[*] 147. 1. The perfect participle can always be used with the verbs of 144 to denote an action which is completed at the time of the leading verb. This is the most common way of expressing past time in the participle here. E.g.
- “Ἐτύγχανον ἄρτι παρειληφότες τὴν ἀρχήν,” “they happened to have just received their authority.” THUC. vi. 96.
- “Ἐάν τις ἠδικηκώς τι τυγχάνῃ τὴν πόλιν,” “if it ever happens that one has wronged the city.” DEM. xviii. 123.