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Originally Posted by Archaea
Aorist subjective active from aorist optative active. They are formed differently and follow different sequences, subjunctive following the primary and optative following the secondary, but what should I use in terms of distinguishing as to meaning even though there is no paradigm to govern translation.
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As I understand it, it pretty much depends on context (not a lot of help, I know). Often, it's just a grammatical distinction, with no real difference in meaning. Or, as with the hortatory subjunctive, there is the idea of strong wish or will - may something be X.