[*] 373. Imperative of the first person. The subjunctive is used as the imperative of the first person, positive and negative. The negative particle is “μή”. Plural number: “σκοπώμεθα”, PLATO, Protag. 314B (304). “σκεψώμεθα”, Ibid. 330 B (304). “μὴ διώκωμεν”, HDT.8.109; Let us not keep up the chase, let us give up the pursuit (304). DEM.9.71: “τοὺς ἄλλους ἤδη παρακαλῶμεν, καὶ τοὺς ταῦτα διδάξοντας ἐκπέμπωμεν πρέσβες πανταχοῖ”. 14.36: “μηδ᾽ ἀδικῶμεν”. PLATO, Legg. 683C: “γενώμεθα . . . ταῖς διανοίαις ἐν τῷ τότε χρόνῳ”. 861 A: “ἐρωτῶμεν ἡμᾶς αὐτούς” (151). Protag. 314 B (quater). 330 B (see above). HDT.8.109(see above). AR. Vesp. 1516: “φέρε νυν ἡμεῖς αὐτοῖς ὀλίγον ξυγχωρήσωμεν ἅπαντες”. Lys. 1096: “φέρε τὸ ἔσθος ἀμβαλώμεθα” . SOPH. Ph. 1060-1: “τί δῆτα σοῦ δεῖ; χαῖρε τὴν Λῆμνον πατῶν”. | “ἡμεῖς δ̔ ἴωμεν”. ION (El.), 2.7 (Bgk.4): “πίνωμεν, παίζωμεν, ἴτω διὰ νυκτὸς ἀοιδή”. THEOGN. 1133-4: “ Κύρνε, παροῦσι φίλοισι κακοῦ καταπαύσομεν ἀρχήν,
ζητῶμες δ᾽ ἕλκει φάρμακα φυομένῳ
”. 1047: “νῦν μὲν πίνοντες τερπώμεθα, καλὰ λέγοντες”. TERP. fr. 3: “σπένδωμεν ταῖς Μνάμας παισὶν Μώσαις”. HOM. Od. 1.76-7: “ἀλλ᾽ ἄγεθ̓ ἡμεῖς οἵδε περιφραζώμεθα πάντες” | “νόστον”. Il. 1.141-4: “νῦν δ᾽ ἄγε . . . ἐρύσσομεν . . . ἀγείρομεν . . . θείομεν . . . βήσομεν”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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