[*] 436. a)/n with the Present Optative not of the Past: used of what will be, or what will prove to be. LYS.3.5: “πολὺ ἂν ἔργον εἴη λέγειν” , It would be a tedious task to tell. PLATO, Charm. 161A-B: “οὐκ ἄρα σωφροσύνη ἂν εἴη αἰδώς”. Gorg. 507 A: “καὶ μὴν ὅ γε σώφρων τὰ προσήκοντα πράττοι ἄν” (442). Theaet. 145 B: “εὖ ἂν ἔχοι”.1 XEN. Mem. 1.2.11: “συμμάχων ὁ . . . βιάζεσθαι τολμῶν δέοιτ᾽ ἂν οὐκ ὀλίγων.” THUC.1.38.4: “εἰ τοῖς πλείοσιν ἀρέσκοντές ἐσμεν, τοῖσδ᾽ ἂν μόνοις οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἀπαρέσκοιμεν”, If we are acceptable to the majority of our colonists, there must be something amiss in our being unacceptable to these alone. HDT.2.6: “οὕτω ἂν εἴησαν Αἰγύπτου στάδιοι ἑξακόσιοι καὶ τρισχίλιοι τὸ παρὰ θάλασσαν”. 22: “κῶς ὦν δῆτα ῥέοι ἂν” (sc. “ὁ Νεῖλος”) “ἀπὸ χιόνος, ἀπὸ τῶν θερμοτάτων ῥέων ἐς τὰ ψυχρότερα”; 6.63: “οὐκ ἂν ἐμὸς εἴη”, It can't be my (son). AR. Av. 127: “ποίαν τιν᾽ οὖν ἥδιστ᾽ ἂν οἰκοῖτ᾽ ἂν πόλιν;” 172: “τί ἂν οὖν ποιοῖμεν;” Lys. 81: “κἂν ταῦρον ἄγχοις” . 97-8: “λέγοιμ᾽ ἂν ἤδη. πρὶν λέγειν δ᾽, ὑμᾶς τοδὶ ἐπερήσομαί τι μικρόν” . Lys. 180. EUR. Ion, 543: “πῶς ἂν οὖν εἴην σός;” SOLON, 36.1-2: “συμμαρτυροίη ταῦτ᾽ ἂν . . . μήτηρ μεγίστη δαιμόνων Ὀλυμπίων”. HOM. Od. 4.78: “τέκνα φίλ̓, ἦ τοι Ζηνὶ βροτῶν οὐκ ἄν τις ἐρίζοι”. Il. 1.271-2: “κείνοισι δ᾽ ἂν οὔ τις” | “τῶν, οἳ νῦν βροτοί εἰσιν ἐπιχθόνιοι, μαχέοιτο”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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