AND BYZANTINE GREEK. 



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§ 84. 

 Optative Mood. 



1. The future optative is the future of the past ; that is, the action it expresses is 

 future with reference to past time. It is the correlate of the future indicative, and 

 is commonly used when the leading sentence denotes time past. Thus, 



Future Indicative. 



Aeyco on Saaei. 



OlBa 'oTi eKevaerai. 



riyvoJO'Ko/j.ev ort,, et Bcoao/ji.ev e\)dvva<;, KivBv- 



vevaofiev wKoKeaOai, 

 Ov TOVTO evvoel tl TretaeTai. 

 El, Se Xrp^ovTai, aveay/jievrjv, uTreiXovatv 



aTTOKTeveiv airavTa^. 



TrpoaoSov;. 



Future Optative. 



ElTTOV OTL 8a><T0l. 



HiBecv ore e\ev<rot,ro. 



Eytyvaa-KO/iev on, el Baa-oifiev evBvvwi, kivBv- 



vevaoijiev aTToXecrOat. 

 Ov TOVTO evevoet Tt ireio'oiTo. 

 El Be \t]'>^oivto avewy/ievtjv, rjirelXovv d-jroKTe- 



veiv aTravTa<s. 

 AapelTM (historical) Be xapav e| ?'? p.eyd\a<} 



Xri'^oiTo nrpoaoBov^. JoSEPH. Ant. 20, 2, 1. 



2. In later and Byzantine Greek, the future optative is employed also where classical 

 usage requires the aorist optative ; as, 



Classical. Later and Byzantine. 



Iv ovu avTOVi eK^idcraivTO vTraicova-ai, irav- "iv ovv avToix; eK^idcroiVTO viraKovaai, iravBrjijie'l 



Brifieo (TvvrfKOov. 

 ' Ottm? Trapaa-T7]aai,VT0. 

 'if2s av KaTaXiTTOi. 

 'T'jTe(T')(eTo Boicreiv inrep aiTrjcreie. 

 'O ded'i ere Bia<J3v\a^eie ! 

 El /j,ev £7rt7roXaKU? cKe-^aiTO tov? \oyov<i, 



jjLep.'^aiVT av BiKaico'; tov; tovto Xeyovra';. 

 TovTov<; ei,KdTco<; av Tt? ecpevperas ovo/j,a<rai, 



Kaicmv. 



avvrjKdov. 

 OiTOi'i TrapaaTTjo'otvTo, 

 Sl<; av KaToKecy^ot,. 

 TirecT'^eTo Bwcreiv oirep av aiTrfaoi, 

 O deo<i ae Bia(f>v\d^oi ! 

 Et, fiev eTTiTToXaio)? aKe-<^OLTO Toil's Xdyov;, fie/i- 



^jroiVTO av BiKaia? tov; tovto X€yovTa<;. 

 TovTov; eiKOTox; av Tt? l^evpeTa'i ovofida-oi xa- 



3. The aorist optative performs two functions. It is either the past of the past, or 

 the future of the past. It is the past of the past, when it is the correlate of the aorist 

 indicative. It is ^ the future of the past, when it is the correlate of the aorist subjunc- 

 tive. Thus, 



