ὁ δὲ ἐπεὶ πρῶτον ἡβᾷ, τοὺς ἑταίρους οἰκτίρει καὶ βούλεται βοηθεῖν αὐτοῖς.

[SpeedPocok5]

ὁ δὲ ἐπεὶ πρῶτον ἡβᾷ, τοὺς ἑταίρους οἰκτίρει καὶ βούλεται βοηθεῖν αὐτοῖς.

In this sentence I don't understand why τοὺς ἑταίρους it's in accusative, what means the whole sentence?
I don't understand de whole meaning.

 

[Godmy]

ὁ δὲ ἐπεὶ πρῶτον ἡβᾷ, τοὺς ἑταίρους οἰκτίρει καὶ βούλεται βοηθεῖν αὐτοῖς.

In this sentence I don't understand why τοὺς ἑταίρους it's in accusative, what means the whole sentence?
I don't understand de whole meaning.

I suppose you figured this one out yet? οἰκτίρω (miserēre *alicujus | be sorry/feel-pitty for someone), takes accusative.

Is the sentence clear at this moment?

 

[SpeedPocok5]

I suppose you figured this one out yet? οἰκτίρω (miserēre aliquem | be sorry/feel-pitty for someone), just like in Latin, takes accusative.

Is the sentence clear at this moment?

oh i see, it's a verb that needs an accusative.

Yes, it's clear now, Thank you godmy!

 

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

οἰκτίρω (miserēre aliquem | be sorry/feel-pitty for someone), just like in Latin, takes accusative.

I thought the Latin verb (usually deponent or impersonal) took the genitive.

 

[Godmy]

I thought the Latin verb (usually deponent or impersonal) took the genitive.

My bad, I looked it up here (just to make sure) http://linguax.com/lexica/nlm.php?searchedGL=oikteirw and in that moment I took the acc.pers. as if belonging to the Latin verb, but it belongs to the Greek one, of course. So, yeah, you are absolutely correct!

 

[SpeedPocok5]

My bad, I looked it up here (just to make sure) http://linguax.com/lexica/nlm.php?searchedGL=oikteirw and in that moment I took the acc.pers. as if belonging to the Latin verb, but it belongs to the Greek one, of course. So, yeah, you are absolutely correct!

so, now i'm confused

 

[Godmy]

so, now i'm confused

The Latin misereor, ērī takes genitive of person, the Greek οἰκτίρω accusative of person, nothing to be confused about, my friend I made a mistake (in Latin), I corrected it.