[*] 406. Perfect active imperative. The perfect active imperative is little used, even when the perfect is employed as a present, except “ἴσθι, ἴστω, ἴστε”, from “οἶδα”. Nor is the periphrastic common. ““καὶ ἄτιμος,” φησίν, “τεθνάτω,”” DEM.9.44. “ὁ θεωρὸς . . . γεγονὼς” (fully adjective) “ἔστω πλειόνων ἐτῶν ἢ πεντήκοντα”, PLATO, Legg. 951C (but in the same breath of the same subject, “ἔστω γεγενημένος”, Ibid. D). DEM.9.44(see above). PLATO, Legg. 874C: “νηποινεὶ τεθνάτω” (= passive) “ὑπὸ . . . τοῦ ὑβρισθέντος βίᾳ”. 938 C: “ἐάν τις φιλονικίᾳ κριθῇ δὶς τὸ τοιοῦτον δρᾶν, τεθνάτω”. 951 C (see above). AR. Ach. 133: “κεχήνατε”. Vesp. 198: “ἔνδον κέκραχθι τῆς θύρας κεκλεισμένης”. Thesm. 692: “κέκραχθι”. EUR. Alc. 1042-4: “γυναῖκα δ᾽” . . . | “ἄλλον τιν̓” . . . | “σῴζειν ἄνωχθι Θεσσαλῶν”. [Rhes.] 987: “ἄνωχθε”. SOPH. Ant. 1063: “ἴσθι” . 1064: “ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι” . AESCHYL. Cho. 772: “ἄνωχθ”（“ι”). Eum. 598-9: “ οπ.πέποιθ”（“α”) . . . | XO. “νεκροῖσί νυν πέπεισθι μητέρα κτανών”. HOM. Od. 20.18: “τέτλαθι δή, κραδίη: καὶ κύντερον ἄλλο ποτ᾽ ἔτλης”. Il. 23.158-9: “καὶ δεῖπνον ἄνωχθι” | “ὅπλεσθαι”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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