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Future tense
See also Deliberative, Indicative mood, Optative mood, Infinitive, Participles
§359INFLECTION: PRELIMINARY REMARKS (355-380)Tenses.—There are seven tenses in the indicative: present, imperfect, future, aorist, perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect. The future perfect commonly has a passive force, but …
primary
§360INFLECTION: PRELIMINARY REMARKS (355-380)Primary and Secondary Tenses.—There are two classes of tenses in the indicative: (1) Primary (or Principal) tenses, the present and perfect expressing present time, the future and …
§1858STAGE OF ACTIONPrimary and Secondary Tenses.—The primary tenses refer to present and future time (present, future, perfect, and future perfect), the secondary or historical tenses refer to past t…
first and second
§361INFLECTION: PRELIMINARY REMARKS (355-380)Second Aorists, etc.—Some verbs have tenses called second aorists (active, middle, and passive), second perfects and pluperfects (active only), and second futures (passive). The me…
formations by analogy
§516II. PRESENTS IN -ττω (IONIC AND LATER ATTIC -σσω, 78)Formations by Analogy.—a. As γ + ι̯ and δ + ι̯ unite to form ζ, none of the verbs in -ττω can be derived from -γι̯ω or -δι̯ω. Since the future and aorist of verbs in -ζω might ofte…
future indicative and aorist subjunctive identical
§532II. FUTURE SYSTEMMany, if not all, future forms in ς are in reality subjunctives of the first aorist. λῡ́σω, παιδεύσω, λείψω, στήσω are alike future indicative and aorist subjunctive in form. In po…
§541 aII. FUTURE SYSTEMFutures with Present Forms.—The following verbs have no future suffix, the future thus having the form of a present: ἔδομαι (ἐδ-) eat, πῑ́ομαι (πι-) drink, χέω (χυ-) and χέομαι, po…
§667 DFIRST AORIST ACTIVE AND MIDDLE (542)Subjunctive.—In the subjunctive the long thematic vowel -ώη- is substituted for the α of the indicative, and these forms are inflected like the present subjunctive: λῡ́σω λῡ́σωμαι,…
Attic
§538II. FUTURE SYSTEMAttic Future.—Certain formations of the future are called Attic because they occur especially in that dialect in contrast to the later language; they occur also in Homer, Herodotus…
§539II. FUTURE SYSTEMThese futures usually occur when ς is preceded by ᾰ or ε and these vowels are not preceded by a syllable long by nature or position. Here ς is dropped and -άω and -έω are contracte…
§645CONTRACT VERBS IN THE DIALECTSThe assimilated forms include the “Attic” future in -αω from -ασω (539); as ἐλόωσι ( = ἐλάουσι), κρεμόω, δαμάᾳ, δαμόωσι.
§310DECLENSION OF PARTICIPLESContracted Participles.—The present participle of verbs in -αω, -εω, -οω, and the future participle of liquid verbs (401) and of Attic futures (538) are contracted. τῑμῶν honouring…
Doric
§540II. FUTURE SYSTEMDoric Future.—Some verbs, which have a future middle with an active meaning, form the stem of the future middle by adding -σεόε-, and contracting -σέομαι to -σοῦμαι. Such verbs (ex…
with present form
§541II. FUTURE SYSTEMFutures with Present Forms.—The following verbs have no future suffix, the future thus having the form of a present: ἔδομαι (ἐδ-) eat, πῑ́ομαι (πι-) drink, χέω (χυ-) and χέομαι, po…
force
§§1851–1858KIND OF TIMEOnly in the indicative do the tenses show time absolutely present, past, or future. a. Present time is denoted by 1. The Present: γράφω I write, am writing. 2. The Perfect: γέγραφα…
Active
system
§455TENSE-SUFFIXES, THEMATIC VOWEL, MOOD-SUFFIXESTense-Suffixes.—The tense-suffixes, which are added to the verb-stem to form the tense-stems, consist of the thematic vowel and certain other letters. No tense-suffixes are added t…
§§532–541II. FUTURE SYSTEMMany, if not all, future forms in ς are in reality subjunctives of the first aorist. λῡ́σω, παιδεύσω, λείψω, στήσω are alike future indicative and aorist subjunctive in form. In po…
inflection
§§658–662FUTURE ACTIVE AND MIDDLE (532 ff.). FUTURE PERFECT (580 ff.)All vowel and consonant verbs in -ω inflect the future alike.
