[*] 365. Indicative in generic sentences. In generic sentences the Greek has a tendency to other modal constructions. In practical questions, personal argument, as in poetry and proverbs, the indicative may be used as in English and Latin. “εἴ τις εἰδὼς . . . προὔδωκεν ἢ ἐξαπατᾷ, οὗτός ἐστ᾽ ἔνοχος τῇ ἀρᾷ”, DEM.23.97; If any one has wittingly betrayed or wittingly deceives, he is obnoxious to the curse. “ἃ μὴ κατέθου, μὴ ἀνέλῃ”, PROV.; What you didn't deposit, you mustn't draw. “τῷ . . . ἀσθενοῦντι πικρὰ φαίνεται ἃ ἐσθίει καὶ ἔστι”, PLATO, Theaet. 166E; To the sick man what he eats seems bitter, and is bitter. PROV. “ἥν τις ἔμαξε μᾶζαν ταύτην καὶ ἐσθιέτω”. (See also above.) DEM.23.97(see above). AESCHIN.3.196: “εἰ γάρ τις ἐν δημοκρατίᾳ τετιμημένος . . . τολμα? βοηθεῖν τοῖς παράνομα γράφουσι, καταλύει τὴν πολιτείαν”. Ibid. 198: “ὅστις . . . αἰτεῖ” (twice). PLATO, Theaet. 166E (see above). 170 A: “τὸ δοκοῦν ἑκάστῳ τοῦτο καὶ εἶναί φησί που ᾧ δοκεῖ”; HDT.3.127: “ἔνθα . . . σοφίης δέει, βίης ἔργον οὐδέν”. EUR. Tro. 400: “φεύγειν μὲν οὖν χρὴ πόλεμον ὅστις εὖ φρονεῖ”. AESCHYL. Sept. 596: “δεινὸς ὃς θεοὺς σέβει”. PIND. N. 3.41-2: “ὃς δὲ διδάκτ᾽ ἔχει, . . . μυριᾶν . . . ἀρετᾶν ἀτελεῖ νόῳ γεύεται”. HOM. Od. 14.156-7: “ἐχθρὸς γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς Ἀίδαο πύλῃσιν” | “γίγνεται, ὃς πενίῃ εἴκων ἀπατἠλια βάζει”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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