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[When] oxytone [it means the same as] dei=, but "it may be necessary" [xrh=|], the subjunctive, is perispomenon;¹ it means [the same as] de/h|. Eupolis in Goats [writes]: "I will pay the wage, whatever may be necessary."² But xrh=n with the nu is past and perispomenon, [meaning] it was necessary.³ They sometimes say xrh/stai as well, meaning it is necessary. Pherecrates in Humbugs [writes]: "he told me the name, what it will be necessary to call you."⁴ Aristophanes in Lemnian Woman [writes]: "do you indeed have heartburn? So how will it be necessary to act?"⁵ But xrh=|s [means] you may need, and [sc. so does] de/h|.⁶ Cratinus in Laws [writes]: "for now indeed the laws of our men are at your service to do what ever is necessary."⁷ And xrei/h ("it might be necessary") [means the same as] de/oi.⁸ Plato in Euthyphro [writes]: "[he sent a man] to find out from the religious advisor what it might be necessary to do."⁹