508 A Genitive may be part of the predicate, brought into dependence on a noun or pronoun by means of the verb (Predicate Genitive):
Ἦν οὔτος τῶν ἀμφὶ Mέλητον στρατευομένων this man was one of those in military service about Miletos. AN. I. 2, 3. τοιούτων ἐστὲ προγόνων of such ancestors are you. AN. III. 2, 13. ἦν ἐτῶν ὡς τρικοντα he was about thirty years old. AN. II. 6, 20. οὐ τῶν νῑκώντων ἐστὶ τὰ ὅπλα παραδιδόναι giving up their arms is not the victorsʼ part. AN. II. 1, 9.
- a. In the above the verb connects the genitive with the subject; other verbs may connect a genitive with the object:
Νομίζει καὶ μᾶς ἐαυτοῦ εἶναι he thinks you too are his (captives). AN. II. 1, 11. τῆς ἡμετέρᾱς ἀμελείᾱς ἄν τις θείη δικαίως one would justly put it down to our neglect. D. 1, 10. ποίᾱς πάτρᾱς ἂν ἢ γένους μᾶς ποτε τύχοιμʼ ἂν εἰπών; pray, of what land or lineage should I rightly call yοu? S. P. 222.