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Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].

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The unreal indicative with or without ἄν may be used as the apodosis of

a. εἰ with the indicative in Simple Present and Past conditions ( ^cross2300 b). So after εἰ with the future denoting present intention or necessity that something shall be done ( ^cross2301), as εἰ γὰρ γυναῖκες εἰς τόδ' ἥξουσιν θράσους . . ., παρ' οὐδὲν

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αὐταῖς ἦν ἂν ὀλλύναι πόσεις for if women are to reach this height of boldness, it would be as nothing for them to destroy their husbands E. Or. 566.

b. εἰ with the past indicative in Present and Past Unreal conditions ( ^cross2302).

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Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].