[*] 262. Aorist where english uses present. In questions, the English language may also use the past tense, not so readily in such expressions as “ἐπῄνεσα”, Thank you (literally I praised); “ἐμεμψάμην”, I blame; “ἥσθην”, I am delighted (Dramatic Aorist). “ἥσθην ἁπειλαῖς, ἐγέλασα ψολοκομπίαις”, AR. Eq. 696; I like your threats, I laugh at your fire-eating brags. AR. Eq. 696 (see above). EUR. Cycl. 266: “ἀπώμος᾿, ὦ κάλλιστον ὦ Κυκλώπιον”. H. F. 1235: “ἐπῄνες᾿: εὖ δράσας δέ σ᾽ οὐκ ἀναίνομαι”. Or. 1672: “καὶ λέκτρ᾽ ἐπῄνεσ᾽, ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν διδῷ πατήρ” . fr. 282.13: “ἐμεμψάμην δὲ καὶ τὸν Ἑλλήνων νόμον”. HOM. Il. 2.323: “τίπτ᾽ ἄνεῳ ἐγένεσθε”; 14.95: “νῦν δέ σευ ὠνοσάμην πάγχυ φρένας, οἷον ἔειπες”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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