&v/jl6which seems capable of more independent activity and
perhaps of greater opposition to the person himself. Archilochus
warns evjuoc;Theognis urges it to experience various emotions; in
one passage Pindar urges v/juito follow a course of action; in
another he inquires where it is leading him. Although in Hesiod
and the lyric poets dv/jLo
in the nominative case displays a less
wide range of activity than in Homer (and here the fragmentary
nature of the evidence may give a distorted impression), these
instances of the vocative suggest that it has become even more
than before an independent agent within the person, one which
15) See Sullivan (note 1).
155
ceaf in Greek
By Eric P. Hamp, Chicago
1. The infinitive fxevaiand the Greekfuture ofiaimake perfect
Indo-European equations. We must then ask why we find such
presents as a&II.+ and afico0d.+. The answer is not far to seek
if we consider all the relevant facts.
We now know that the Indo-European root 'eat5 began with a
'bread
laryngeal: *Heed-,ChantraineFormation315 called aAyrjorrjc
'carnassier9"degr long". But we now may
eater9 and )jLtrjar^
credit the Greek long vowel to the fusion with *if; the following
sigma results from *d before dental. A similar explanation is to be
(Formation303), and for the same reason we
given for dernvrjaroc
that
giarovoriginally (or always?) had L We are now
may suppose
ready to reconstruct the present of *Heed-, an athematic:
*Heed-mi
-si
>
*[jii
xai
>
*fii
a(a)i
16) Cf. the way (poy\vlikewise emerges as a more independent agent in the
lyric poets than in Homer or Hesiod. See S. M. Darcus, "A Person's Relation
in Homer, Hesiod, and the Greek Lyric Poets", QloUa 57 (1979)
to q>QJjv
159-173. See also SnelPs discussion of ftvpoc (note 3).