ouk àn dunaímēn oút' erōtêsai táde oút' àn pithésthai
not IRR can.1SG.PRS.OPT.PASS nor ask.AOR.INF this.N.ACC.PL nor IRR persuade.AOR.INF.MID
I could neither ask nor believe these things.' (Euripides, Suppliants 853)