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There are various forms of εἴτε clauses:
a. Both εἴτε clauses may have the same finite verb in common, which verb is used only once; as εἴτε βούλεσθε πολεμεῖν ἡμῖν εἴτε φίλοι εἶναι
b. Each εἴτε clause has its own verb and its own main clause; as ἐκέλευσέ σε, εἴτε πάντας αἰτιᾷ, κρί_ναντα σὲ αὐτὸν χρῆσθαι ὅ τι ἂν βούλῃ, εἴτε ἕνα τινὰ ἢ δύο . . . αἰτιᾷ, τούτους ἀξιοῦσι παρασχεῖν σοι ἑαυτοὺς εἰς κρίσιν the army requests that, if you accuse all, you pass sentence on them and treat them as you may think best; or,
c. One main clause refers to both εἴτε clauses; as ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἀνὴρ . . . εὐδαίμων ἐστὶ . . . ἐά_ν τε μέγας καὶ ἰσχυ_ρός, ἐά_ν τε σμι_κρὸς καὶ ἀσθενὴς ᾖ
d. Neither εἴτε clause has a verb, which is to be supplied from the main clause; as λέγοντες, εἴτ' ἀληθὲς εἴτ' ἄρ' οὖν μάτην (ἔλεγον) saying,
e. One εἴτε clause has its own verb, while the other gets its verb from the main clause (rare); as ἐμοὶ σὺ . . . φαίνῃ . . . χρησμῳδεῖν, εἴτε παρ' Εὐθύφρονος ἐπίπνους γενόμενος (χρησμῳδεῖς), εἴτε καὶ ἄλλη τις μοῦσα πάλαι σε ἐνοῦσα ἐλελήθει
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Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].