§754THE FUTURESThe futures of verbs in -μι do not differ in formation and inflection from those of verbs in -ω. τίθημι: θήσω, θήσομαι, τεθήσομαι; ἵστημι: στήσω, στήσομαι, σταθήσομαι, ἑστήξω; ῑ̔́η…
Middle
inflection
§§658–662FUTURE ACTIVE AND MIDDLE (532 ff.). FUTURE PERFECT (580 ff.)All vowel and consonant verbs in -ω inflect the future alike.
§754THE FUTURESThe futures of verbs in -μι do not differ in formation and inflection from those of verbs in -ω. τίθημι: θήσω, θήσομαι, τεθήσομαι; ἵστημι: στήσω, στήσομαι, σταθήσομαι, ἑστήξω; ῑ̔́η…
with active meaning
§801PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF THE VOICE-FORMS, ETC.Outside of the present some active verbs show middle forms especially in the future, as βήσομαι shall go, ἀκούσομαι shall hear (805); and some verbs exclusively or chiefly deponent…
§805FORMS OF ONE VOICE IN THE SENSE OF ANOTHERFuture Middle with Active Meaning.—Many verbs have no active future, but use instead the future middle in an active sense: λαμβάνω take λήψομαι, γιγνώσκω know γνώσομαι. a. Most suc…
§806FORMS OF ONE VOICE IN THE SENSE OF ANOTHERIn the following list of active verbs with middle futures those marked * have also an active future; those marked † sometimes have an active future in late Greek. All verbs adding …
§1728 aMIDDLE VOICEDifferences between Active and Middle.—As contrasted with the active, the middle lays stress on the conscious activity, bodily or mental participation, of the agent. In verbs that …
§1729 a, bMIDDLE VOICEMiddle Deponents (810) often denote bodily or mental action (feeling and thinking): ἅλλεσθαι jump, πέτεσθαι fly, ὀρχεῖσθαι dance, οἴχεσθαι be gone, δέρκεσθαι look; βούλεσθαι wish, …
with passive meaning
§802PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF THE VOICE-FORMS, ETC.For the passive voice the middle forms sufficed in most cases; many middle futures are still used passively (807, as ἀδικήσο- μαι shall be wronged; and traces of the passive use of…
§§807–809FORMS OF ONE VOICE IN THE SENSE OF ANOTHERFuture Middle with Passive Meaning.—In many verbs the future middle has the meaning of the future passive, as ἀδικέω wrong, ἀδικήσομαι shall be wronged.
§1715MIDDLE VOICEThe future middle is often (807), the first aorist middle is almost never, used passively.
§1737PASSIVE VOICEMany future middle forms are used passively (807 ff.).
§1738PASSIVE VOICEThe future middle forms in -σομαι are developed from the present stem, and express durative action; the (later) future passives in -ήσομαι, -θήσομαι are developed from the aorists …
passive
§1738PASSIVE VOICEThe future middle forms in -σομαι are developed from the present stem, and express durative action; the (later) future passives in -ήσομαι, -θήσομαι are developed from the aorists …
Passive
first
§589FIRST FUTURE PASSIVEThe stem of the first future passive is formed by adding -σόε- to the stem of the first aorist passive. It ends in -θησομαι. Thus, παιδευθή-σομαι I shall be educated, λυθή-σομαι I …
§663FIRST AND SECOND FUTURE PASSIVE (589, 597)All verbs inflect the first and second future passive alike, that is, like the future middle.
