Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, chapter 2065

Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position:

part:

chapter:

section:

subsection:

[*] 2065. Purpose or Object.—The future (sometimes the present) participle is used to denote purpose, especially after verbs denoting to come, go, send, summon, etc. Thus, ““προπέμψαντες κήρυ_κα πόλεμον προεροῦντα” having sent a herald in advance to proclaim war” T. 1.29, ὁ βάρβαρος ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα δουλωσόμενος ἦλθεν the barbarians proceeded against Greece with the purpose of enslaving it 1. 18, συνεκάλεσαν ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων ἁπα_σῶν ἀκουσομένους (2052 a) τῆς παρὰ βασιλέως ἐπιστολῆς they summoned from all the cities men to listen to the letter from the king X. H. 7.1.39. Present: ἔπεμπον . . . λέγοντας ὅτι κτλ. they sent men to say that, etc. X. H. 2.4.37.

American Book Company, 1920.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

Purchase a copy of this text (not necessarily the same edition) from Amazon.com. #CommissionEarned

show Browse Bar

hide References (2 total)

Cross-references to this page (2):
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.5.3
- Jeffrey A. Rydberg-Cox, Overview of Greek Syntax, Verbs: Mood

hide Search

Searching in English. More search options
Limit Search to:
A Greek Grammar for Colleges (this document)

hide Display Preferences

Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges