[*] 437. a)/n with the Present Optative of the Past: No cogent examples in Attic prose. LYS.7.16: “ὥστε εἰ καὶ τὰ μέγιστα εἰς ἐμὲ ἐξημάρτανον, οὐκ ἂν οἷόν τε ἦν δίκην με παρ᾽ αὐτῶν λαμβάνειν: εὖ γὰρ ἂν εἰδείην ῾περφ. ῀ πρες.᾿ ὅτι ἐπ᾽ ἐκείνοις ἦν καὶ ἐμὲ τιμωρήσασθαι καὶ αὐτοῖς μηνύσασιν ἐλευθέροις γενέσθαι” . PLATO, Apol. 28B-C: “φαῦλοι γὰρ ἂν τῷ γε σῷ λόγῳ εἶεν” (must have been or must be considered) “τῶν ἡμιθέων ὅσοι ἐν Τροίᾳ τετελευτήκασιν”. THUC.1.9.4: “οὐκ ἂν οὖν νήσων ἔξω τῶν περιοικίδων, αὗται δὲ οὐκ ἂν πολλαὶ εἶεν” (can't have been1), “ἠπειρώτης ὢν ἐκράτει, εἰ μή τι καὶ ναυτικὸν εἶχεν”. HDT.1.2: “εἴησαν δ᾽ ἂν οὗτοι Κρῆτες”. 70: “τάχα δὲ ἂν καὶ οἱ ἀποδόμενοι λέγοιεν ἀπικόμενοι ἐς Σπάρτην ὡς ἀπαιρεθείησαν ὑπὸ Σαμίων” (306). 2.98: “εἴη δ᾽ ἂν καὶ ἀλλος τις Ἄρχανδρος, οὐ μέντοι γε Αἰγύπτιον τὸ οὔνομα”. 5.59. 60. 7.184: “συνελέχθη δὲ ταῦτα τὰ πλοῖα, ὡς καὶ πρότερον εἰρέθη, τρισχίλια. ἤδη ὦν ἄνδρες ἂν εἶεν ἐν αὐτοῖσι τέσσερες μυριάδες καὶ εἴκοσι”. 7.214: “εἰδείη . . . ἄν”. 8.136.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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