Anticipatory Subjunctive (Homeric Subjunctive).—In Homer the subjunctive is often closely akin to the future indicative, and refers by anticipation to a future event (negative οὐ): οὐ γάρ πω τοίους ἴδον ᾱ̓νέρας, οὐδὲ ἴδωμαι for never yet saw I such men, nor shall I see them A 262, καί νύ τις ὧδ᾽ εἴπῃσι
and one will say ξ 275. ἄν (κέν) usually limits this subjunctive in Hom. (1813).
a. This futural subjunctive is retained in Attic only in subordinate clauses (2327), and in τί πάθω (1811).