§172.
英語原文
The imperfect indicative in the protasis or apodosis of an unfulfilled condition (410) and in its potential use (243), when it refers to present time, is a primary tense. E.g.
Ἔγραφον ἂν ἡλίκα ὑμᾶς εὖ ποιήσω, εἰ εὖ ᾔδειν, I would tell you in my letter how great services I would render you, if I knew, etc. Dem. xix. 40. Πάνυ ἂν ἐφοβούμην, μὴ ἀπορήσωσι λόγων. Plat. Symp. 193 E. Ἐφοβούμην ἂν σφόδρα λέγειν, μὴ δόξω, κ.τ.λ., I should be very much afraid to speak, lest I should seem, etc. Plat. Theaet. 143 E. Ταῦτ᾿ ἂν ἤδη λέγειν ἐπεχείρουν, ἵν᾿ εἰδῆτε. Dem. xxiii. 7 (for the construction here see 336). See Xen. An. v. 1, 10 ; Dem. xvi. 12.
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