forthwith excommunicates himself; Herm. V. III 12, 3; 13, 2; M. III 2; S. IX 26,2; Epict. IV 10, 27 (aor. and pres. together: ὅταν θέλῃς, ἐξῆλθες καὶ οὐ καπνίζῃ,). See Jannaris § 1852 for MGr. The aorists in the Magnificat may be Gnomic (Lk 1:51–53); they possibly also help to explain the popularity of this kind of aorist in Biblical Greek—what God did in the past is evidence of what he will always do. Lk 16:4 ἔγνων τί ποιήσω may be Gnomic, or merely an example of the way Greek more exactly