LekhoriLekhoriBased upon a hypothesis; conjectural.
Such a subjunctive as appears in the principal clause (i.e. the apodosis) of a conditional sentence may be called a hypothetical subjunctive. An hypothetical subjunctive expresses an action¹ which, while its non-occurrence is implied, is yet supposed to occur, if some other action occur.
conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent.
A possible or hypothetical situation or proposition
These hypotheticals serve no purpose until we have more information.
From Ancient Greek ὑποθετικός (hupothetikós).
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