[*] 391. Tenses of the pure optative. The pure optative is used in two tenses, present and aorist. Certain perfects and periphrastic perfects count as presents. See also 305. Present Tense: DEM.1.28. 4.51: “νικῴη δ᾽ ὅ τι πᾶσιν μέλλει συνοίσειν” (305). PLATO, Legg. 923B: “πορεύοισθε ᾗπερ κατὰ φύσιν νῦν πορεύεσθε τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην”. 941 C: “εὐτυχοῖ”. HDT.3.65: “γῆ τε καρπὸν ἐκφέροι καὶ γυναῖκές τε καὶ ποῖμναι τίκτοιεν”. 6.69: “τίκτοιεν”. AR. Eq. 770: “ἑψοίμην”. 772: “ἑλκοίμην”. Nub. 520: “οὕτω νικήσαιμί τ᾽ ἐγὼ καὶ νομιζοίμην σοφός” . EUR. El. 231: “εὐδαιμονοίης”. Hipp. 1191: “Ζεῦ, μηκέτ̔ εἴην, εἰ κακὸς πέφυκ᾽ ἀνήρ”. fr. 369 (three times). SOPH. O. C. 642: “ὦ Ζεῦ, διδοίης τοῖσι τοιούτοισιν εὗ” . AESCHYL. Pers. 228: “ἐκτελοῖτο δὴ τὰ χρηστά”. Sept. 188: “εἴην”. PIND. O. 4.11-2: “θεὸς εὔφρων” | “εἴη”. P. 1.29: “εἴη, Ζεῦ, τὶν εἴη Φανδάνειν”. SOLON, 19: “ναίοις . . . πέμποι . . . ὀπάζοι”. HOM. Od. 13.44-6: “ὑμεῖς δ᾽ αὖθι μένοντες ἐυφραίνοιτε γυναῖκας . . . καὶ μή τι κακὸν μεταδήμιον εἴη”. Il. 2.259: “μηκέτ᾽ . . . ἐπείη”. 6.480: “φέροι δ᾽ ἔναρα βροτόεντα” .
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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