[*] 327. The infinitive as the representative of the indicative takes all the tenses. See Accusative and Infinitive. Present (= Present Indicative): “τὸν εὐτυχοῦντα καὶ φρονεῖν νομίζομεν”, COM. Men. 4.354.497; Him who is lucky we think to have sense withal. “φησὶν ἐπιλήσμων εἶναι”, PLATO, Prot. 336D; He says that he is forgetful. Present (= Imperfect Indicative): “ἀντιλέγειν φῂς τοῖς βουλομένοις ἡμᾶς ἀπολέσαι,” LYS.12.26 ; You declare that you undertook to oppose (a)nte/leges) those who wished to destroy us. “ἀποφηνάσθω μὴ μετέχειν,” DEM.19.117 ; Let him declare that he had no part in it. Aorist (= Aorist Indicative):1 “οὐ φήσω ἡμᾶς ὀρθῶς ὁμολογῆσαι ἡνίκα ὡμολογήσαμεν”, PLATO, Theaet. 191A; I will not say that we were right to acknowledge (it) when we acknowledged it. Perfect (= Perfect Indicative): “φησὶ . . . ἐγκώμιον γεγραφέναι”, ISOC.10.14; He says that he has written an encomium. Perfect (= Pluperfect Indicative): “καὶ ὁδόν τε [λέγεται] οὔπω πολλὴν διηνύσθαι αὐτοῖς καὶ τὸν Μῆδον ἥκειν πάλιν”, XEN. Cyr. 1.4. 28; It is said that not much of their journey had been accomplished yet when the Mede returned. Future (= Future Indicative): “οὐκ ἔφη ὀμεῖσθαι”, XEN. Hell. 1.3.11; He said that he would not take an oath. Future Perfect (= Future Perfect Indicative): “ὑπολαμβάνω . . . μάτην ἐρραψῳδηκότας ἡμᾶς ἔσεσθαι”, DEM.25.2; I understand that we shall have delivered our screed to no purpose.
1 On the aorist as a future, see Accusative and Infinitive.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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