Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges

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[*] 2621. The following table shows where, after εἶπεν ὅτι or ἔφη, the optative (and infinitive after ἔφη) may be substituted for the indicative or subjunctive in conditional sentences in indirect discourse.

DIRECT	INDIRECT
	εἶπεν ὅτι	ἔφη
εἴ τι ἔχω, δίδωμι	εἴ τι ἔχοι, διδοίη	（διδόναι）
εἴ τι εἶχεν, ἐδίδουν	εἴ τι εἶχεν, ἐδίδου	（διδόναι）
εἴ τι ἔσχον, ἔδωκα	εἴ τι ἔσχεν, δοίη1	（δοῦναι）
ἐά_ν τι ἔχω, δώσω	εἴ τι ἔχοι, δώσοι	（δώσειν）
εἴ τι ἕξω, δώσω	εἴ τι ἕξοι, δώσοι	（δώσειν）
ἐά_ν τι ἔχω, δίδωμι	εἴ τι ἔχοι, διδοίη	（διδόναι）

In the following sentences there is no change of mood after ὅτι:

εἴ τι εἶχον, ἐδίδουν ἄν	εἴ τι εἶχεν, ἐδίδου ἄν	（διδόναι ἄν）
εἴ τι ἔσχον, ἔδωκα ἄν	εἴ τι ἔσχεν, ἔδωκεν ἄν	（δοῦναι ἄν）
εἴ τι ἔχοιμι, διδοίην ἄν	εἴ τι ἔχοι, διδοίη ἄν	（διδόναι ἄν）

Temporal and relative sentences (cp. 2561) are converted in the same way. For an infinitive representing an imperative in the apodosis, see 2633 c.