Choosing

With verbs signifying to refer or attribute, by thought, word, or action, anything to a person or class. Such verbs are to think, regard, make, name, choose, appoint, etc.

λογίζου . . . τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα τῆς τύχης deem that the rest belongs to chance E. Alc. 789, τῶν ἐλευθερωτάτων οἴκων νομισθεῖσα deemed a daughter of a house most free E. And. 12, ἐμὲ γράφε τῶν ἱππεύειν ὑπερεπιθῡμούντων put me down as one of those who desire exceedingly to serve on horseback X. C. 4.3.21, τῆς πρώτης τάξεως τεταγμένος assigned to the first class L. 14.11, τῆς ἀγαθῆς τύχης τῆς πόλεως εἶναι τίθημι I reckon as belonging to the good fortune of the State D. 18.254, εἰ δέ τινες τὴν Ἀσίᾱν ἑαυτῶν ποιοῦνται but if some are claiming Asia as their own X. Ages. 1.33, νομίζει ῡ̔μᾶς ἑαυτοῦ εἶναι he thinks that you are in his power X. A. 2.1.11.

Verbs meaning to appoint, call, choose, consider, make, name, show, and the like, may take a second accusative as a predicate to the direct object.

στρατηγὸν αὐτὸν ἀπέδειξε he appointed him general X. A. 1.1.2, πατέρα ἐμὲ ἐκαλεῖτε you were wont to call me father 7. 6. 38, αἱρεῖσθαι αὐτὸν τὸν Ἰνδῶν βασιλέᾱ δικαστήν to choose the king of the Indians himself to be arbitrator X. C. 2.4.8, οὐ γὰρ δίκαιον οὔτε τοὺς κακοὺς μάτην χρηστοὺς νομίζειν οὔτε τοὺς χρηστοὺς κακούς for it is not just to consider bad men good at random, or good men bad S. O. T. 609, Τῑμόθεον στρατηγὸν ἐχειροτόνησαν they elected Timotheus general X. H. 6.2.11, τὴν σῑγήν σου ξυγχώρησιν θήσω I shall consider your silence as consent P. Crat. 435b, ἑαυτὸν δεσπότην πεποίηκεν he has made himself master X. C. 1.3.18, ἐᾱ̀ν ἐμὲ σὸν θεράποντα ποιήσῃ if you make me your servant X. O. 7.42, εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας σαυτὸν σοφιστὴν παρέχων showing yourself a sophist before the Greeks P. Pr. 312a, εὐμαθῆ πάντα παρέχειν to render everything easy to learn X. O. 20.14. Cp. 1579.

The infinitive of purpose is used in prose especially after verbs meaning to give, entrust, choose, appoint, take, receive. Verbs signifying to send, go, come usually take the future active participle (2065); but T. 6.50 has δέκα τῶν νεῶν προύπεμψαν ἐς τὸν μέγαν λιμένα πλεῦσαι they sent ahead ten ships to sail into the great harbour; and in poetry the infinitive often denotes purpose after these verbs, and after εἶναι in Homer (Λ 20) and Hdt. (5. 25).