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Oracular present

PRESENT INDICATIVE

Oracular Present.—In prophecies a future event may be regarded as present: χρόνῳ ἀγρεῖ Πριάμου πόλιν ᾱ̔́δε κέλευθος in time this expedition will capture Priam's city A. Ag. 126.