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 § 116-118. the conception of a part selected out of a whole be wanting. » All of them", both of us"). 117. Some turns, relating to the partitive construction, are to be noticed: 1. option between two things is variously expressed: a.) both are put in the gen. M. 7,53 (liter. Dof both vice and death, vice is called the worse"). b.) both are put in the abl. Mroch. I, p. 18gr utat aquÍ 44 jaà 1 anffyg (v. a. I prefer death to poverty). c.) both are nominatives. Mhbh. 1, 161,6 a stat. patatan Almart 44 (V. a. I hold suicide to be preferable to the killing a brahman). Note the standing prolixity of such phrases. 2. Of a partitive gen., depending on some word not expressed, there are some instances. Açv. Grhy. 4, 4, 11 dan ad afany: (or they must enter [the village] while there is still visible ever 80 a little part of the sun), Kaç, on P. 2, 1, 8 atau1414tta (invite of the brahmans according to the number of vessels). The partitive gen., that attends verbs (119), may be explained in this way. 64. 3. One, two, three times a day, a week, etc. is expressed P. 2. 3, by the partitive gen., as M. 3, 281 s far fun, Pâr. Grhy. 1, 3, 31 d. Likewise M. 5, 21 carpeta prenez fosilan: (a pious twice-born man should perform at least one »strong penance" a year). 4. A partitive gen., depending on the neuter of an adjective, is rare, even in the old language. Ait. Br. 2, 15, 8 f :. In the Rgvedasanhita there are even such gen. as 321 46), vORE which remind of Lat. id temporis and the like; ep. SIECKE p. 65. construed with a 118. II. Several verbs. are Geni- genitive. tive with verbs. 87 1. A possessive genitive is put to some verbs of owning and 1) Yet Mhbh. 1, 37,8 I have found 7: = all of us," just as in English.