Final

§2185 cASSIMILATION OF MOODSAssimilation to the Indicative.—The subordinate clause takes a past tense of the indicative in dependence on a past tense of the indicative (or its equivalent) denoting unreality. …

§2186 cASSIMILATION OF MOODSAssimilation to the Optative.—When an optative of the principal clause refers to future time (potential optative and optative of wish), the subordinate clause takes the optative by…

§2193PURPOSE CLAUSES (FINAL CLAUSES)Final clauses denote purpose and are introduced by ἵνα, ὅπως, ὡς in order that, that (Lat. ut); negative ἵνα μή, ὅπως μή, ὡς μή, and μή alone, lest (Lat. ne). a. Also by ὄφρα, stri…

§2193PURPOSE CLAUSES (FINAL CLAUSES)Final clauses denote purpose and are introduced by ἵνα, ὅπως, ὡς in order that, that (Lat. ut); negative ἵνα μή, ὅπως μή, ὡς μή, and μή alone, lest (Lat. ne). a. Also by ὄφρα, stri…

§2194PURPOSE CLAUSES (FINAL CLAUSES)Final clauses were developed from original coördination. θάπτε με ὅττι τάχιστα· πύλᾱς Ἀίδᾱο περήσω bury me with all speed; let me pass the gates of Hades Ψ 71, where we have a sent…

§2195PURPOSE CLAUSES (FINAL CLAUSES)A final clause stands in apposition to τούτου ἕνεκα or διὰ τοῦτο expressed or understood. Thus, ἐκκλησίᾱν τούτου ἕνεκα ξυνήγαγον ὅπως ὑπομνήσω I have convened an assembly for this …

§§2196–2203PURPOSE CLAUSES (FINAL CLAUSES)The verb of a final clause stands in the subjunctive after an introductory primary tense, in the optative (sometimes in the subjunctive, 2197) after a secondary tense. γράφω ἵνα ἐκ…

§2205PURPOSE CLAUSES (FINAL CLAUSES)By assimilation of mood, final clauses may take a past tense of the indicative without ἄν (2185 c) or the optative without ἄν (2186 c.)

§§2201–2202PURPOSE CLAUSES (FINAL CLAUSES)ὅπως with the subjunctive sometimes takes ἄν in positive clauses. τοῦτ᾽ αὐτὸ νῦν δίδασχ᾽, ὅπως ἂν ἐκμάθω tell me now this very thing, that I may learn S. O. C. 575, ἄξεις ἡμᾶς ὅπως…

§2204PURPOSE CLAUSES (FINAL CLAUSES)The principal clause is sometimes omitted. ἵν᾽ ἐκ τούτων ἄρξωμαι to begin with this D. 21.43. ἵνα τί, originally to what end (cp. 946), and ὡς τί are also used colloquially: ἵνα τί…

§2206PURPOSE CLAUSES (FINAL CLAUSES)Equivalents of a Final Clause.—The common methods of expressing purpose may be illustrated by the translations (in Attic) of they sent a herald to announce: ἔπεμψαν κήρῡκα ἵνα (ὅπω…

§2208OBJECT CLAUSESConnection of Final with Object Clauses.—(1) Final clauses proper denote a purpose to accomplish or avert a result, which purpose is set forth in a definite action. (2) Object clau…

§2554CLASSES OF RELATIVE CLAUSESRelative Clauses of Purpose (Final Relative Clauses) regularly take the future indicative, even after past tenses (negative μή). The antecedent of final relative clauses is usually…

§2705 aSUBORDINATE CLAUSES IN THE INDICATIVE OR OPTATIVEIn subordinate clauses μή or οὐ is used. a. Final clauses have μή, as φίλος ἐβούλετο εἶναι τοῖς μέγιστα δυναμένοις, ἵνα ἀδικῶν μὴ διδοίη δίκην he wished to be on friendly terms wit…

§2770PARTICLESConjunctions are either coördinating or subordinating. The coördinating conjunctions with their several varieties are given in 2163. The subordinating conjunctions are Causal: ὅτι,…

§133FINAL CONSONANTSNo consonant except ν, ρ, or ς (including ξ and ψ) can stand at the end of a Greek word. All other consonants are dropped. a. Exceptions are the proclitics (179) ἐκ out of, derived…