§664FIRST AND SECOND FUTURE PASSIVE (589, 597)The indicative adds -μαι to the stem ending in -θησο- or -ησο-, as λυθήσο-μαι, φανή-σο-μαι. For the two forms of the second person singular see 628. The optative adds -ῑ-μην, as λυ…
Passive
second
§597SECOND FUTURE PASSIVEThe stem of the second future passive is formed by adding -ς όε- to the stem of the second aorist passive. It ends in -ησομαι. Thus, βληβήσομαι I shall be injured from βλάπτω (βλαβ…
§663FIRST AND SECOND FUTURE PASSIVE (589, 597)All verbs inflect the first and second future passive alike, that is, like the future middle.
§664FIRST AND SECOND FUTURE PASSIVE (589, 597)The indicative adds -μαι to the stem ending in -θησο- or -ησο-, as λυθήσο-μαι, φανή-σο-μαι. For the two forms of the second person singular see 628. The optative adds -ῑ-μην, as λυ…
Indicative
with ἄν
§1793INDICATIVE WITH ἄνHomer and the early poets use ἄν (κέν) with the future indicative with a conditional or limiting force: καί κέ τις ὧδ᾽ ἐρέει and in such a case some one will (may) say thus Δ 176. …
present for
§1879PRESENT INDICATIVEPresent for the Future (Present of Anticipation).—The present is used instead of the future in statements of what is immediate, likely, certain, or threatening. μεταξὺ τὸν λόγον κα…
future action
§1910FUTURE INDICATIVEThe future denotes an action that will take place at some future time: λήψεται μισθὸν τάλαντον he shall receive a talent as his reward X. A. 2.2.20. a. The action is future accordi…
two, some verbs with
§1911FUTURE INDICATIVEWhen a verb has two futures, that formed from the same stem as the present is properly continuative, that formed from the aorist stem marks simple attainment: thus, ἕξω I shall hav…
shall and will
§1912FUTURE INDICATIVEThe future represents both our shall and will. When voluntative (will), the action of the subject may be (1) the result of his own decision, as οὐ δὴ ποιήσω τοῦτο that I never will…
where English has present
§1913FUTURE INDICATIVEVerbs of wishing, asking, and other voluntative verbs may appear in the future where English has the present: τοσοῦτον οὖν σου τυγχάνειν βουλήσομαι I (shall) wish to obtain only so…
without reference to future act
§1913 aFUTURE INDICATIVEVerbs of wishing, asking, and other voluntative verbs may appear in the future where English has the present: τοσοῦτον οὖν σου τυγχάνειν βουλήσομαι I (shall) wish to obtain only so…
modest form of statement
§1913 aFUTURE INDICATIVEVerbs of wishing, asking, and other voluntative verbs may appear in the future where English has the present: τοσοῦτον οὖν σου τυγχάνειν βουλήσομαι I (shall) wish to obtain only so…
gnomic
§1914FUTURE INDICATIVEGnomic Future.—The future may express a general truth: ἀνὴρ ἐπιεικὴς υἱὸν ἀπολέσᾱς ῥᾷστα οἴσει τῶν ἄλλων a reasonable man, if he loses a son, will (is expected to) bear it more eas…
for present
§1915FUTURE INDICATIVEFuture for Present.—The future may be used instead of the present of that which is possible at the moment of speaking: εὑρήσομεν τοὺς φιλοτῑ́μους τῶν ἀνδρῶν . . . ἀντὶ τοῦ ζῆν ἀποθ…
deliberative, see Deliberative future
jussive
§§1917–1921FUTURE INDICATIVEJussive Future.—The future may express a command, like the imperative; and, in the second person, may denote concession or permission. The negative is οὐ. The tone of the jussive f…
§2709 aμή WITH THE SUBJUNCTIVE AND IMPERATIVEThe imperative is a mood of will and therefore takes μή in prohibitions (1840). a. The future indicative after interrogative οὐ has an imperative sense (1918).
