My dearest Mr. Boyd,-I wish I had a note from you to-day-which optative aorist I am not sure of being either grammatical or reasonable!
"The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)"
Frederic G. Kenyon
Blesser, from the aorist of blapto.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh
Perhaps these words must be translated according to a frequent meaning of the aorist, by "became a magus of Mithra" or "began to serve Mithra as a magus."
"The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism"
Franz Cumont