[*] 189. Specific present. — universal present. The present is used, as in English, of that which is going on now (specific present), and of statements that apply to all time (universal present). Specific Present: “τὸν ἄνδρα ὁρῶ,” XEN. An. 1.8.26 ; I see my man.
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