531 A few verbal adjectives and nouns admit a direct object (as participles and infinitives of transitive verbs do regularly):
Ἐπιστήμονες τὰ καθήκοντα knowing their duty. C. III. 3, 9. σὲ φύξιμος able to escape thee. S. AN. 787. τὰ μετέωρα φροντιστής one who studies things on high. AP. 18 b.
- a. A phrase may be equivalent to a transitive verb, and so take an accusative:
Tεθνᾶσι τῷ δέει τοὺς τοιούτους ἀποστόλους they die of fear of (are frightened to death at) such expeditions. D. 4, 45.