[*] 265. The future denotes either continuance or attainment in the future, and is either shall or will. “ἕξω”, I will or shall have, I will or shall get. “ἄρξω”, I will or shall be ruler, I will or shall become ruler. LYCURG.81(Iusiur. ap.): “οὐ ποιήσομαι περὶ πλείονος τὸ ζῆν τῆς ἐλευθερίας”, I will not value life more highly than freedom. LYS. 1.36: “οὐδεὶς αὐτῶν ἅψεται” , No one will touch them. PLATO, Apol. 29E: “οὐκ εὐθὺς ἀφήσω αὐτὸν οὐδ᾽ ἄπειμι” (will). THUC.1.22.4: “ἀρκούντως ἕξει”, It will (shall) suffice. AR. Ach. 203: “ἐγὼ δὲ φεύξομαί” (will) “γε τοὺς Ἀχαρνέας”. EUR. Bacch. 63: “συμμετασχήσω ῾ωιλλ̓ χορῶν” . fr. 176: “τίς γὰρ πετραῖον σκόπελον οὐτάζων δορὶ” | “ὀδύναισι δώσει” (will succeed in, etc.); PIND. O. 1.37: “σὲ δ᾽ ἀντία προτέρων φθέγξομαι” (will). HOM. Od. 1.88: “αὐτὰρ ἐγὼν Ἰθάκηνδ᾽ ἐσελεύσομαι”. Il. 1.29: “τὴν δ᾽ ἐγὼ οὐ λύσω”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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