ephróntize historéōn , toùs àn Hellḗnōn dunatōtátous eóntas prosktḗsaito phílous
consider.3SG.IMP enquire.PTCP.PRS.M.NOM.SG whom.M.ACC.PL IRR Greek.GEN.PL mightiest.ACC.PL be.PTCP.PRS.M.ACC.PL gain.3SG.AOR.OPT.MID friend.ACC.PL
He took care to enquire about those whom he might win as friends, being the most powerful of the Greeks.' (Herodotus 1.56.1)