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[*] 2454. When the principal clause is affirmative, πρίν before regularly takes the infinitive. ““ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον ἀναβαίνει Χειρίσοφος πρίν τινας αἰσθέσθαι τῶν πολεμίων” Chirisophus ascended the height before any of the enemy perceived him” X. A. 4.1.7, πρὶν καταλῦσαι τὸ στράτευμα πρὸς ἄ_ριστον βασιλεὺς ἐφάνη before the army halted for breakfast, the king appeared 1. 10. 19, πέμψα_ς, πρὶν ἐν Τεγέᾳ αὐτὸς εἶναι, πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα τῶν ξένων, ἐκέλευε κτλ. lit. before he himself arrived at Tegea, sending to the commander of the mercenaries, he gave orders, etc. X. H. 5.4.37 (αὐτός, by attraction to the subject of πέμψα_ς).
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