§117. Present Infinitive(As Present)
現在の意味で使われる現在不定詞 (目次)
英語原文
The present infinitive in indirect discourse generally represents a present indicative of the direct form. E.g.
Φησὶ γράφειν, he says that he is writing ; φήσει γράφειν, he will say that he is (then) writing. (In all three cases he says γράφω.) Ἀρρωστεῖν προφασίζεται, he pretends that he is sick ; ἐξώμοσεν ἀρρωστεῖν τουτονί, he took this oath that this man was sick. Dem. xix. 124. Οὐκ ἔφη αὐτὸς ἀλλ᾿ ἐκεῖνον στρατηγεῖν, he said that not he himself, but Nicias, was general ; i.e. he said οὐκ ἐγὼ αὐτὸς ἀλλ᾿ ἐκεῖνος στρατηγεῖ. Thuc. iv. 28. See other example under 683.
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