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§ 82. 



Indicative Mood. 



1. In later and Byzantine Greek, the present indicative is often used for the future, to 

 express vividly that which wUl happen. Sept. Gen. 6, 13 'Ihov eyw KaTa^deipa> avroix; 

 Koi TTjv ly^v. NT. Matt. 26, 18 Ilpoi ere ttoico to •jrda'x^a ^era twv ixadrjTojv fiov. Act. 1, 6 

 Kvpie, €1 iv Tu> '^pova rovTa aTroKadio'Tavei'; ttjv ^aaCKelav tov 'IcrparjX. CoNST. APOST. 6, 15 



"Orav reXevTO), ^aTrrl^ofiM, When I am about to die, then I tvill be baptized. Apock. 



Joseph. Narrat. 2, 2 Kac o vo/j.o'; evpiaKerai, Kai, r] eoprrj ■>] dyca eTnTeXovftevi] eTrtreXeiTat 



AiroKvaare tov Irjaovv, Kayco iruOco to -ttXtjOo'; otl tuvtu ovto)<; e-^et,. Act. Pet. et Paul. 4 

 TiveTai KaTO, to 6e\r]fj,a vfiwv, Koi ypa(f)0fj,ev Trpo? •Trdcra'i to,'; eirapy^ia's I'jixav. MarTYR. PolYC. 

 11 IIvpc ere TTOiu) haTravrjOrjvai,, ei, Ta>v 6rjpia)v KaTa<^povet^, eav /xtj /j,eTavoricrr]<;. VlT. EuTHYM. 

 22 'Eav eXe^cTT^? tt^v eftrjv aadeveiav km XvTpcoarj'; fie e/c TovBe tov -TTiKpov iraOov;, yivofiai Xpi- 

 cFTiavo';. LeiMON. 9 (20) Ilucrov /Lie diro tov vtKpov OavaTov tovtov, km viraya et? ttiv eprj/Mov 

 Kak Tjav^a^o). 



So in classical Greek. Dem. 351, 4 El Be ^Tjaiv o5to?, Bei^dra koI •n-apaa-'x^ea-Oa, Kayo) 

 KaTa^aivci). 



2. The present indicative, in certain ^cases, corresponds to the English infinitive pre- 

 ceded by can, or cannot. NT. Matt. 17, 21 Tovto to yeVo? ovk eK-n-opeveTai, el fir] ev Trpo- 

 <7ev)(ri Kol vr}(TTeta (compare Marc. 9, 29 Tovto to yevo<i ev ovBevl BvvaTai e^eXGelv, el /irj ev 

 ■Kpo<iev)(r] Koi vrjcrTeia). LuciAN. Dial. Mort. 2 Ov (pepofiev, w JJXovtcov, Meviinrov tovtovI 

 TOV Kvva irapoiKOvvTa. 



3. Not unfrequently the present or future indicative has the force of the imperative. 



Sept. Gen. 17, 9 ^v Be ttjv BiaOriK-qv /nov BiaTTjp-quei'i. Ex. 20, 3 Ovk eaovTal croi 6eol eTepoi 

 •jrXrjv efj,ov. Ov Troiricreii aeavTw elBcoXov, k. t. X. JoSEPH. Ant. 11, 6, 5 Ei, Tiva 6eXei<; Tot9 

 vTTr]Kooi,<; evepyealav KaTaOeadai, KeXevcreK "Trpdppi^ov diroXeadai. 12, 2, 4 Eav ovv (rot, Bok^, 

 ^aaiXev, ypayjreK tm twv lovBaicov apj(iepel ottco'; aTToaTeiXi) tS)V Trpecr^vTepav e^ e^ uTraa-rji; 

 (pvXTJif. Mal. 271, 16 Avaipel ovv eKa(TT0<} oO? e^^ei IIepcra<; et? iBiov avTov oIkov. 



4. In later and Byzantine Greek, the perfect indicative is often used for the aorist. 



Sept. Ex. 32, 1 Kat iBuiv 6 Xao? otl xe'^povcKe Mcovarj'; KaTa^'ijvai e« tov opov;, avveaTtj o Xaoi; 

 em. 'Aapav. NT. Matt. 13, 46 AveXOwv "TreTrpaKe iravTa baa ei')(e, Kai rjyopacrev avTov. Hebr. 

 11, 17 JJca-Tet, TTpoaevrivo'^ev 'A^paufi tov 'laauK. HerM. 1, 1 ireTrpaKe, Patr. 121 BeBco- 

 Kev. 124, 12 BeBwKacri. 125 elprjKaa-i, 128 veTrpa'^aa-iv. TheoPH. 5 KaTaXeXonrev. 8, 12 

 BeBcoKe. 9, 16 ye'yove. 33, 18 ewpaKe. 34 ireiroi'qKe. 37, 7 irvvTeTaKTat. 41 KeKXrjKe. 

 58, 9 iretTTaKev. 59, 17 ea^T^Kacri. 71, 12 KaTeiX-^(paai. 82, 6 TreirXripaiKev. 83, 18 Tre- 

 trpa-^ev. 87 Trerrovdacri.v. 



