Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, ἵνα

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2.relat., = ὅπου, in which place, where, Hdt., etc.;—so, ἵνα τε Il.; ἵνα περ Hom.:—c. gen., ἵνα γῆς in whatever part of the land, Hdt.; ἔμαθε ἵνα ἦν κακοῦ in what a calamity, id=Hdt.; οὐχ ὁρᾷς ἵν᾽ εἶ κακοῦ Soph.

b.= ὅποι, with Verbs of motion, whither, Od.; ὁρᾷς ἵν᾽ ἥκεις Soph.

II.of circumstance, when, at which, Od.

B.Final Conjunction, = ὅπως, that, in order that, Lat. ut, Hom.:

1.with subj.,

a.after principal tenses of ind., id=Hom., etc.

b.after historical tenses, in similes, where the aor. refers to any possible time, Od.

c.after opt. and ἄν, ἔδωκε μένος, ἵνα γένοιτο she gave him vigour, that he might become, Il.

2.with opt., after historical tenses, Hom., etc.

3.with past tenses of ind., to express a consequence which has not followed or cannot follow, ἵν᾽ ἦν τυφλός in which case he must be blind, Soph., etc.

4.ἵνα μή as the negat. of ἵνα, that not, Lat. ut ne or ne, Il., attic

II.elliptical usages,

1.where the purpose only is stated, Ζεὺς ἔσθ᾽, ἵν᾽ εἰδῇς 'tis Zeus, [I tell thee this] that thou may'st know it, Soph.; so, ἵνα συντέμω Dem.

2.ὅρα or βλέπε being understood, ἵνα ἐλθὼν ἐπιθῇς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῇ see that thou come and lay hands on her, NTest.

3.ἵνα τί (sc. γένηται); to what end? Ar., Plat.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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