Abstract
This article discusses the clause in Ancient Greek in its various manifestations of personal and impersonal constructions and verbal and nominal clauses, ranging from one-word clauses to highly structured clauses containing articles, participles or adverbs. Attention is also paid to the interpretation of the clause by the Greek grammarians.
In Ancient Greek, a clause is called lógos, i.e., a rationally articulated discourse. The first definition of the clause was formulated by Plato (5th-4th century BCE) in his dialogue Kratylos…