Why じと instead of ず in その機を逃さじと?


> 硝煙で、鏑木肆星氏の姿は完全に覆い尽くされてしまう。その機を逃さじと、二匹のバケネズミが突進した。

I think その機を逃さじと means "not letting their chance slip away". But why isn't it
just その機を逃さず?




じ is used to form negative volitional with 未然形 in classical Japanese so just
treat it as 終止形 plus まい (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤




じ is used to form negative volitional with 未然形 in classical Japanese so just
treat it as 終止形 plus まい (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤

