128 A GLOSSARY OF LATER 



ing, it is to be rendered to have been. Martyr. Polyc. 9 'OyBoriKovra koI e^ err] e^a Sov- 

 Xevav avTw, I have been serving him these eighty-six years past. Cyrill. Alex. Epist. 

 83 C 'Hfiepa^ jap e^o) rpiaKovra .... o^evwv, I have been travelling these thirty days. Lei- 

 MON. 151 Iloa-ov xpovov e^ets rjav^a^fov ; Hoio long have you been a solitary (monk) ? 



In this sense it is used also without a participle. Apophth. Sisoes 7 Tloaov -xpovov e;y;et? 

 wSe ; he e^t], ^vaei, a^^a, e^co evBeKa p.rjva<s iv tw opei tovtui, How long hast thou been 



here ? And he said, To tell thee the truth, father, I have been eleven months on this 

 mountain. 



(b) I am going to do anything, I am about to do anything, simply, I shall or will ; 

 followed by the present or aorist infinitive, and sometimes by the future infinitive.^^'^ 

 Apocr. Proteuangel. 19, 3 Kaivov aoi Oeap-a e^io Bi,riy^<ra(r6ai. Parad. Pilat. 9 'Eyco %etpo? 

 Kara crov ovk el-^ov e-rreveyKelv, el fir} Zio. to edvot twv TrapavofKov 'lovBaicov, I should not have 

 laid violent hands upon thee, had it not been for the law-contemning race of the Jews. Ibid. 

 ''Hv dveBei^a^ Trpo^TjTeveiv oro etj^es crravpa "KpoarfKwOrjvai,. Act. Philip, in Hellad. 4 Airo- 

 KoXvyp-at vfilv ej^w. Clem. Roji. HomU. 3, 10 Ta<; O7ro8et^et? eyypa^ov; e')(ei, ■Trapacr'^elp. 

 Kal Tj/xeli Be e^ avTwv TroXXas irepiKOtra'; Bel^at aa^o)^ e')(piJiev. Ibid. ' E^et .... 'irapa<j-)(e'lv. 

 Cyrill. Hier. Catech. 1, 2 Kai totc aKovaat e^ei^, lav a^io'i yevTj. Macar. 69 A Ovk 



yBeK OTt, a-vXX-qjiOrjvat ej^ets Kol a-rroOavelv ; EpiPH. I, 734 B 'EXey^ai ae e-)(ei. CoD. AfR. 



90, p. 1319 C El')(pv <p9aaai, tvould have come. Chal. 984 B XwTvxelv yap eypii-ev tw 

 apxi'P'avBplTt], For we wish to see the archimandrite. 1404 B "E^ei x^'-po'^'o^V'^^'' e-n-icrKOTrov, 

 He will ordain a bishop. Leimon. 2 Kvpi a^^a, apn exa airodavelv, I shall die now. 



8 El e(f>v\a.TTOiJ,ev ra? ei'ToXas tov Kvpiov ijfiwv Irjaov XpicTov, javTa elx^v c-v »;/ia9 ^o^elffOat, = 

 Tat/T* ap I'jfia.'i e<])o^ovvTO. 31 "Ex^i-'i aKOvaai. 55 JSj^ere airoKeadau Chron. 721, 20 

 "Exere yevecrBai. 732, 3 Elxev eXdelv, tvould have come. Mal. 128 Elxov Kavcrai = "Ekuv- 

 aav av, would have burned. NiC. II, 653 B Hap' avrciv TrXTjpocpoprjdrivai eTj^e? Bt' a eXeyev 

 6 6eo<: p^etpoTrotTyra, irplv r/ av/i^vpai Koi a-vyxvcrai,, k.t.X. would have been informed. 657 A 

 KoLKelvov av e'^xofJ-ev laToprjcrat, Kai, ^aiypa<})r]aai. 665 A EKBiKrjarai, exovaiv. Theoph. 197, 

 15 "Exet elpai. 416, 13 "£%" virocrrpe-^^ai,, PoRPH. Adm. 201, 5. 212, 8 "Exeiv exojJ.ep, 

 We shall have. Cer. 489, 9 "Exei- opUeiv. 



In the following example, the article tov seems to be superfluous. Joseph. Ant. 19, 

 8, 2 ^ly^e Xoyo? et? rravTa^ tu? exoi tov Tedvavai TravTairaai, fieT oXiyop. Eus. 2, 10, p. 58, 

 25 (quoted from Josephus). 



(c) Shall, should, must, ought, denoting obligation ; with the infinitive. Apophth. 



^^ Compare the Slavic periphrastic future formed by means of ijtiay. (equivalent to ex»>)i ^^^ the present or 

 future infinitive ; as, rjnaji srijrij, Greek l';^© mvew, ^'iiajj- ^cttt^jt;, Greek (xa ttkIv (jiUaBai), 



