Ο ΔΟΥΛΟΣ
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σοι (to whom?) to youWe've seen: φέρε μοι p.16 (18), when Dikaiopolis wants Xanthias to hurry up and says: bring me (to whom?) the plough!
The to-whom? form (dative) always has a iota ι, albeit a subscribed one (the Cheshire-cat variety, only the smile lingers on) like in :
ὁ ἀγρὸς πολὺν πόνον παρέχει τῷ αὐτουργῷ.And in the plural we've seen that Dikaiopolis doesn't live ἐν ταῖς Ἀθήναῖς but ἐν τοῖς ἀγροῖς.
Since: ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ and ὑπὸ τῷ δένδρῳ also have a subscribed iota, it means that the dative is also used as a where-is? form:
Where is he? in the house, under the tree, near the door, on the table, all datives, all with either full iota (3rd declension, as we'll see later), or a subscribed one.
When subscribed? In the singular only, when in combination with a long vowel: ω or η and ᾱ .
The η and α we'll meet in lesson 4: πρὸς τῇ κρήνῃ. = At the spring.