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neuter sense ; Voemel, however, translates Xrja-fade ttuvO' vnofieivavTa, 

 immemores eritis omnia vos tolerasse, and gives the following note : 

 ohlivio priorum malorum praecipmim imprudentiae et desidiae signum 

 est. But the aorist participle with \av6dva), Tvyxava, and similar verbs, 

 seems to have no more force as a past tense than the aorist subjunctive 

 or imperative does ; see evka^elaOai fitf XjjcreTe 8ia<f)6ap6in€s, to take care 

 lest you shall find yourselves insensibly corrupt. Plat. Gorg. 487 D ; 

 ^ovkolnrjv av \a6ew avTov aiT€k6a>v, to get off without his knowing it, 

 Xex. An. I. 3, 17 ; roiis avBpm-irovs Xrjcrofiep iTrmecrovTes, An. VII. 3, 43. 

 With such verbs the present participle is used in its ordinary sense, 

 denoting a continued action, while the aorist expresses a momentary 

 act coincident with that of the verb, and the perfect seems to have 

 been used when a special reference to the past was required in the 

 participle. TIius, ervxov oTrXlrai KadevSovres, soldiers happened to be 

 sleeping, Thuc. IV. 113; crTparia ervxe TrapeXdovcra, an army happened 

 to march, VI. 61 ; ervyxavov oi crrpaTrj-yol apri jrapeiX)j<^drfs Trjv dpx']v, 

 the generals happened to have just assumed their authority, VI. 

 96 ; fdv Tis T]8iKT]Kas TL TvyxdvT] TTfv TToKiv, if it shall happen that any 

 one has done any wrong to the city, Dem. Cor. § 123. So Xijo-ere 

 irdvff viropeivavTes will not mean, you will forget that you have endured 

 everything, but you will insensibly {before you know it) submit to 

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