[*] 291. Periphrasis with the present participle. On the periphrasis with the present participle see 191. To the examples with the present auxiliary, add the following with other tenses. ISAE. 3.65: “εἰ ἦν γνησία θυγάτηρ ἐκείνῳ καταλειπομένη”. Ibid. 72: “εἰ ἦν γυησία θυγάτηρ τῷ ἡμετέρῳ θείῳ καταλειπομένη”. ISOC.5.110: “μίαν . . . πρᾶξιν . . . ἥπερ ἦν προσήκουσα μὲν καὶ πρέπουσα . . ., τὸν δὲ καιρὸν ἔχουσα μάλιστα σύμμετρον”, One action, which was suitable and becoming and admirably opportune. LYS.1 3.39: “μεταπέμπονται εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον ὁ μὲν ἀδελφήν, ὁ δὲ μητέρα, ὁ δὲ γυναῖκα, ὁ δ᾽ ἥ τις ἦν ἑκάστῳ αὐτῶν προσήκουσα” . ANTIPHON, 2 “γ” 3: “ἀρκοῦσα ἦν”. 5.18: “ἦν τοῦτο συμφέρον”. THUC.2.67.1: “οὗ ἦν” (there lay） “στράτευμα τῶν Ἀθηναίων πολιορκοῦν” (not periphrastic). 3.2.2: “ἃ μεταπεμπόμενοι ἦσαν” (Cobet: “μεταπεπεμμένοι”). PIND. P. 6.28-9: “ἔγεντο καὶ πρότερον Ἀντίλοχος βιατὰς” | “νόημα τοῦτο φέρων” (an upholder of this spirit).
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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