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Abstract Determiners are operators used to actualize the reference of an NP. Syntactically, Classical Greek is special in that it has a definite article which serves as a boundary in the NP. Other determiners can/must co-occur with it outside the NP (demonstratives and certain quantifiers) or must not co-occur with it (indefinite tis, wh-terms). As for the interpretation, the role of the determiners in (in)definiteness, quantification, deixis and anaphora are examined. A noun by itself denotes a concept (Noun ( ónoma), Ancient Theories of); as such, it does not have a refer…

Abstract Some predicates take clauses as arguments, i.e., as complements syntactically and semantically necessary to have a complete predication. Such clauses are called argument clauses. They denote abstract objects and stand in relation to a wide range of abstract operations. Ancient Greek displays numerous types of argument clause. These can be classified with respect to the abstract objects they denote and the truth value/reality status of their denotation, thus giving a coherent picture. 1. General Remarks Argument clauses are a specific case of subordination. They…