Intermediate or Larger Greek Grammar

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 Excerpt: ...--(parov, Qxtov, PL pxfi.it, pare, pam, (y, ) Infin. tyavxt, Part, (pas, Conj. Opt. p/w, Imper. p-&i, Imperf. sing, 'iipnv, 'iqms, commonly e$7o$a, etpy, Dual, --sipxrov, iQxrw, PI. Epa/XEV, ?(paT, etpxaxv, (poetically etpav, ) Fut. priTa, aor. l.pnaa. The med. QzaSat, ttpan-nv, (imper. pxo for pxuo in Homer, ) is used as well as a few perfects of the pass, voice, like THtyxabw, (be it said, ) Ttetyxottivos. Verbal adjectives, (fxreos, (pxros. 1. The pres. indie, with the exception of pr, s, is enclitic according to 14. The compounds are accented aCfj.ipniMi, avr, s, diTltpn/j. , dvTKpris. 2. With respect to the signif. of this verb, we must distinguish 1.) the general one to say, 2.) the more particular ones to affirm, assert, pretend, concede, and the like. The pres. (pnpcl includes both; but in the first signification it is chiefly the pres. and imperf. act. with all their moods, which are in common use, the rest is supplied by the Anom. tliruv, &c. which see. The fut. and aor. ip-nnu, tpnnx, have preferably the more particular significations, which in the imperf, infin., and part. pres. to avoid ambiguity, are more usually expressed either by (piaxeiv, which else is not used in prose, or by the middle voice. 3. We have arranged and denominated the forms of this verb, as their formation requires; but with respect to its use, we notice further that the imperf. ipr, v commonly is likewise aor., and may be interchanged with Eiwov as perfectly synonymous. To this t(pnv must be joined the infin. (pxvxi, which in a narrative is always used in the sense of the preterite. If in the affirmative we say, for instance, Eifn 6 Tisix'kyis, Pericles said, we say in sermone 1 For instance, t$n rxevccZuv, he said that he was in haste, ifecrxi rTevhetZ