§14.
希求法の用法について(目次)
英語原文
In dependent clauses expressing purpose or the object of exertion or of fear, the optative is never an original form ; but it always represents a dependent subjunctive or future indicative (8, b ; 10) in the changed relation in which either of them is placed when its leading verb is changed from present or future or future to past time.
We represent this change in English by a change from may to might, or from shall or will to should or would ; as ἔρχεται ἵνα ἴδῃ, he comes that he may see, ἦλθεν ἵνα ἴδοι, he came that he might see ; ἐπιμελεῖται ὅπως τοῦτο γενήσεται, he takes care that this shall be done, ἐπεμελεῖτο ὅπως τοῦτο γενήσοιτο, he took care that this should be done ; φοβεῖται μὴ τοῦτο πάθῃ, he fears that he may suffer this ; ἐφοβήθη μὴ τοῦτο πάθοι, he feared that he might suffer this. Here the original subjunctive or future indicative (especially the latter) is very often usen in place of the optative.
日本語解釈