§2756οὐ μή(II) In strong prohibitions (cp. 1919). a. With the future indicative (second person singular). Thus, οὐ μὴ καταβήσει don't come down Ar. Vesp. 397. b. With the aorist subjunctive …
aorist for
§1934AORIST INDICATIVEAorist for Future.—The aorist may be substituted for the futur when a future event is vividly represented as having actually occurred: ἀπωλ<*> μην ἄρ᾽, εἴ με δὴ λείψεις I am undone…
future perfect for
§1958FUTURE PERFECTWhen the perfect has the force of a present, the future perfect is used like a simple future (1946): κεκλήσομαι I shall bear the name, μεμνήσομαι shall remember, κεκτήσομαι shall p…
periphrasis
§1959PERIPHRASTIC TENSESPeriphrastic Future.—A periphrastic future is formed by μέλλω I am about to, intend to, am (destined) to, am likely to (strictly think) with the present or future (rarely the aoris…
after ὅπως (rarely after ὡς, ὄφρα, and μή), in purpose clause
§2203PURPOSE CLAUSES (FINAL CLAUSES)The future indicative is used, especially in poetry, after ὅπως (rarely after ὡς, ὄφρα, and μή) in the same sense as the subjunctive. οὐδὲ δι᾽ ἓν ἄλλο τρέφονται ἢ ὅπως μαχοῦνται no…
in object clause
§§2211–2220OBJECT CLAUSES AFTER VERBS OF EFFORTObject clauses after verbs of effort take the future indicative with ὅπως after primary and secondary tenses (rarely the optative after secondary tenses, 2212). ἐπιμελοῦμαι ὅπως τα…
after ὅπως and ὅπως μή with no principal clause
§2213OBJECT CLAUSES AFTER VERBS OF EFFORTὅπως and ὅπως μή with the future indicative may be used without any principal clause, to denote an urgent exhortation or a warning. Originally the ὅπως clause depended on σκόπει (σ…
§1920FUTURE INDICATIVEὅπως and ὅπως μή are used with the future in urgent exhortations and prohibitions: ὅπως οὖν ἔσεσθε ἄξιοι τῆς ἐλευθερίᾱς prove yourselves then worthy of freedom X. A. 1.7.3, ὅπως το…
after μή with verbs of fear and caution
§2229I. FEAR RELATING TO THE FUTUREThe future is rare with verbs of fearing after μή. φοβοῦμαι δὲ μή τινας ἡδονᾱ̀ς ἡδοναῖς εὑρήσομεν ἐναντίᾱς and I apprehend that we shall find some pleasures opposite to other pleas…
after ὅπως μή with verbs of fear and caution
§2231I. FEAR RELATING TO THE FUTUREὅπως μή with the future indicative (as after verbs of effort) is sometimes used instead of μή with the subjunctive. δέδοικα ὅπως μὴ . . . ἀνάγκη γενήσεται (v. l. γένηται) I fear le…
after ἐφ’ ᾧ and ἐφ’ ᾧτε
§2279CLAUSES WITH ἐφ᾽ ᾧ AND ἐφ᾽ ᾧτε INTRODUCING A PROVISOἐφ᾽ ᾧ and ἐφ᾽ ᾧτε on condition that, for the purpose of take the infinitive or (less often) the future indicative, and may be introduced, in the principal clause, by the demonstrat…
in present conditional of present intention
§2301First Form of Conditions: SIMPLE PRESENT AND PAST CONDITIONSIf the protasis expresses a present intention or necessity, the future indicative may be used. εἰ δὲ καὶ τῷ ἡγεμόνι πιστεύσομεν ὃν ἂν Κῦρος διδῷ, τί κωλῡ́ει καὶ τὰ ἄκρα ἡμῖν κελεύε…
in apodosis of vivid future condition
§2323Third Form of Conditions: MORE VIVID FUTURE CONDITIONSMore vivid future conditions have in the protasis ἐᾱ́ν (ἤν, ᾱ̓́ν) with the subjunctive; in the apodosis, the future indicative or any other form referring to future time. ἐᾱ̀ν ταῦτ…
§2326Third Form of Conditions: MORE VIVID FUTURE CONDITIONSThe apodosis of the more vivid future condition is the future indicative or any other form of the simple sentence that refers to future time. a. Future Indicative: ἐᾱ̀ν ζητῇς καλῶς…
in protasis of vivid future form
