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The infinitive follows many verbs, especially such as denote ability, fitness, necessity, etc. (and their opposites).
οὐκέτι ἐδύνατο . . . βιοτεύειν
he was no longer able to live
T. 1.130, νεῖν ἐπιστάμενος
knowing how to swim
X. A. 5.7.25, πεφύ_κα_σί τε ἅπαντες . . . ἁμαρτάνειν
and all men are by nature prone to err
T. 3.45, μανθάνουσιν ἄρχειν τε καὶ ἄρχεσθαι
they learn how to govern and be governed
X. A. 1.9.4; also after the impersonals of 1985.
a. ἔχω I can is derived from the meaning I have especially with a verb of saying. Thus, Διὸς πλα_γὰ_ν ἔχουσιν εἰπεῖν
they can proclaim a stroke of Zeus
A. Ag. 367.
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A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [
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Smyth].
