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[*] 527. A conditional relative clause (like a clause with εἰ, 407) may take the future indicative to express a present intention or necessity. E.g. Ἐν τούτῳ κεκωλῦσθαι ἐδόκει ἑκάστῳ τὰ πράγματα ᾧ μή τις αὐτὸς παρέσται, “each man felt that all progress was at an end in any affair in which he was not personally to take part.” THUC. ii. 8.The direct form was ἐν τούτῳ κεκώλυται (51; 122） ᾧ μὴ παρέσομαι. Οὗ δὲ ἀληθείας τις ἀτυχήσει, ποτὲ τούτου ἐπιστήμων ἔσται; but if one is to miss the truth of anything, will he ever understand it? PLAT. Theaet. 186 C. So probably XEN. Cyr. i. 5, 13 , ὅ τι γὰρ μὴ τοιοῦτον ἀποβήσεται παρ᾽ ὑμῶν, εἰς ἐμὲ τὸ ἐλλεῖπον ἔσται, i.e. if there is to be any failure on your part to come up to my expectations, the loss will fall on me. This is the only form of conditional relative sentence that regularly takes the future indicative. (See 530.)
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