Codex (GPT-6) · Primary analysis · unreviewed
τιμῶσι δὲ τοὺς καλοὺς ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον, ὥστε βασιλέα τὸν κάλλιστον αἱροῦνται.
τιμῶσι has the substantivised adjective τοὺς καλούς as object and ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον as an extent phrase. ὥστε introduces a result clause with the finite indicative αἱροῦνται. In that clause τὸν κάλλιστον is the object and βασιλέα its predicate complement.
Close translation: They honour the beautiful to such a degree that they choose the most beautiful as king.
| # | Word | Lemma | Part of speech | Morphology | Features | Head | Relation | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τιμῶσι | τιμάω | VERB | present active indicative; third plural | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 | root | Main predicate: they honour. |
| 2 | δὲ | δέ | CCONJ | postpositive connective | 1 | cc | Continues the entry. | |
| 3 | τοὺς | ὁ | DET | article; accusative masculine plural | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|PronType=Art | 4 | det | Substantivises καλούς. |
| 4 | καλοὺς | καλός | ADJ | substantivised adjective; accusative masculine plural, positive degree | Case=Acc|Degree=Pos|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 1 | obj | Those who are beautiful. |
| 5 | ἐπὶ | ἐπί | ADP | preposition governing accusative here | 6 | case | Marks extent. | |
| 6 | τοσοῦτον | τοσοῦτος | PRON | demonstrative of degree; accusative neuter singular | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem | 1 | obl:extent | To such a degree. |
| 7 | ὥστε | ὥστε | SCONJ | result conjunction | 11 | mark | Introduces the result clause. | |
| 8 | βασιλέα | βασιλεύς | NOUN | noun; accusative masculine singular | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 | xcomp | Predicate accusative: as king. |
| 9 | τὸν | ὁ | DET | article; accusative masculine singular | Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Art | 10 | det | Substantivises the superlative. |
| 10 | κάλλιστον | καλός | ADJ | substantivised superlative adjective; accusative masculine singular | Case=Acc|Degree=Sup|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | 11 | obj | The most beautiful man, whom they choose. |
| 11 | αἱροῦνται | αἱρέω | VERB | present middle indicative; third plural | Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 1 | advcl:result | Result predicate: they choose. |
Interpretation and open choices
- observation: αἱροῦνται is present middle indicative, third plural, of αἱρέω: 'they choose'. The middle is meaningful here; this is not 'they are chosen'.
- observation: ὥστε with this indicative presents the selection as an asserted result of the degree of honour.
- observation: τὸν κάλλιστον is substantivised and superlative: 'the most beautiful [man]'. βασιλέα states what they choose him as.
- uncertainty: The inhabitants are the inferred subject of both finite verbs; no explicit subject noun appears in the excerpt.
- uncertainty: Some annotation schemes attach βασιλέα to the object as a secondary predicate; this working tree uses xcomp attached to αἱροῦνται.