492 Exclamatory Infinitives are more like sentences, sometimes having a subject.
- a. In an imperative sense, often to be rendered by an imperative:
Πρῶτον μὲν τοῦτο παρʼ μῖν αὐτοῖς βεβαίως γνῶναι first of all, this firm conviction in your own minds! D. 8. 39. δρσαντι παθεῖν to him that did it (to the guilty) suffering. A. C. 312. οἷς μὴ πελάζειν go not near these. A. PB. 738.
- b. As a prayer or wish:
Θεοὶ πολῖται, μή με δουλείᾱς τυχεῖν my countryʼs gods, not slavery, not that fate for me! A. S. 239.
- c. Of surprise, indignation, or other emotion:
Ἐμὲ παθεῖν τάδε, φεῦ I to suffer this! Ha! A. E. 840. ὦ δυστάλαινα, τοιάδʼ ἄνδρα χρήσιμον φωνεῖν ah, wretched me! for a good man to speak so! S. AI. 410. τοιουτον τρέφειν κύνα to keep a dog like that! AR. V. 835.