[*] 398. bouloi/mhn a)/n. The optative is more or less passionate, and is little used in the conventional language of the orators. A favorite substitute is “βουλοίμην ἄν” (Lat. velim) with the infinitive. Cf. “ἐβουλόμην ἄν” (Lat. vellem) 367. DEM.24.8: “βουλοίμην δ᾽ ἂν ἐμέ τε τυχεῖν ὧν βούλομαι, τοῦτόν τε παθεῖν ὧν ἄξιός ἐστι”. LYS.7.12: “νῦν δὲ πάντας ἂν ὑμᾶς βουλοίμην περὶ ἐμοῦ ταύτην τὴν γνώμην ἔχειν” . 8.2. ANDOC.2.28: “βουλοίμην μέντ᾽ ἂν” . . . (sc. “ὑμᾶς”) “ἀτελῆ τὴν γνώμην αὐτῶν ποιῆσαι”. PLATO, Apol. 19A: “βουλοίμην μὲν οὖν ἂν τοῦτο οὕτω γενέσθαι . . . οἶμαι δὲ αὐτὸ χαλεπὸν εἶναι”. AESCHYL. Suppl. 787: “θέλοιμι δ᾽ ἂν μορσίμου βρόχου τυχεῖν”. BACCHYL.17.41-3: “οὐ γὰρ ἂν θέλοιμ᾽ ἀμβρότοἰ ἐραννὸν ἀοῦς ἰδεῖν φάος” (= “μὴ ἴδοιμι”). For “πῶς ἄν” with the Optative in Wishes, see Optative with “ἄν”.
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