PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF PERSON

1016

τὶς or πᾶς may be used in the drama with the second person of the imperative: ἴτω τις, εἰσάγγελλε go, one of you, announce E. Bacch. 173.

1017

The second person singular is used to designate an imaginary person, as in proverbs:

, and in such phrases as εἶδες ἄν you would have seen (1784 a), ἡγήσαιο ἄν you might think, as credideris (1824).

a. Hdt. uses the second person in directions to travellers (2. 30).

See also 942.