Hi all
Loeb translates εἰχόμην ἄν τῷ γελοίῳ as ‘I should be exposing myself to ridicule’. This makes intuitive sense but I can’t see examples in LSJ or the Cambridge Greek Lexicon for this use of εχω with the dative. Presumably this is just a rare expression or usage with the dative?
More context can be found in the below link.
We’ve discussed this in a recent thread. Notice the middle/passive εἰχόμην, and then at the tail end of ἔχω A.I.8 in LSJ
—Pass., ἔχεσθαι κακότητι καὶ ἄλγεσι Od.8.182; κωκυτῷ καὶ οἰμωγῇ Il.22.409; ὀργῇ Hdt.1.141; νούσῳ Hp.Epid.5.6; ἀγρυπνίῃσι Hdt.3.129; ὑπὸ πυρετοῦ Hp.Aph.4.34; ὑπὸ τοῦ ὕδρωπος Id.Prorrh.2.6, ἐν ἀπόρῳ Th.1.25; ἐν συμφοραῖς Pl.R.395e.
accordin to Brill dic it is passive: to be possessed, to suffer from, to be prey to
Thanks both, and I’ve located the previous thread initiated by Constantinus on 28th July.