Is ουδε a compound negative ?

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Re: Is ουδε a compound negative ?

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Yes, Junya. That's exactly the way I think this sentence should be read, but I'd love to
hear others pitch in.

I would like to add that the commentaries to which I've linked in previous posts here
see this as future fear, with one deciding to correct the verb to a subjunctive to reflect
such reading, and another criticizing the correction, noting the vividness of using pres. ind. over
subj./fut. ind.
Nate.

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Re: Is ουδε a compound negative ?

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Nate wrote :
I would like to add that the commentaries to which I've linked in previous posts here
see this as future fear, with one deciding to correct the verb to a subjunctive to reflect
such reading, and another criticizing the correction, noting the vividness of using pres. ind. over
subj./fut. ind.
I think hora^te can be taken as be cautious toward the matter of present as well as toward the matter of future.
How about this reading ?
Be cautious, for the obligation of giving an account may not be on me (in the present circumstance), but on the majority of the citizens.

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