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The subjunctive and optative after μή (or ὅπως μή) may denote what may prove to be an object of fear (future ascertainment).
δέδοικα μὴ ἄριστον ᾖ
I am afraid lest it prove to be best
S. Ant. 1114, ἔδεισαν μὴ λύττα τις . . . ἡμῖν ἐμπεπτώκοι they feared lest some madness might prove to
-- 502 -- have fallen upon us X. A. 5.7.26. The aorist subjunctive refers to the past in δείδοικα . . . μή σε παρείπῃ I fear it may prove that she beguiled thee A 555; cp. K 99, ν 216, ω 491 (after ὁρῶ).
Herbert Weir Smyth [
n.d.],
A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [
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word count] [
Smyth].
