§126.
アオリスト不定詞 (目次)
英語原文
The aorist infinitive in indirect discourse represents an aorist indicative of the direct form. E.g.
Φησὶν τοῦτο ποιῆσαι, he says that he did this (i.e. he said τοῦτο ἐποίησα) ; φήσει τοῦτο ποιῆσαι, he said that he had done this (i.e. he said τοῦτο ἐποίησα) ; φήσει τοῦτο ποιῆσαι, he will say that he did this (i.e. he will say τοῦτο ἐποίησα). Ὁ Κῦρος λέγεται γενέσθαι Καμβύσεω, Cyrus is said to have been the son of Cambyses. Xen. Cyr. i. 2, 1. Παλαιότατοι λέγονται ἐν μέρει τινὶ τῆς χώρας Κύκλωπες οἰκῆσαι, the Cyclops are said to have settled most aciently in a part of the country. Thuc vi. 2. Ἦσαν ὕποπτοι αὐτοῖς μὴ προθύμως σφίσι πέμψαι ἃ ἔπεμψαν, they were suspected by them of not having sent to them with alacrity what they did send. Thuc. vi. 75.
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