Prosodia Catholica (Herodian)

Passage 1.483
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1.483
preposition placement with nouns and pronouns
ἔπι δινήεντι» (Ε 479) ἐπὶ τῷ δινήεντι ποταμῷ· «μάχῃ ἔνι κυδιανείρῃ» (Ζ 124) ἐν τῇ κυδιανείρῃ μάχῃ. Ὁμοίως καὶ ἐὰν μεταξὺ δύο κυρίων ᾖ ἢ δύο προσηγορικῶν, ἀναστρέφεται, συνδέσμου συμπαραλαμβανομένου μετὰ τὴν πρόθεσιν· «νηῶν ἄπο καὶ κλισιάων» (Β 91), «Ἀγαμέμνονος πέρι καὶ Ἀχιλῆος», ἵνα πάλιν προηγῆται ἡ πρόθεσις· εἰ δὲ μὴ μεταξὺ εἴη, ὑποταγείη δὲ τούτῳ, οὗπερ ἔδει αὐτὴν προηγεῖσθαι, μηδενὸς λόγου μεταξὺ πίπτοντος, πάλιν ἀναστρέφεται «ᾧ ἔπι πόλλ´ ἐμόγησα» (Α 162)· τὸ γὰρ ἑξῆς ἐστιν ἐφ´ ᾧ
“ἔπι δινήεντι” (Ε 479): upon the eddying river; “μάχῃ ἔνι κυδιανείρῃ” (Ζ 124): in the man-glorifying battle. Likewise also, if it is between two proper names or two appellatives, it is reversed, a conjunction being taken along after the preposition: “νηῶν ἄπο καὶ κλισιάων” (Β 91), “Ἀγαμέμνονος πέρι καὶ Ἀχιλῆος”, so that again the preposition may precede; but if it is not between them, but is subordinated to that before which it ought to have stood, with no word falling in between, it is again reversed: “ᾧ ἔπι πόλλ᾽ ἐμόγησα” (Α 162); for the following is ἐφ᾽ ᾧ.

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