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[*] 202. The optative with ἄν forms the apodosis of the less vivid future condition (like the English form with would or should), or has a potential sense. E.g. Εἰ τοῦτο ποιήσειεν, ἄθλιος ἂν εἴη, if he should do this, he would be wretched. Ἡδέως ἂν ἐροίμην αὐτόν, I should like to ask him. (See 233 and 455.) For construction of ἄν or κέ with εἰ or the final particles and the optative, see 460; and 329, 330, 349, 350, 351.
Macmillan. London, Melbourne, Toronto. 1889. reprint edition:. St. Martin's Press. New York. 1965.
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