Crito (Plato)

Passage	Blurb	Constructions
Plato Crito 43a-44b	Crito arrives bringing Socrates a difficult message	indirect question \| ὅπως \| articular infinitive \| relative clauses \| infinitives \| infinitive in indirect construction \| present general relative clause \| infinitives \| genitive of time or place within which \| relative clauses \| relative clauses \| genitive absolute
Plato Crito 44b-45c	Socrates tells Crito his dream; Crito explains why Socrates doesn't need to worry about money	genitive absolute \| ὡς \| relative clauses \| present general relative clause \| present general conditional \| unfulfilled wish \| present general relative clause \| correlative \| present real conditional \| genitive of comparison \| prohibition \| relative clauses \| infinitives \| present real conditional \| circumstantial participle \| infinitives \| prohibition \| circumstantial participle \| third person imperative \| potential optative \| relative clauses \| subjunctive for indefinite future \| mixed conditional \| ὥστε \| result clause with infinitive \| ἆρα μή \| fear clause with subjunctive \| ὡς \| circumstantial participle \| genitive of comparison \| potential optative
Plato Crito 45c-46b	Crito explains why Socrates is not right to die	infinitives \| accusative absolute \| relative clauses \| circumstantial participle \| potential optative \| relative clauses \| ὡς \| correlative \| potential optative \| ὡς \| fear clause with subjunctive \| infinitive in indirect construction \| prevention \| genitive of time or place within which \| future future conditional
Plato Crito 46b-47a	Socrates argues that he and Crito should revisit arguments they have made previously about whose opinions it is worth listening to	correlative \| future unreal conditional \| gerundive \| εἰ as whether \| correlative \| present general relative clause \| infinitives \| relative clauses \| πότερον or πότερα \| μέν…δέ... \| πρίν
Plato Crito 47a-48b	Socrates shows that we should discount the opinion of the many: just as we listen only to experts when it comes to our physical health, we should do the same in the case of our soul	gerundive \| correlative \| present general relative clause \| present general conditional \| τος sufix
Plato Crito 48b-48d	Socrates argues that the only question they should consider is that of doing wrong	potential optative \| infinitives \| relative clauses \| εἰ as whether \| articular infinitive \| gerundive \| gerundive \| πότερον or πότερα \| infinitives \| genitive absolute \| hortative subjunctive \| mixed conditional \| μέν…δέ...
Plato Crito 48e-49d	Socrates and Crito conclude that it is never right to do wrong	genitive absolute \| ὡς \| ὡς \| infinitives \| articular infinitive \| negative \| genitive of comparison \| που \| negative \| infinitives \| ἐάν as ἄν or ἤν \| present general conditional
Plato Crito 49e-51c	Socrates introduces the Laws of Athens to clarify his reasoning; they point out that they have the same relationship to citizens as parents have to children	prohibition \| gerundive \| πότερον or πότερα \| πότερον or πότερα \| circumstantial participle \| μή \| infinitives \| γάρ \| relative clauses \| articular infinitive \| perfect tense \| circumstantial participle \| infinitives \| imperative \| ὡς \| genitive of comparison \| infinitives
Plato Crito 51d-53a	The Laws point out that Socrates has signed up to the Laws of Athens as he has not moved away from the city.	present real conditional \| present general relative clause \| accusative and infinitive \| future infinitive \| attributive participle \| μή \| future future conditional \| accusative and infinitive \| future infinitive \| ὡς \| genitive absolute \| genitive absolute \| infinitives \| relative clauses \| future unreal conditional \| ὡς \| objective genitive \| potential optative \| relative clauses \| infinitives \| τε \| imperative \| εἰ as whether \| circumstantial participle \| accusative and infinitive \| μι verbs
Plato Crito 53b-54e	The Laws point out that it would be ridiculous for Socrates to go to any other city once he had escaped; Socrates and Crito agree that he must stay and await his fate	prohibition \| word order \| ὥστε \| accusative and infinitive \| ἄν \| word order \| question \| dative of advantage \| future real conditional \| imperative \| accusative and infinitive \| future infinitive

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