Names of the Greeks wholly different term came to establish itself in the East. The ancient people of the Middle East referred to the Hellenes as "Yunan", deriving from Persian "Yauna", itself a loan of Greek Ιωνία (Ionia), the western coast of Asia Minor. It is by affiliation with the Ionian tribe the Persians conquered in the late 6th century BC that their name extended to all Hellenes. All peoples under Persian influence adopted the term, and it is from this root that Sanskrit "Yavana" derives, which one encounters in ancient Sanskrit sources, first attested in Pāṇini's grammar, and later referring, together with Pali
Subjunctive (Ancient Greek) Subjunctive (Ancient Greek) The subjunctive mood (Greek () "for arranging underneath", from () "I arrange beneath") along with the indicative, optative, and imperative, is one of the four moods of the Ancient Greek verb. It can be used both in the meaning "should" (the jussive subjunctive) and in the meaning "may" (the potential subjunctive). The main uses of the subjunctive in Greek are as follows: (a) When used in its jussive sense, the subjunctive can be used in sentences such as the following: (b) The potential subjunctive is used in indefinite subordinate clauses like the following, introduced by a word