§2327 cThird Form of Conditions: MORE VIVID FUTURE CONDITIONSHomeric Constructions.—a. εἰ alone without κέ or ἄν with the subjunctive with no appreciable difference from εἴ κε (ἄν): εἴ περ γάρ σε κατακτάνῃ, οὔ σ᾽ . . . κλαύσομαι for if he sl…
§2328Third Form of Conditions: MORE VIVID FUTURE CONDITIONSEmotional Future Conditions.—When the protasis expresses strong feeling, the future indicative with εἰ is commonly used instead of ἐᾱ́ν with the subjunctive, and may often be rende…
followed protasis and apodosis combined
§2353PROTASIS AND APODOSIS COMBINEDεἰ and ἄν both in Protasis.—The potential optative with ἄν or the unreal indicative with ἄν, standing as the apodosis in the conditional clause with εἰ, is the apodosis of another …
in apodosis of conditional of type εἰ with optative
§2359εἰ with the Optative, Apodosis a primary tense of the Indicative, etc.εἰ with the optative (instead of ἐᾱ́ν with the subjunctive) is not infrequent in the protasis with a primary tense of the indicative, a subjunctive, or an imperative, in the apodos…
§2361εἰ with the Optative, Apodosis a primary tense of the Indicative, etc.Future Indicative.—εἰ σώσαιμί σ᾽, εἴσῃ μοι χάριν; should I save thee, wilt thou be grateful to me? E. frag. 129, τί τῷ πλήθει περιγενήσεται εἰ ποιήσαιμεν ἃ ἐκεῖνοι προστάττουσιν; w…
in temporal clause referring to definite future time
§2398TEMPORAL CLAUSES REFERRING TO THE FUTUREThe future indicative is rarely used in temporal clauses; and when used refers to definite time. τηνικαῦτα . . . ὅτε οὐδ᾽ ὅ τι χρὴ ποιεῖν ἕξετε at that time, when you will not be a…
in principal clause to future temporal clause with subjunctive
§2401FUTURE TEMPORAL CLAUSES WITH THE SUBJUNCTIVETemporal clauses referring to the future take the subjunctive with ἄν in sentences corresponding to more vivid future conditions. The principal clause has the future indicative or …
in principal clause to future temporal clause with optative
§2407FUTURE TEMPORAL CLAUSES WITH THE OPTATIVEThe principal clause rarely has the present or future indica tive, when the temporal clause has the optative without ἄν (cp. 2360, 2361, 2573 b, c). φρονήσεως δεῖ πολλῆς πρὸς τοὺς …
deliberative, in relative clause
§§2549–2551THE USE OF THE MOODS IN CERTAIN RELATIVE CLAUSESThe deliberative future (1916) occurs in relative clauses; as ὅπως μολούμεθ᾽ ἐς δόμους οὐκ ἔχω I do not know how we are to go home S. O. C. 1742. The deliberative subjunctive is mo…
in final relative clause
§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…
in relative clause to express intended result
§2558CLASSES OF RELATIVE CLAUSESThe future indicative is often used to express an intended result (negative μή). ἀνόητον ἐπὶ τοιούτους ἰέναι ὧν κρατήσᾱς μὴ κατασχήσει τις it is senseless to attack men of such a k…
in relative clause denoting what is to be expected of the subject
§2559CLASSES OF RELATIVE CLAUSESThe future indicative is especially common when the main clause contains an idea of ability, capacity, or characteristic, and the relative clause denotes what is to be expected of …
of present intention or necessity, in conditional relative clause
§2563First Form: SIMPLE PRESENT AND PAST CONDITIONAL RELATIVESIf the relative clause expresses a present intention or necessity, the future indicative may be used. ἐν τούτῳ κεκωλῦσθαι (1950) ἐδόκει ἑκάστῳ τὰ πρᾱ́γματα ᾧ μή τις αὐτὸς παρέσται …
in future conditional relative clause
§2565 aThird Form: MORE VIVID FUTURE CONDITIONAL RELATIVESConditional relative clauses that vividly anticipate the realization of a future event take the subjunctive with ἄν. The main clause has the future indicative or any other form ref…
in main clause of conditional relative sentence
