[*] 443. Imperative use of a)/n with optative. “ἄν” with the optative is sometimes used to suggest a command. “προάγοις ἄν”, PLATO, Phaedr. 229B; You may lead on, Lead on, pray. (Cf. 229 A: “πρόαγε δή”.) PLATO, Phaedr. 227C: “λέγοις ἄν”, Say on. 229 B (see above). AR. Eq. 1160-1: “δρᾶν ταῦτα χρή”. | “ἄπιτον . . . θέοιτ᾽ ἄν”. Vesp. 725-6: “ἦ που σοφὸς ἦν ὅστις ἔφασκεν, πρὶν ἂν ἀμφοῖν μῦθον ἀκούσῃς”, | “οὐκ ἂν δικάσαις”. EUR. Ion, 1335-6: “ΠΥ. παρ᾽ ἡμῶν δ᾽ ἔκλαβ̓ οὓς ἔχω λόγους”. | “ΙΩΝ. λέγοις ἄν: εὔνους δ᾽ οὖς᾿ ἐρεῖς ὅς᾿ ἂν λέγῃς”. AESCHYL. Eum. 94: “εὕδοιτ᾽ ἄν” (sarcastic), “ὠή, καὶ καθευδουσῶν τί δεῖ”; 118: “μύζοιτ᾽ ἄν” (sarcastic), “ἁνὴρ δ᾽ οἴχεται φεύγων πρόσω”. Sept. 261: “λέγοις ἂν ὡς τάχιστα, καὶ τάχ᾽ εἴσομαι”. HOM. Il. 2.250: “τῷ οὐκ ἂν βασιλῆας ἀνὰ στόμ᾽ ἔχων ἀγορεύοις”. 9.141-2: “εἰ δέ κεν Ἄργος ἱκοίμεθ᾽ Ἀχαιικόν, οὖθαρ ἀρούρης”, | “γαμβρός κέν μοι ἔοι”.
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