[*] 573. The present or aorist optative occurs rarely in Attic with a final sense, where there is no deliberative force. E.g. Κρύψασ᾽ ἑαυτὴν ἔνθα μή τις εἰσίδοι, βρυχᾶτο. SOPH. Tr. 903.So ὅστις λάκοι, AR. Ran. 97. See PLAT. Rep. 398 B and 578E. For the construction of 572 and 573 see Appendix VI (p. 411).
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