αι136Αἴθ' ὄφελε
if only he had
In parallel fashion the existing optative forms differ in this, that for the latter the person is undefined, but the [construction with] o)/felon defines the persons.
Αἴθ' ὄφελε· παραλλήλως τὰ εὐκτικὰ κείμενα μόρια κατὰ τοῦτο διαφέρουσιν, ὅτι τὸ μέν ἐστιν ἀπαρέμφατον πρόσωπον, τὸ δὲ ὄφελον τὰ πρόσωπα ἐμφαίνει.