Topic · from the English index · as printed
Thinking
verbs of, followed by εἶναι with predicate adjective
§1041PREDICATE ADJECTIVESWith verbs of saying and thinking the predicate adjective is usually connected with its noun by εἶναι, with verbs of perceiving, showing, by ὤν (2106): οὐδένα γὰρ οἶμαι δαιμόνων εἶ…
with predicate genitive
§1305GENITIVE OF POSSESSION OR BELONGINGWith 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 …
with aorist infinitive referring to future
§1871THE TENSES OUTSIDE OF THE INDICATIVEA few cases stand in our texts of an aorist infinitive referring to the future after a verb of saying or thinking, e.g. ἐνόμισαν ῥᾳδίως κρατῆσαι they thought they would easily mast…
personal construction with passive of
§1982 aPERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL CONSTRUCTIONInstead of an impersonal passive verb with the accusative and infinitive as subject, Greek often uses the personal passive construction, the accusative becoming the nominative, sub…
infinitive as object of
§§2016–2022INFINITIVE AS OBJECT IN INDIRECT DISCOURSEThe infinitive is used as the object of verbs of saying and thinking. Such infinitives denote both time and stage of action (cp. 1866). a. The finite verb of a sentence placed in d…
infinitive as subject of passive of
§2016 aINFINITIVE AS OBJECT IN INDIRECT DISCOURSEThe infinitive is used as the object of verbs of saying and thinking. Such infinitives denote both time and stage of action (cp. 1866). a. The finite verb of a sentence placed in d…
§2021INFINITIVE AS OBJECT IN INDIRECT DISCOURSEThe infinitive is the subject of the passive of verbs of saying and thinking (1982 a). So with δοκεῖ it seems, φαίνεται it is plain, etc.
with articular infinitive
§2034 gTHE INFINITIVE WITH THE ARTICLE (ARTICULAR INFINITIVE)ACCUSATIVE OF THE ARTICULAR INFINITIVE a. Object (cp. 1989): δείσᾱς τὸ ζῆν fearing to live P. A. 28d, μεῖζον μέν φαμεν κακὸν τὸ ἀδικεῖν, ἔλᾱττον δὲ τὸ ἀδικεῖσθαι we call doing wron…
rarely with participle in indirect discourse
§2106 aTHE SUPPLEMENTARY PARTICIPLE IN INDIRECT DISCOURSEVerbs of Knowing and Showing.—After verbs signifying to know, be ignorant of, learn (not learn of), remember, forget, show, appear, prove, acknowledge, and announce, the participle…
with participle and ὡς
§2121Ὡς WITH A PARTICIPLE IN INDIRECT DISCOURSEA participle with ὡς may follow a verb of thinking or saying though the verb in question does not take the participle in indirect discourse without ὡς. Thus, ὡς τὰ βέλτιστα βουλεύο…
followed by infinitive, ὅτι, ὡς
§2580DEPENDENT STATEMENTS INTRODUCED BY ὅτι OR ὡςVerbs of thinking almost always take the infinitive (2018) but ὡς occurs; as with νομίζω T. 3.88 (2579), ἐλπίζω 5. 9, οἴομαι X. H. 6.3.12, ὑπολαμβάνω X. C. 8.3.40. ὅτι is very rare…
§2592 bINDIRECT DISCOURSEThe constructions of indirect discourse are regulated by the character of the leading verb or expression. a. Verbs of saying take either ὅτι or ὡς and a finite verb or the infiniti…
followed by direct or indirect discourse
§2589INDIRECT DISCOURSEThe words or thoughts of a person may be quoted in direct or indirect form after verbs, or other expressions, of saying or thinking. a. In reporting a speech, in making a quotation…
with οὐ and infinitive
§2722οὐ AND μή WITH THE INFINITIVE IN INDIRECT DISCOURSEVerbs of saying and thinking take οὐ with the infinitive in indirect discourse. Here οὐ is retained from the direct discourse. ᾗ (ἀνάγκῃ) φαμεν οὐδένα θεῶν οὔτε μάχεσθαι τὰ νῦν οὔτ…
with μή and infinitive
§2723οὐ AND μή WITH THE INFINITIVE IN INDIRECT DISCOURSEVerbs of saying and thinking take μή in emphatic declarations and expressions of thought which involve a wish that the utterance may hold good. So with φημί, λέγω, ἡγοῦμαι, νομίζω,…