[*] 215. e)/mellon with infinitive. Expected actions are more commonly expressed by “ἔμελλον” and the infinitive. “ἐκ τίνος τρόπου ἔμελλέ τις αὐτῶν σωθήσεσθαι;” LYS. 13.37 ; How was any of them to escape? LYS. 3.32: “τῷ ὑμῶν πιστὸν ὡς . . . ἦγον αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν τὴν Σίμωνος, οὗ πλεῖστα ἔμελλον πράγματα ἕξειν;” Ibid. 34: “οὗ αὐτὸς ἔμελλον . . . ὀφθήσεσθαι” . PLATO, Crat. 418B: “ὃ ἔμελλόν σοι ἐρεῖν”. Phaedr. 228 C: “τελευτῶν δὲ ἔμελλε . . . βίᾳ ἐρεῖν”. XEN. An. 1.8.1: “πλησίον ἦν ὁ σταθμὸς ἔνθα ἔμελλε καταλύειν”. Cyr. 3.1.1: “ὀφθήσεσθαι ἔμελλε”. THUC.1.130.1: “ἀλλ᾽ ἔργοις . . . προυδήλου ἃ . . . ἔμελλε πράξειν”. 3.115.5: “Σοφοκλέα δὲ . . . ἀποπέμψειν ἔμελλον” . HDT.2.43: “τούτων . . . ἔμελλον μνήμην ἕξειν”. AR. Eq. 267: “λέγειν γνώμην ἔμελλον”. Eccl. 597: “τοῦτο γὰρ ἤμελλον ἐγὼ λέξειν”. SOPH. Ai. 925-6. O. R. 967: “κτενεῖν ἔμελλον πατέρα τὸν ἐμόν” . PIND. O. 7.61: “μνασθέντι δὲ Ζεὺς ἄμπαλον μέλλεν θέμεν”. Theogon. HES.468-9: “ὅτε δὴ Δἴ ἔμελλε” . . . | “τέξεσθαι”. 552: “τὰ καὶ τελέεσθαι ἔμελλε”. HOM. Od. 7.270: “ἔμελλον ἔτι ξυνέσεσθαι ὀιζυῖ”. 9.475-6: “οὐκ ἄρ᾽ ἔμελλες . . . ἔδμεναι”. Il. 6.52-3: “ἔμελλε . . . δώσειν” (parallel with imperfect. See 214).
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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