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VERBS OF CAUTION

2220. Verbs of caution (2210 b, 2224 a) have, in negative clauses, the construction either of

a. Verbs of effort, and take ὅπως μή with the future indicative:

““εὐλαβούμενοι ὅπως μὴ . . . οἰχήσομαιtaking care that I do not departP. Ph. 91c, ““ὅρα_ ὅκως μή σευ ἀποστήσονταιbeware lest they revolt from theeHdt. 3.36.

b. Verbs of fearing, and take μή (μὴ οὐ) or ὅπως μή (2230) with the subjunctive (or optative):

““ὁρᾶτε μὴ πάθωμενtake care lest we sufferX. C. 4.1.15, ““φυλάττου ὅπως μὴ . . . εἰς τοὐναντίον ἔλθῃςbe on your guard lest you come to the oppositeX. M. 3.6.16, ““ὑποπτεύομεν . . . ὑ_μᾶς μὴ οὐ κοινοὶ ἀποβῆτεwe suspect that you will not prove impartialT. 3.53, ὑποπτεύσα_ς μὴ τὴν θυγατέρα λέγοι, ἤρετο κτλ. suspecting that he meant his daughter, he asked, etc. X. C. 5.2.9. So with a past indicative (2233).

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