[*] 282. Future perfect in an imperative sense. The future perfect, like the future, may be used in a quasi-imperative sense. “τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα τεύχη κοίν᾽ ἐμοὶ τεθάψεται,” SOPH. Ai. 577 ; My other arms shall in a common tomb with me lie buried (281). DIN.1.10: “εἰρήσεται γὰρ ἃ γιγνώσκω”, I must say what I think. DEM. [44]DEM., 4: “εἰρήσεται γάρ”, It shall be said (the truth must out). ISOC.7.76: “εἰρήσεται γὰρ τἀληθές”, and similarly 12.225; 15.177 and ibid. 243. ANDOC.1.72: “ἀλλὰ γὰρ τἀληθῆ εἰρήσεται”. PLATO, Rpb. 457B: “κάλλιστα γὰρ δὴ τοῦτο καὶ λέγεται καὶ λελέξεται ὅτι τὸ μὲν ὠφέλιμον καλόν, τὸ δὲ βλαβερὸν αἰσχρόν”. EUR. I. T. 1464: “οὗ καὶ τεθάψῃ κατθανοῦσα”. Ion, 760: “εἰρήσεταί τοι κεὶ θανεῖν μέλλω διπλῇ”. SOPH. Ai. 577 (see above). 1140-1 (see 281).
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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