Herbert Weir Smyth [
n.d.],
A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [
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Smyth].
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The constructions of indirect discourse are regulated by the character of the leading verb or expression.
a. Verbs of saying take either ὅτι or ὡς and a finite verb or the infinitive ( cross2017, cross2579).
b. Most verbs of thinking and believing take the infinitive ( cross2018, cp. cross2580).
c. Most verbs of knowing, perceiving, hearing, showing take the participle ( cross2106, cross2110), but admit the construction with ὅτι or ὡς. Some are followed by the infinitive ( cross2123 ff.).
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d. On the construction of verbs of hoping, promising , and swearing, see cross1868, cross1999, 2024.
Herbert Weir Smyth [
n.d.],
A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [
info] [
word count] [
Smyth].