§2565, bThird Form: MORE VIVID FUTURE CONDITIONAL RELATIVESConditional relative clauses that vividly anticipate the realization of a future event take the subjunctive with ἄν. The main clause has the future indicative or any other form ref…
with οὐ μή, expressing emphatic denial
§2755 bοὐ μή(I) In negative predictions to denote a strong denial. a. With the (first or second) aorist subjunctive, less often with the present subjunctive (1804). Thus, ἢν νῑκήσωμεν, οὐ μή π…
Optative
where used
§1862 bTHE TENSES OUTSIDE OF THE INDICATIVEOptative (in indirect discourse).—When the optative in indirect discourse represents the indicative after a past tense of a verb of saying or thinking, each tense does denote time …
§1863 cTHE TENSES OUTSIDE OF THE INDICATIVEa. Present opt. = present indic.: ἀνηρώτᾱ τί βούλοιντο he demanded what they wanted ( = τί βούλεσθε;) X. A. 2.3.4. b. Present opt. = imperf. indic.: διηγοῦντο ὅτι ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίου…
with verbs of effort after ὅπως
§§2211–2212OBJECT CLAUSES AFTER VERBS OF EFFORTObject clauses after verbs of effort take the future indicative with ὅπως after primary and secondary tenses (rarely the optative after secondary tenses, 2212). ἐπιμελοῦμαι ὅπως τα…
with verbs of commanding, etc., after ὅπως
§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…
in indirect discourse
§2287CONDITIONAL CLAUSESThe indicative, subjunctive, and optative moods, and the participle may stand in protasis and apodosis. The imperative and infinitive may be used in the apodosis. The future optati…
§2331Fourth Form of Conditions: LESS VIVID FUTURE CONDITIONSThe present optative views an action as continuing (not completed); the aorist optative, as simply occurring (completed). (The future optative is never used except to represent a f…
in ἕως clause
§2427 N.ἕως until, till: Temporal Limit as to Termination (up to the time when)Optative (usually aorist), when the action lies in the a. Future, and depends on an optative with ἄν. b. Past, and depends on a secondary tense expressing or implying indirect disc…
with verbs of fearing after μή
§2229 aI. FEAR RELATING TO THE FUTUREThe future is rare with verbs of fearing after μή. φοβοῦμαι δὲ μή τινας ἡδονᾱ̀ς ἡδοναῖς εὑρήσομεν ἐναντίᾱς and I apprehend that we shall find some pleasures opposite to other pleas…
with verbs of fearing after ὅπως μή
§2231I. FEAR RELATING TO THE FUTUREὅπως μή with the future indicative (as after verbs of effort) is sometimes used instead of μή with the subjunctive. δέδοικα ὅπως μὴ . . . ἀνάγκη γενήσεται (v. l. γένηται) I fear le…
in relative clause of purpose
§2554 aCLASSES 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…
Infinitive
with ἄν
§1847INFINITIVE AND PARTICIPLE WITH ἄνThe future infinitive and participle with ἄν are rare and suspected.
when stress is laid on idea of futurity
§1865 dTHE TENSES OUTSIDE OF THE INDICATIVEInfinitive (not in indirect discourse).—The tenses of the infinitive (without ἄν) not in indirect discourse have no time of themselves and express only the stage of the action; the…
chiefly found in indirect discourse
§1866 cTHE TENSES OUTSIDE OF THE INDICATIVEInfinitive (in indirect discourse).—The tenses of the infinitive in indirect discourse denote the same time relative to that of the leading verb (present, past, or future) as was d…
§1867 cTHE TENSES OUTSIDE OF THE INDICATIVEa. Present = pres. indic.: φημὶ ταῦτα μὲν φλυᾱρίᾱς εἶναι I say this is nonsense ( = ἐστί) X. A. 1.3.18. b. Present = imperf. indic: Κτησίᾱς ῑ̓ᾶσθαι αὐτὸς τὸ τραῦμά φησι Ktesias ass…
with verbs of hoping, expecting, etc.
