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[*] 713. （Indicative.) Causal sentences regularly take the indicative, after both primary and secondary tenses; past causes being expressed by the past tenses of the indicative. The negative particle is οὐ. E.g. Κήδετο γὰρ Δαναῶν, ὅτι ῥα θνῄσκοντας ὁρᾶτο, for she pitied the Danans, because she saw them dying. Il. i. 56. Χωόμενος, ὅ τ᾽ ἄριστον Ἀχαιῶν οὐδὲν ἔτισας, angry, because you did in no way honour the best of the Achaeans. Il. i. 244. Δημοβόρος βασιλεὺς, ἐπεὶ οὐτιδανοῖσιν ἀνάσσεις. Il. i. 231. Μὴ δ᾽ οὕτως κλέπτε νόῳ, ἐπεὶ οὐ παρελεύσεαι οὐδέ με πείσεις. Il. i. 132. Νοῦσον ἀνὰ στρατὸν ὦρσε κακὴν, ὀλέκοντο δὲ λαοὶ, οὕνεκα τὸν Χρύσην ἠτίμασεν ἀρητῆρα Ἀτρε̈́δης. Il. i. 11. Τηλέμαχον θαύμαζον, ὃ θαρσαλέως ἀγόρευεν, “because he spoke boldly.” Od. i. 382. Καὶ τριήρης δέ τοι ἡ σεσαγμένη ἀνθρώπων διὰ τί ἄλλο φοβερόν ἐστι ἢ ὅτι ταχὺ πλεῖ; διὰ τί δὲ ἄλλο ἄλυποι ἀλλήλοις εἰσὶν οἱ ἐμπλέοντες ἢ διότι ἐν τάξει κάθηνται; XEN. Oec. viii. 8. Οἱ ἐμοὶ φίλοι οὕτως ἔχοντες περὶ ἐμοῦ διατελοῦσιν, οὐ διὰ τὸ φιλεῖν ἐμὲ, ἀλλὰ διόπερ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἂν οἴονται βέλτιστοι γίγνεσθαι. Id. Mem. iv. 8, Id. Mem. 7. Οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐνόμιζον ἡσσᾶσθαι ὅτι οὐ πολὺ ἐνίκων, “the Athenians thought they were defeated because they were not signally victorious.” THUC. vii. 34. Μᾶλλόν τι ἐδεινολογεῖτο ὅτι μιν ἀπέκτεινε τὸν αὐτὸς φόνου ἐκάθηρε. HDT. i. 44. Πρὸς ταῦτα κρύπτε μηδὲν, ὡς ὁ πάνθ᾽ ὁρῶν καὶ πάντ᾽ ἀκούων πάντ᾽ ἀναπτύσσει χρόνος, i.e. since time develops all things. SOPH. Fr. 280. Μέγα δὲ τὸ ὁμοῦ τραφῆναι, ἐπεὶ καὶ τοῖς θηρίοις πόθος τις ἐγγίγνεται τῶν συντρόφων. XEN. Mem. ii. 3, 4. Ὅτ᾽ οὖν παραινοῦσ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐς πλέον ποιῶ, XEN. Mem. i ῾κέτις ἀφῖγμαι. SOPH. O.T. 918. Ὁπότε οὖν πόλις μὲν τὰς ἰδίας ξυμφορὰς οἵα τε φέρειν, εἷς δὲ ἕκαστος τὰς ἐκείνης ἀδύνατος (sc. ἐστὶ), πῶς οὐ χρὴ πάντας ἀμύνειν αὐτῇ; THUC. ii. 60. Ὅτε τοίνυν τοῦθ᾽ οὕτως ἔχει, προσήκει προθύμως ἐθέλειν ἀκούειν τῶν βουλομένων συμβου- λεύειν. DEM. i. 1. For εὖτε, since, see SOPH. Aj. 715, O. C. 84; for ὅπου (ὅκου) see HDT. i. 68.
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