§496.
驚嘆などを表わす動詞の後に現れるεἰについて(目次)
- 494. 概説
- 495. 同様の構文で主動詞が過去時称の文例
- 496. 同様の構文で節や原因(または理由)を表わす節が続くとき、εἰがニュアンスを変える文例
- 497. 間接疑問文においてこの構文のεἰを「～かどうか」とは読んではいけない文例
英語原文
These expressions may also be followed by ὅτι and a causal sentence, as in Plat. Theaest. 142A, ἐθαύμαζον ὅτι οὐχ οἷός τ᾿ ἦ εὐρεῖν. The construction with εἰ gives a milder or more polite form of expression, putting the object of the wonder etc. into the form of a supposition, instead of stating it as a fact as we should do in English. They may also be followed by protases expressing ordinary conditions, which have nothing peculiar : see Isoc. xv.17, ἀγπητὸν (sc. ἐστίν) ἢν ἐκαλαβεῖν δυνηθῶσι τὸ δίκαιον, they must be content if they are able (cf. xix.20) : and Plat. Prot. 315E, Dem. ii.23 (εἰ περιῆμεν).
日本語解釈