469 The Pluperfect with ἴν is used as a hypothetical indicative when the real situation would be stated in the perfect:
Ἐν τούτῳ τῷ τρόπῳ ἦσθα ἄν με τετῑμωρούμενος in that way you would have revenged yourself on me (the fact being, οὐκ εἶ με τετῑμωρούμενος). L. 7, 20.
- a. The entire passage (L. 7, 20) illustrates the ease with which the different tenses may be combined in this use: Ἐμοὶ μὲν οὐδεμίᾱν ἂν ἀπολογίᾱν ὑπέλιπες, αὐτὸς δὲ . . . ἦσθα ἄν με τετῑμωροῦμενος, . . . οὐκ ἂν ἐδόκεις εἶναι σῡκοφάντης, . . .τότʼ ἂν πλεῖστον ἔλαβες you would have left me no defense (but you did leave me a defense, ὑπέλιπες), you would have revenged yourself (but you have not), you would not now seem to be malicious (but you do seem so, δοκεῖς εἶναι σῦκοφάντης), you would have got most money (but οὐκ ἔλαβες).