William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, chapter 31

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[*] 31. In the optative and infinitive not in indirect discourse, and often in the participle, the same forms of εἶμι are used as ordinary presents. E.g.

“Οὐδὲν ἂν διάφορον ποιοῖ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπἲ ταὐτὸν ἴοιεν.” PLAT. Rep. 360 C .
“Εἰ πολέμιος ἴοι” Ib. 415 E.

See ἴοι in Rep. 490B, in a peculiar indirect quotation. “Ὅτε ἴοι” Id. Tim. 78C .

In XEN. An. i. 3,1, after ἰέναι as future (30), we have ἐβιάζετο ἰέναι and ἤρξατο προιέναι.

“Ἐξὸν αὐτῷ εἰσιόντι εἰς τὰς οἰκίας συγγίγνεσθαι ὅτῳ βούλοιτο.” PLAT. Rep. 360 C .
“Ἀποτρεπόμενος ὁ ἀὴρ καὶ διὰ τοῦ σώματος ἔξω ἰών” Id. Tim. 79C .

So ANT. v. 78, ANT. vi. 45.

In the subjunctive and imperative there can of course be no special future sense in these verbs.

Macmillan. London, Melbourne, Toronto. 1889. reprint edition:. St. Martin's Press. New York. 1965.

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