enómizon hóson ouk espleîn autoús; hóper àn , ei eboulḗthēsan mḕ katoknêsai , rhāidíōs àn egéneto
consider.3PL.IMP how.much not sail.in.PRS.INF them.ACC which.M.NOM.SG IRR if wish.3PL.AOR.PASS not shrink.AOR.INF easily IRR become.3SG.AOR.MID
They believed that they were not far from sailing in upon them, which might easily have come to pass if they had been unwilling to shrink from it.' (Thucydides 2.94.1)