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The Infinitive.
Infinitive without the Article: Infinitive as Subject,
Predicate, or Appositive.
Infinitive as Object.
Object Infinitive not in Indirect Discourse.
Infinitive in Indirect Discourse.
Infinitive after Adjectives, Adverbs, and Nouns.
Infinitive of Purpose.
Absolute Infinitive.
Infinitive in Commands and Prohibitions for the Imperative.
Infinitive in Wishes and Exclamations.
Infinitive with the Article.
Articular Infinitive as Subject or Object.
Infinitive with
τό
, after Adjectives and Nouns.
Infinitive with
τοῦ, τῷ
, and
τό
, as a Noun, in various Constructions.
Simple Infinitive and Infinitive with
τοῦ
, after Verbs of Hindrance, etc.
Infinitive with
τὸ
μή
, or
τὸ μὴ
οὐ
.
μὴ οὐ
with Infinitive and Participle, and (Rarely) with Nouns.
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[*] 754. After many verbs of this class in the passive both a personal and an impersonal construction are allowed: thus, we can say λέγεται ὁ Κῦρος ἐλθεῖν, Cyrus is said to have gone, or λέγεται τὸν Κῦρον ἐλθεῖν, it is said that Cyrus went. Δοκέω in the meaning I seem (videor） usually has the personal construction, as in English; as οὗτος δοκεῖ εἶναι, he seems to be. When an infinitive with ἄν follows a personal verb like δοκέω, this must be translated by an impersonal construction, to suit the English idiom: thus, δοκεῖ τις ἂν ἔχειν τοῦτο must be translated it seems that some one would have this, although τις is the subject of δοκεῖ, since we cannot use would with our infinitive to translate ἔχειν ἄν.
Macmillan. London, Melbourne, Toronto. 1889. reprint edition:. St. Martin's Press. New York. 1965.
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