AND BYZANTINE GREEK. 123 



3. In the Septiiagint, the first person plural of the subjunctive, in exhortations, may 

 be preceded by SevTe, hevpo, go to, come. Sept. Gen. 11, 3 Aevre ifkivdeiKxwiiev TrXivOov;, 



Go to, let us make brick. 11, 4 AeOre olKoBofirjacofxev eavTolf iroKiv Kol -Kvpyov. 19, 32 

 Aevpo KM TTOTiaa/Mep rov irarepa I'lfiuv oivov. Ex. 3, 10 Aevpo airocTetXa tre tt/so? ^apaas. 



4. In later and Byzantine Greek, /htj, in prohibitions, is sometimes followed by the 

 present subjunctive.^^ Barn. 21 M^ e'y/caToXetTnjTe, v. 1. iyKaTaXlTnjTe. Ibid. Mr] iWeiTTTjTe. 

 Sard. 11 Mtj KaTa(f)povr} eKeivov koI avve'^earepov 6fii\y. Cyrill. Hier. Procat. 2 M-i] tk 

 Vfiwp evpeOfi ireipa^au t7)v y^^apiv ' ■ fx, ■^ rt? pl^a TTW/Dta? ava jtvovaa evo')(Xrj. Cedr. I, 686 Mr] 

 eir 1^(0,1, pr]<; aifiaai . ... fir] vTrepricpavoi f]<; rot? ofio(pv\oi'i, km ov^, d/iaprr]^. 



5. In later and Byzantine Greek, /irj is found also with the future or present indica- 

 tive. Herm. 1, 3 Mr] padviir\<7€l'i. 4, 1 Mr] ti,-^v')(r]aa<;. APOPHTH. PaphllUt. 3 Mr] /j,e- 

 rpet<! iavTov. 



§ 105. 



The Moods in the Expression of a Wish. 

 1. In classical Greek, when a wish refers to future time, the aorist optative is used ; 



as, Biappayelrji; ! KaKa)<; airoKoio ! 



In later and Byzantine Greek, a wish referring to future time is expressed also by 

 means of the aorist subjunctive, future optative, ox future indicative. 



By the aorist subjunctive. Joseph. Bell. Jud. 4, 3, 10 'Airlr) he »; irelpa tovXojov! May 

 it never come to pass ! Apocr. Nicod. Euangel. I, A, 5, 2 Trjv aXTqdemv avTov Xo/S??? km 



TO fiepo^ avTOV ! Aeyei 6 NcKoBr]fio<s, 'A/xr]v afir]v Xd^co Ka6o)<i etTrare / Act. Andr. et Matthiae 

 7 'O Kvpio's trapaa'^r] aoi aprov eirovpdvLOV. IgnAT. Polyc. 8 'EppooaOai. vfia<; Sia iravro'i ev 

 Bern rjiJiSsv Ir]aov XpiaTa ev^^ofiM eu m Bia/jieivrjTe ev evoTrjri, Oeov km eiriaKOTrrj ! Athan. I, 

 367 C .4X\ et^e KCiv aKOVcrr)<;, 'iva km ffii ireia-Oji'i ! Apophth. Sisoes 15 Svyx^copricrr) v/uv 6 

 Beo'i ! Const. (536), 1148 D 'Avaa-Kcuprj to, ocrrea TU>v MavL'xaicov ! 1209 E ^Avairavdr) ra 

 ocTTea Tov irarpo'; crov ! MaL. 146, 17 ElaaKova-rj Kvpio^ 6 6e6^ crov toi/? Xdjov<; PaylrdKOV. 

 NiC. II, 1244 C 'O 0eo<; (jivXd^r] to KpdTO<; avTwv ! TheoPH. 279, 12 QeoTOKe, fir] dvuKe- 

 <j)a\iarj ! 



By the future optative. Inscr. 5760 Fpav /xeOva-Tpia, ^^aoi'i ! Eus. 10, 5, p. 486, 11 



'TycMPOvrd ere 6 ^eo? o vavTOKparcop Bia<f>vXa^oi, evrl TToXXot? eTeaiv. AthAN. I, 186 F 'O 0eo<; 

 ae Bca<f>vXd^oi, ! V. 1. Bia<f)vXa^ei. CyrilL. Hier. Procat. 17 ^vrewoi, Be vp.a.'i eh TrjV €KKXr]- 



^"^ This construction is condemned by Herodian. Ael. Heeodian. iiXeraip. p. 436 t6 /i^ dn-ayopcvTi- 

 Kov oil a-vvTaaaerai {nroraKTiKov fVeorwri (the rest of the passage is corrupt). TnOM. MaG. p. 233 OiiK ipc7s im 

 ivetrraTos fir] tujttijs, aXKa fit] rvTrrc. 



