102 A GLOSSARY OF LATER 



Aorist Indicative. Aorist Optative. 



OlSa oTi etTre?. "HiSeiv on e'iiroK. 



Eta-eraL oti l^vye?. "HiBei on <f>vyoi^. 



'EpcoTo. tI e-n-adov. 'Hpura n iradoifxi. 



'EdeXei elSevai oinvei; ejevovro -irpairoi,. HOeXfjcrev eiBevat, o'i,nve<s yevotvro TrpSsToi. 



'Ev dav/iUTi elaiv owodev ^\dev. Ev Oav/ian riaav oiroOev e\6oi. 



Aorist Subjunctive. Aorist Optative. 



AeSio}<; fiTj, eav ^laffcovrat, et,aa), (TcpaXuai n, ^€t,cra<; firj, €i ^lacraiVTO eiato, acfyaXeiev ti, Tra- 

 vapeyyva. peyyvrja-e. 



4. Sometimes, in narration, the aorist optative takes the place of the future optative. 

 This is apt to create confusion ; and it may be doubted whether the aorist optative 

 was ever used by careful writers as the correlate of the future indicative. 



§ 85. 

 Li^nitive. 



1. The j)erfect infinitive, when not preceded by the article, is equivalent to on with 

 the perfect indicative or optative, and is used after verbs signifying to sa^, think, hear, 

 and their equivalents. Thus, 



Perfect Infinitive. Perfect Indicative and Optative. 



^aah e\riXv6evai. ^acnv on e\t]Xv6aai. 



"Etpaa-av eXrjXvdevai. "Ecpaaav on eXi]Xv6oiev. 



2. In Byzantine Greekj the perfect infinitive sometimes takes the place of the aorist 

 infinitive. Patr. 135, 20 ''EvZeZoiKevai, xpV ""po? tovto. Theoph. 25 ^e^a-n-rlaOai for 

 ^airncyGrivai. (Compare § 82, 4.) 



3. The infinitive preceded by the article tou is often equivalent to 'Iva, or oVt with 

 its appropriate mood (see 'Iva, on, below). 



Examples from later and Byzantine authors. Sept. Gen. 16, 2 SwUxeiae p-e Kvpio<i 



Tov p,ri TiKTew. 18, 7 'Era-xwe tov -Troirjaai avro. 18, 25 Mrjhapu)^ crv -Tronja-eK w? to prjfia 

 TOVTO TOV a-TTOKTeivai, BIkmov /Ltera aae^ov'i. 19, 21 'Ettj t« p-qpaTi tovtw tov pr) KaTacTTpeyfrM 

 Triv TToXiv. 19, 22 IlTrevaov ovv tov (jcodrjvai, eKel. 20, 6 'E^ei.aap7)v aov tov prj dpapTelv 

 ae et? epe. Ps. 38, 1 El-jra (pvXd^co Ta? 6Bov<; pov tov prj dpapTclveiv ev yXaa-a-rj pov. 118, 57 

 Elva TOV (j}vXd^aa-dai. tov vdpov aov. InSCR. 4896 Kivhvveveiv '^pa<i tov f^r) 'ixeiv to. vopi^d- 

 peva. NT. Matt. 13, 3 'IBov e^^\6ev 6 (nrelpav tov avelpeiv. Act. 23, 15 "ETOipol eapev 



