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6. "Oti is sometimes omitted. EpiCT. 4, 1, 73 TU Be aoi, elire to irepiirarriaai, <yov epyov 

 icrrh a/cw\vTov ; But who told you that walking is an act of your own free will ? Athan. 

 I, 183 C E8i]\ci}a'a ovi> aoi avTo tovto, 'lv eihevat, e^oa, Beo'iroTa, 6 ayaTTijTO? rj/iwv kclI crvvBid- 

 KOVO<; MaKapio<; evcppave fie a-rro t?;? K(ov<TTavTivoviTo\e<ii'i ypa-\^a<;. 



7. "Or I, with its verb sometimes forms the subject of the impersonal verbs BoKel, 

 apKel. Apocr. Nicod. Euangel. I, B, 4, 5 'Eixoi BoKel on, ovk ea-ri, rov \aor) TravTO? 

 6e\ri[ia tov avdpairov tovtov airoOavelv. Act. Pet. et Paul. 2 Ovk apKel on ■jrdvTa'i toli? dBeX- 

 0OU? Kol rov; 'yovel<; rjfiwv edXitlrev. 



8. "On, in the sense of for that, because, is equivalAit to Bia rovro, and may be pre- 

 ceded by Bid; thus, St' on, ov Biori in one word. Classical. 



9. "On, for which reason, therefore. II. 16, 35. 21, 411. 23, 484. 24, 240. Od. 

 22, 36. 



Examples from later and Byzantine authors. Sept. Ps. 8, 5 T/ Icmv av6p(aiTo<i on. 

 lufivriaKr) avrov ; What is man that thou art mindful of him? Apocr. Act. Paul, et 

 Thecl. 4 'Hp.el'i ovk ea-p^ev rov €v\ojT)p,evov Oeov on rip,a<i ovk rjarrd-am outo)?; Act. Philip, in 

 Hellad. 17 Ti eanv ro t^? p.ajca^ rov 'Irjcyov on, ovro^ 6 ^l\nnro<; ev oXijaj pe'erv<^\a>cyev, koI 

 rrakiv ev oXijw ava^Xe-^Jrai pe e-n-ocTjaev ; LuciAN. Deor. Dial. 13 ' EiriXeXTjaat jap Koi (xv, w 

 ' HpaKXe<;, ev ry Olry KaracpXejeh on pot, oveiBi^ei<; ro rrvp ; that you reproach me ivith fire ? 

 Soz. 1, 11, p. 24 Ov (TV je, e(f)7], ap,eiV(ov rov Kpd^/3arov elpT}Kor6ro<;, on rat<i avrov Xe^ecri 

 eiTaia-)(yvri Ke'x^prjdOao ; Surely, Said he, you are not better than he who said Kpd^^aro<;, 

 that you should he ashamed to use his words ? Theod. Ill, 608 B Tloarov el p.epo<; T7j<; 



olKOvp,ev7]<;, on. av p,6vo<: avvalptj dvOpwiva) dvoaiM ; APOPHTH. Agathon. 14 S'v Tt? el, on oXeo? 

 XaXe2<i ; 



10. "On, that, with the indicative, in later and Byzantine Greek, often denotes a re- 

 sult, and may be regarded as supplying the place of cocrre with the infinitive. Sept. 



Ex. 3, 11 Ti.'s €tp,t, eyo), on, •jropevaopai, tt^o? ^apao) ^aaCXea Aljinrrov, Kol on e^d^co toi)? vlov9 

 'la-parjX eK 717? AcjvTrrov ; NT. Matt. 8, 27 UoraTro'i eanv ovro^, on koI ol dvepoc koI tj 

 OaXacraa vTraKovovaiv avra> ; TheoD. I, 800 B Toaovrov B aireayov rov marevaai ro) rav 

 o\av 6ea>, on rov •jrpo'i avrov: Kara ravrov rjpavro rroXep.ov. 813 C Ovrw (prjalv ecrn p,ejdX7), ore 

 Kao ra p,vpia rcov ij(6vwv rrepiKeirai yevr] Kai ra peyiara Kr/rr) aBeo)? ev avrrj VTj')(erai. Leimon. 

 23 (34) "■ 0? ovrm yejovev eXerj/Mcov Kat, (piXoavpTraOrj!;, on rrore eh ruv vorapioov avrov KXeylrai 

 K.r.X. (irregular construction). 36 (42) Toiavrrjv a-KXrjpaywyiav e^ovra, on eh Tec7aapa<; 

 rjpepa<; p,cav irpocj^opav i^crOiev. 



11. In the following clause, ottw?, in the sense of on, is followed by the subjunctive. 



Aster. 344 A ndvra]<; Be aKrjKoare rov; dvBpa<; rr}'; TroXew? ottw? Beppoi re wen Kol ^eovre'i eiri 

 rrav oirep av 7rpo)(^eipQ}<; opp-rjcrcocnv, equivalent to on elarl, that they are. 

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