[*] 374. Singular number: The first person singular is less common than the plural, and is usually preceded by “φέρε”, instead of which Homer uses “ἄγε”. “φέρ᾽ ἴδω, τί ὀφείλω;” AR. Nub. 21 ; Let me see, what do I owe? DEM.18.267: “φέρε δὴ καὶ τὰς τῶν λῃτουργιῶν μαρτυρίας . . . ὑμῖν ἀναγνῶ”. 19.169: “φέρε δὴ . . . εἴπω”. alib. PLATO , Phaedo 63 B: “φέρε δὴ . . . πειραθῶ πιθανώτερον . . . ἀπολογήσασθαι”. HDT.2.14: “φέρε δὲ νῦν καὶ αὐτοῖσι Αἰγυπτίοισι ὡς ἔχει φράσω”. AR. Ach. 4: “φέρ᾽ ἴδω” (very common). Vesp. 1497: “φέρε νυν ἀνείπω κα”（“ὶ”) . . . “καλῶ”. alib. (Aorist much more common than present.) EUR. H. F. 529-30: “φέρ᾽ ἐκπύθωμαι” . . . | “τί καινὸν ἦλθε . . . δώμασιν χρέος”; SOPH. O. C. 174: “ὦ ξεῖνοι, μὴ δῆτ᾽ ἀδικηθῶ” . Ph. 1452: “φέρε νυν στείχων χώραν καλέσω” . Tr. 802. HOM. Od. 13.215: “ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε δὴ τὰ χρήματ᾽ ἀριθμήσω καὶ ἴδωμαι”. Il. 1.26: “μή σε, γέρον, κοίλῃσιν ἐγὼ παρὰ νηυσὶ κιχείω”. 21.475: “μή σευ . . . ἀκούσω”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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