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[*] 66. ei)=nai combined with a copulative verb. Even after these “εἶναι” is sometimes found as to be is in English; e. g. “Paul called to be an apostle.” ISAE. Cf. 2.41: “οὗ εἶναι ὠνομάσθην”. PLATO. Cf. Apol. 23 A: “ὄνομα δὲ τοῦτο λέγεσθαι σοφὸς εἶναι” . Rpb. 428 E: “ὅσοι ἐπιστήμας ἔχοντες ὀνομάζονταί τινες εἶναι” . HDT.5.25（ter). 7.154: “ἀπεδέχθη πάσης τῆς ἵππου εἶναι ἵππαρχος”. PIND. O. 10.63-4: “μάτρωος δ᾽ ἐκάλεσσέ νιν” | “ἰσώνυμον ἔμμεν”. Cf. Il. 17.150-1: “Σαρπηδόν”（“α”) . . . | “κάλλιπες Ἀργεΐοισιν ἕλωρ καὶ κύρμα γενέσθαι”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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