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===verb intransitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εἶναι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φῦναι]] (2nd aor. of [[φύω]], [[φύειν]]), [[πεφυκέναι]] (perf. of [[φύω]], [[φύειν]]), [[πέλειν]]. [[verse|V.]] [[πέλεσθαι]], [[τυγχάνειν]], [[κυρεῖν]]. With adv.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἔχειν]].

[[it is well]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καλῶς ἔχει]].

[[be in existence]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπάρχειν]].

[[just as I am]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὡς ἔχω]].

[[are to]] (expressing [[necessity]]): use [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] verbals in [[τέος]] or [[δεῖ]] with infin.

[[the fleet which was to have co-operated with Cnemus]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ναυτικὸν ὃ ἔδει παραγενέσθαι τῷ Κνήμῳ]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2, 83).
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