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The Infinitive.
Infinitive without the Article: Infinitive as Subject,
Predicate, or Appositive.
Infinitive as Object.
Object Infinitive not in Indirect Discourse.
Infinitive in Indirect Discourse.
Infinitive after Adjectives, Adverbs, and Nouns.
Infinitive of Purpose.
Absolute Infinitive.
Infinitive in Commands and Prohibitions for the Imperative.
Infinitive in Wishes and Exclamations.
Infinitive with the Article.
Articular Infinitive as Subject or Object.
Infinitive with
τό
, after Adjectives and Nouns.
Infinitive with
τοῦ, τῷ
, and
τό
, as a Noun, in various Constructions.
Simple Infinitive and Infinitive with
τοῦ
, after Verbs of Hindrance, etc.
Infinitive with
τὸ
μή
, or
τὸ μὴ
οὐ
.
μὴ οὐ
with Infinitive and Participle, and (Rarely) with Nouns.
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[*] 756. In some cases, particularly when the provisions of a law are quoted, a relative is used with the infinitive, even when no infinitive precedes. E.g. Ἔθηκεν ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἐξεῖναι ἀποκτιννύναι, “he enacted on what conditions it is allowed to kill.” DEM. xx. 158. Καὶ διὰ ταῦτα, ἄν τις ἀποκτείνῃ τινὰ, τὴν βουλὴν δικάζειν ἔγραψε, καὶ οὐχ ἅπερ, ἂν ἁλῷ, εἶναι, “and he did not enact what should be done if he should be convicted.” Id. xxiii. 26. (Here εἶναι, the reading of Cod. Σ, is amply defended by the preceding example, in which all allow ἐξεῖναι.) Δέκα γὰρ ἄνδρας προσείλοντο αὐτῷ ξυμβούλους, ἄνευ ὧν μὴ κύριον εἶναι ἀπάγειν στρατιὰν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως. THUC. v. 63.
Macmillan. London, Melbourne, Toronto. 1889. reprint edition:. St. Martin's Press. New York. 1965.
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