[*] 2297. In this Grammar the ordinary types of conditional sentences are classified primarily according to time. The Homeric and other more usual variations from the ordinary forms are mentioned under each class, the less usual Attic variations are mentioned in 2355 ff. The following table shows the common usage:
TIME | FORM | PROTASIS | APODOSIS |
Simple | ει᾽ with present or perfect | present or perfect indic- | |
indicative | ative or equivalent | ||
Unreal | ει᾽ with imperfect indicative | imperfect indicative with | |
PRESENT | ἄν | ||
General | ἐά_ν with subjunctive | present indicative or | |
equivalent | |||
Simple | ει᾽ with imperfect, aorist, or | imperfect, aorist, or plu- | |
pluperfect indicative | perfect indicative | ||
Unreal | ει᾽ with aorist or imperfect | aorist or imperfect indic- | |
PAST | indicative | ative with ἄν | |
General | ει᾽ with optative | imperfect indicative or | |
equivalent | |||
More Vivid | ἐά_ν with subjunctive | fut. indic. or equivalent | |
FUTURE | Emotional | ει᾽ with future indicative | fut. indic. or equivalent |
Less Vivid | ει᾽ with optative | ἄν with optative |