§1868THE TENSES OUTSIDE OF THE INDICATIVEThe construction of verbs of hoping, etc.—Verbs signifying to hope, expect, promise, threaten, swear, with some others of like meaning, when they refer to a future event, take eith…
§1999A. Object Infinitive after Verbs of Will or DesireVerbs signifying to hope, expect, promise, threaten , and swear, when followed by the aorist (less often the present) infinitive (1868), have the construction of verbs of will or d…
§2024INFINITIVE AS OBJECT IN INDIRECT DISCOURSEVerbs signifying to hope, expect, promise, threaten , and swear take the future infinitive in indirect discourse, and the aorist (less often the present) infinitive not in indirect…
with verbs of will and desire
§1869THE TENSES OUTSIDE OF THE INDICATIVEVerbs of will or desire (1991) regularly take the present or aorist infinitive not in indirect discourse; but in some cases we find the future infinitive by assimilation to indirec…
§1998A. Object Infinitive after Verbs of Will or DesireThe present and aorist infinitive (both timeless) are the usual tenses of the infinitive after verbs of will or desire (see 1869). The perfect is rare; as εἶπον τὴν θύρᾱν κεκλεῖσθα…
with μέλλω
§1959PERIPHRASTIC TENSESPeriphrastic Future.—A periphrastic future is formed by μέλλω I am about to, intend to, am (destined) to, am likely to (strictly think) with the present or future (rarely the aoris…
after ὥστε
§2261ὥστε (RARELY ὡς) WITH THE INFINITIVEThe infinitive with ὥστε is usually present or aorist, rarely perfect (e.g. D. 18.257). The future is common only in indirect discourse (D. 19.72).
§2269ὥστε (RARELY ὡς) WITH THE INFINITIVEA result clause with ὥστε and the indicative, dependent on an infinitive in indirect discourse, and itself quoted, takes the infinitive, and usually retains the negative of the dir…
Participle
of liquid verbs, declension
§310DECLENSION OF PARTICIPLESContracted Participles.—The present participle of verbs in -αω, -εω, -οω, and the future participle of liquid verbs (401) and of Attic futures (538) are contracted. τῑμῶν honouring…
with ἄν
§1847INFINITIVE AND PARTICIPLE WITH ἄνThe future infinitive and participle with ἄν are rare and suspected.
chiefly voluntative
§1872THE TENSES OUTSIDE OF THE INDICATIVEParticiple (not in indirect discourse).—The participle, as a verbal adjective, is timeless. The tenses of the participle express only continuance, simple occurrence, and completion…
in indirect discourse
§1874THE TENSES OUTSIDE OF THE INDICATIVEParticiple (in indirect discourse). The tenses of the participle in indirect discourse after verbs of intellectual perception denote the same time relative to that of the leading v…
denoting purpose
§2009D. Infinitive of Purpose and ResultThe 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 futu…
§2060THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL PARTICIPLEThe circumstantial participle expresses simply circumstance or manner in general. It may imply various other relations, such as time, manner, means, cause, purpose, concession, con…
§2065THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL PARTICIPLEPurpose or Object.—The future (sometimes the present) participle is used to denote purpose, especially after verbs denoting to come, go, send, summon, etc. Thus, προπέμψαντες κήρῡκ…
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§2044THE PARTICIPLEThe future participle marks an action as in prospect at the time denoted by the leading verb. Since it expresses an idea of will, it shows that an action is purposed, intended, or …
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§2086 cADVERBIAL ADJUNCTS OF THE PRINCIPAL VERBWith participles of cause or purpose, etc. (2064, 2065): ὡς. This particle sets forth the ground of belief on which the agent acts, and denotes the thought, assertion, real or pres…