Commanding

§1370THE PARTITIVE GENITIVEThe genitive is used with verbs signifying to rule, command, lead. θεῖον τὸ ἐθελόντων ἄρχειν it is divine to rule over willing subjects X. O. 21.12, τῆς θαλάττης ἐκράτει he was mas…

§1464DATIVE AS DIRECT COMPLEMENT OF VERBS(III) To obey, serve, pardon, trust, advise, command, etc. τοῖς νόμοις πείθου obey the laws I. 1.16, τῷ ῡ̔μετέρῳ ξυμφόρῳ ὑπακούειν to be subservient to your interests T. 5.98, ᾱ̓̀ν…

§1465DATIVE AS DIRECT COMPLEMENT OF VERBSκελεύειν command (strictly impel) may be followed in Attic by the accusative and (usually) the infinitive; in Hom. by the dative either alone or with the infinitive. Many verbs of …

§1465DATIVE AS DIRECT COMPLEMENT OF VERBSκελεύειν command (strictly impel) may be followed in Attic by the accusative and (usually) the infinitive; in Hom. by the dative either alone or with the infinitive. Many verbs of …

§1996 N.A. Object Infinitive after Verbs of Will or DesireThe infinitive may be used with the a. Genitive or dative when the expression of desire is addressed to a person and the genitive or dative depends on the leading verb. Here the se…

§1938AORIST INDICATIVEWith verbs of swearing, commanding, saying , and advising the aorist may denote a resolution that has already been formed by the speaker and remains unalterable: σὲ . . . εἶπον τῆσ…

§2210 aOBJECT CLAUSES AFTER VERBS OF EFFORTVerbs of effort include verbs denoting to take care or pains, to strive. ἐπιμελοῦμαι, μέλει μοι, μελετῶ, φρουρῶ, πρόνοιαν ἔχω, βουλεύομαι, μηχανῶμαι, παρασκευάζομαι, προθῡμοῦμαι, π…

§2218OBJECT CLAUSES AFTER VERBS OF EFFORTVerbs of will or desire signifying to ask, command, entreat, exhort , and forbid, which usually have an infinitive as their object, may take ὅπως (ὅπως μή) with the future indicati…

§2720οὐ AND μή WITH THE INFINITIVE NOT IN INDIRECT DISCOURSEVerbs of commanding and exhorting (κελεύω, λέγω, βοῶ), asking (αἰτῶ, ἀξιῶ), advising (συμβουλεύω), and other verbs of will or desire of like meaning, take μή. ἐκέλευε . . . μὴ ἐρεθ…