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A grammar of the Homeric dialect - Wilbourhall.org

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270 SUBJUNCTIVE. [298.<br />

298.] Subjunctive after a Secondary Tense. The rule in<br />

Homer is that <strong>the</strong> Subj. is not used in a Subordinate Clause to<br />

express & past purpose, condition, &c.<br />

be used however<br />

It may<br />

(i) when <strong>the</strong> governing Verb is a ' gnomic ' Aorist :<br />

II. I. 2l8 09 K 0eOlS lTLTTL0r)TaL {JLaXci T K\VOV aVTOV.<br />

Od. 2O. 85 o yap r' eTre'A^o-ez; airavToiv<br />

eV0Aa>i> rjbe K.CLK.&V, erret ap p^etyap<br />

Or an Aor. used to express a general denial, as<br />

3<br />

afjL(j)<br />

Od. IO. 327 ovbe yap ovbz ns aAAos avqp ra8e at o^pa 0eoto<br />

(=19. 296) eK bpvbs vx/UKo'juoto Aioj (3ov\r)v TraKOV(rri,<br />

where <strong>the</strong> Subj. was read by Aristarchus, <strong>the</strong> Opt. eTraKovcrat by<br />

Aristophanes and Herodian. Again in<br />

Od. 10. 65 ? ptv (T eV8uKe'a>s aTreTre/utTrojuey, o$p' av tKT/at<br />

<strong>the</strong> best MSS. have tKTjat, but o<strong>the</strong>rs have o$p av IKOIO and<br />

See also II. 15. 23, Od. 15. 300., 22. 98 and : cp.<br />

II.<br />

5' 5^7 M TL "naOoL, /oteya 8e o-^ay aTroox^rjAete<br />

I 5- 59^ fyfiaXoi . . 0e'rt8os 8' efatVtoz; aprjv<br />

In <strong>the</strong>se places <strong>the</strong> MSS. generally have Tratfr/, e/x/SaArj<br />

: but <strong>the</strong><br />

Opt. in <strong>the</strong> clause following has led <strong>the</strong> editors to adopt irdOoi,<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r places where <strong>the</strong> Subj. is contrary to <strong>the</strong> rule now laid<br />

down are II. 13. 649., 14. 165., 16. 650 (see La R.)., 19. 354.,<br />

24. 586, Od. 9. 102., 10. 24., 16. 369., 17. 60., 22. 467. In all

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