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[[prose|P.]] [[Θαργηλιών]], ὁ. | |||
===verb intransitive=== | |||
[[you may]], [[you are allowed to]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἔξεστί σοι]] (infin.), [[πάρεστί σοι]] (infin.), or [[πάρα σοι]] (infin.), [[ἔνεστί σοι]] (infin.). | |||
[[in wishes]]: see [[would that]]. | |||
[[you may be right]]: [[prose|P.]] [[κινδυνεύεις ἀληθῆ λέγειν]] ([[Plato]], ''[[Symposium]]'' 205D). | |||
[[you may never have seen a state governed by a tyrant]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὑμεῖς δὲ τάχα οὐδὲ τεθέασθε τυραννουμένην πόλιν]] ([[Plato]], ''[[Leges]]'' 711A). | |||
[[this reproach may perhaps have come extorted by anger]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀλλ' ἦλθε μὲν δὴ τοῦτο τοὔνειδος τάχ]]' ἄν [[ὀργῇ βιασθέν]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' 523). | |||
[[you may get you gone where you will]]: [[verse|V.]] σὺ [[μὲν κομίζοις ἂν σεαυτὸν ᾗ θέλεις]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Antigone]]'' 444). | |||
[[my method may be worse or it may be better]]: [[prose|P.]] ἴσως μὲν [[γὰρ]] (ὁ [[τρόπος]]) [[χείρων]], ἴσως δὲ βελτίων ἂν εἴη ([[Plato]], Ap. 18A). | |||
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substantive
verb intransitive
you may, you are allowed to: P. and V. ἔξεστί σοι (infin.), πάρεστί σοι (infin.), or πάρα σοι (infin.), ἔνεστί σοι (infin.).
in wishes: see would that.
you may be right: P. κινδυνεύεις ἀληθῆ λέγειν (Plato, Symposium 205D).
you may never have seen a state governed by a tyrant: P. ὑμεῖς δὲ τάχα οὐδὲ τεθέασθε τυραννουμένην πόλιν (Plato, Leges 711A).
this reproach may perhaps have come extorted by anger: V. ἀλλ' ἦλθε μὲν δὴ τοῦτο τοὔνειδος τάχ' ἄν ὀργῇ βιασθέν (Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 523).
you may get you gone where you will: V. σὺ μὲν κομίζοις ἂν σεαυτὸν ᾗ θέλεις (Sophocles, Antigone 444).
my method may be worse or it may be better: P. ἴσως μὲν γὰρ (ὁ τρόπος) χείρων, ἴσως δὲ βελτίων ἂν εἴη (Plato, Ap. 18A).
