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With some verbs of coming and going the participle specifies the manner of coming and going, and contains the main idea.
βῆ φεύγων he took to flight (went fleeing) B 665, οἴχονται διώκοντες
they have gone in pursuit
X. A. 1.10.5, ᾠχόμην ἀναγόμενος
I put to sea
D. 50.12, οἴχεται θανών
he is dead and gone
S. Ph. 414, οὐ τοῦτο λέξων ἔρχομαι I am not going to say this X. Ag. 2. 7.
Herbert Weir Smyth [
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A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [
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Smyth].
