[*] 300. It must be noticed, however, that in the earlier language the optative appears to have been used as a potential of the past; hence its affinity with the past tenses in oratio obliqua, hence, perhaps, the occasional use of the present optative as a real imperfect. Nor, on the other hand. are we to overlook the fact that the indicative loses its sphere of time in unreal conditional sentences.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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