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P R E S E N T |
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Simple (fact) |
εἴ (ὅτε, ὅ) τι |
ἔχει |
δίδωσι |
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General |
ἐάν τι (ὅταν τι, or ὅ τι ἂν) |
ἔχῃ (subjunctive) |
δίδωσι |
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Contrary-to-Fact |
εἴ (ὅτε, ὅ) τι |
εἶχεν |
ἐδίδου ἂν |
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P A S T |
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Simple (fact) |
εἴ (ὅτε, ὅ) τι |
εἶχεν or ἔσχεν |
ἐδίδου / ἔδωκε |
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General |
εἴ (ὅτε, ὅ) τι |
ἔχοι (optative) |
ἐδίδου |
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Contrary-to-Fact |
εἴ (ὅτε, ὅ) τι |
εἶχεν or ἔσχεν |
ἐδίδου/ἔδωκε ἂν |
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F U T U R E |
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More vivid |
ἐάν τι (ὅταν τι, or ὅ τι ἂν) |
ἔχῃ (subjunctive) |
δώσει (future) |
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Less vivid |
εἴ (ὅτε, ὅ) τι |
ἔχοι (optative) |
διδοίη/δοίη ἂν |
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Most vivid (‘minatory’) |
εἴ |
ἕξει (future) |
δώσει |
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Where do these conditions from Bacchae fit in?
239-40: εἰ δ’ αὐτὸν εἴσω τῆσδε λήψομαι στέγης, παύσω κτυποῦντα θύρσον ...
257-8: εἰ μή σε γῆρας πολιὸν ἐξερρύετο, καθῆσ(ο) ἂν ἐν βακχαῖσι δέσμιος μεσαῖς
300-1: ὅταν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ἐς τὸ σῶμ ἐλθῇ πολύς, λέγειν τὸ μέλλον τοὺς μεμηνότας ποιεῖ.
612: τίς μοι φύλαξ ἦν, εἰ σὺ συμφορᾶς τύχοις;
712-3: εἰ παρῆσθα, τὸν θεὸν ... εὐχαῖσιν ἂν μετῆλθες.