"On the use of this accessory form of the opt. the following is to be observed: (1) It is most common in verbs in -dw, but in both the other classes also the singular

of this form occurs in Attic Greek more frequently than the usual one in -οιμι. On the contrary, in the plural its use is almost wholly confined to verbs in -άω. (2) From the appellation Attic form it must not be inferred, that it belonged exclusively to the Attic writers, since it also occurs, although less frequently, in the other dialects.

1 The subscribed under the infinitive termination -av should properly be omitted, because its admission into the termination -ew is owing solely to the contraction of -ee into - el. As however it is invariably retained in the editions of Greek writers, its use may be regarded as conventionally established.