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925. A sentence sometimes begins with an impersonal verbal in -τέον and is continued with an infinitive, the latter depending on δεῖ implied in the verbal. E.g.

Πανταχοῦ ποιητέον ἄν κελεύῃ πόλις καὶ πατρὶς, πείθειν αὐτήν.PLAT. Crit. 51 B.

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