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541. Futures with Present Forms.—The following verbs have no future suffix, the future thus having the form of a present: ἔδομαι (ἐδ-) eat, πί_ομαι (πι-) drink, χέω (χυ-) and χέομαι, pour. See 529. 5, 8.

a. These are probably old subjunctives which have retained their future meaning. In ἔδομαι and πί_ομαι the mood-sign is short (457 D.). Hom. has βέομαι or βείομαι live, δήω find, κήω (written κείω) lie, ἐξανύω achieve, ἐρύω draw, τανύω strelch, and ἀλεύεται avoid. νέομαι go is for νεσομαι.

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