[*] 195. ei)=mi. In standard prose “εἶμι” in the indicative is future everywhere. In the optative, infinitive, and participle it is now future, now present. The subjunctive is future by virtue of its meaning. Indicative as a future: “εἶμι . . . ἐπὶ τὸν τῶνδε ἔπαινον”, THUC.2.36.4; I will proceed to the praise of these men. “ἀλλ᾽ εἶμι”, AR. Pax, 232; Well, I am going. DEM.16.8: “ταύτην ἂν ἕλωσιν, ἴασ᾽ ἐπὶ Μεσσήνην”. 20.99: “εἶμι”. 23.106: “οὐκ ἐπ᾽ ἐκείνους ἴμεν καὶ δἰ ἐκείνων ἀσθενῆ ποιεῖν αὐτὸν ζητήσομεν”; PLATO, Protag. 335C: “νῦν δὲ . . . ἐλθεῖν γάρ ποί με δεῖ . . . εἶμι”. THUC.2.36.4(see above). 4.85.6: “ἀλλὰ καὶ οἷς ἂν ἐπίω, ἧσσόν τις ἐμοὶ πρόσεισι” . AR. Pax, 232 (see above). Eccl. 933: “τάχα γὰρ εἶσιν ὡς ἐμέ”. SOPH. Ph. 461: “νῦν δ᾽ εἶμι πρὸς ναῦν”. HOM. Od. 17.277: “εἰ δ᾽ ἐθέλεις, ἐπίμεινον, ἐγὼ δ᾽ εἶμι προπάροιθεν”. Il. 3.410: “κεῖσε δ᾽ ἐγὼν οὐκ εἶμι”. Optative as a future: ANTIPHON, 1.11: “ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα αὐτοῖς ἀπηγγέλθη ὅτι ἐπεξίοιμι τοῦ πατρὸς τὸν φονέα”. XEN. Hell. 5.1.34: “ἀλλ᾽ ὁ Ἀγησίλαος καὶ τούτοις προεῖπε, τοῖς μέν, εἰ μὴ ἐκπέμψοιεν τοὺς Ἀργείους, τοῖς δέ, εἰ μὴ ἀπίοιεν ἐκ τῆς Κορίνθου, ὅτι πόλεμον ἐξοίσει ἐπ̓ αὐτούς”. Infinitive as a future: LYS. 25.22: “τότ᾽ ἤδη καὶ κατιέναι προσεδοκα_τε καὶ παρὰ τῶν ἐχθρῶν λήψεσθαι δίκην” . PLATO, Phaed. 103D: “καὶ τὸ πῦρ γε αὖ προσιόντος τοῦ ψυχροῦ αὐτῷ ἢ ὑπεξιέναι” (sc. “δοκεῖ σοι”) “ἢ ἀπολεῖσθαι”. XEN. An. 1.3.1: “οἱ γὰρ στρατιῶται οὐκ ἔφασαν ἰέναι τοῦ πρόσω”. THUC.4.98.4: “ἀπιέναι”. 5.7.3: “ἐπεξιέναι” . 5: “ἀπιέναι”. 6.49.4: “προσιέναι” . Participle as a future: PLATO, Protag. 335C: “ἀνιστάμην ὡς ἀπιών”. THUC.3.27.2: “ὡς ἐπεξιὼν τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις”. AR. Pax, 1182: “οὐ γὰρ ᾔδειν ἐξιών”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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