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[21] ὥς τ᾽πιθέσθαι. This is not properly an instance of the Attic use of “ὥς τε” with an inf., since “πιθέσθαι” carries on the construction of “μένειν” (inf. of consequence after “τηλίκος”). Similarly in Il.9. 42ἐπέσσυται ὥς τε νέεσθαι” the inf. is governed by “ἐπέσσυται”. But these instances show how the later Attic construction must have originated.

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