[564] εἰ ... ἐστίν, simple present condition with nothing implied (GG. 647): ‘suppose this is as you say [“οὕτω”], 'tis my own affair [or ‘my pleasure’], I presume.’ In this idiomatic use “μέλλει” = Attic “ἔοικε”: “μέλλει εἶναι” = ‘it is like to be’ (present tense), ‘it is, very likely,’ or ‘presumably.’
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