C.W. Shelmerdine Introduction to Greek 2 nd edition (Newburyport, MA: Focus, 2008)

C.W. ShelmerdineIntroduction to Greek 2nd edition(Newburyport, MA: Focus, 2008) Chapter 5

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 • Masculine and feminine nouns of the 2nd declension • The aorist active indicative of thematic verbs (3rd principal part) • Aspect in the indicative • Word order • The possessive genitive

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 1. Masculine and feminine nouns of the 2nd declension • This chapter introduces nouns of the 2nd declension. These nouns use endings similar to that of the masculine definite article. Hence λόγος“word” singular ὁλόγος τοῦ λόγου τῷλόγῳ τὸνλόγον λόγε plural οἱλόγοι τῶνλόγων τοῖςλόγοις τοὺςλόγους Voc. = nom.

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 1. Masculine and feminine nouns of the 2nd declension • Feminine nouns of the 2nd declension use exactly the same endings as masculine nouns. Hence νῆσος“island” singular ἡ νῆσος τῆς νήσου τῇνήσῳ τὴννῆσον νῆσε plural αἱνῆσοι τῶννήσων ταῖςνήσοις τὰςνήσους Voc. = nom.

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 1. Masculine and feminine nouns of the 2nd declension • Nouns of the 2nd declension follow the same rules for accent as nouns of the 1st declension. Accents are persistent and may begin on the antepenult, penult or ultima. • Like the nominative plural ending –αιin the 1st declension, the nominative plural ending –οιin the 2nd declension is considered short for purposes of accent, even though it is a diphthong.

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 Looking up a Greek noun • Recall that in a vocabulary, glossary, lexicon, or dictionary, a Greek noun is listed by its (1) nominative singular, (2) genitive singular ending, and (3) the nominative singular article. • τιμή, -ῆς, ἡ “honor” • χώρα, -ας, ἡ “country” • κριτής, -οῦ, ὁ “judge” • λόγος, -ου, ὁ “word” • νῆσος, -ου, ἡ “island”

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 Looking up a Greek noun • Learn and observe both case forms closely, to determine the declension and pattern of endings: • τιμή, -ῆς, ἡ“honor” 1st declension • χώρα, -ας, ἡ“country” 1st declension • κριτής, -οῦ, ὁ“judge” 1st declension • λόγος, -ου, ὁ“word” 2nd declension • νῆσος, -ου, ἡ“island” 2nd declension

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 parse/parsing • 1st, 2ndor 3RD PERSON • SINGULAR or PLURAL • PRESENT, IMPERFECT,AORIST, or FUTURE • INDICATIVE • ACTIVE

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 2. The aorist active indicative of thematic verbs (3rd principal part) • The aorist tense refers to a single past action. Think of it as action in the past that you see as a snapshot in your head. • Recall that the imperfect tense refers to ongoing or repeated past action. Think of it as action in the past that you see as a moving video in your head.

Imperfect I was going It was happening They were running Aorist I went It happened They ran Shelmerdine Chapter 5

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 2. The aorist active indicative of thematic verbs (3rd principal part) • The present, imperfect, and aorist tenses together make up about 90% of the verb forms in most ancient Greek texts.

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 2. The aorist active indicative of thematic verbs (3rd principal part) • Greek has two types of aorist • (1) “weak” (also called “1st”) • (2) “strong” (also called “2nd”) • Normally a verb has only one type and there is no difference between the two types. • In this chapter, we learn only the weak (1st) aorist.

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 2. The aorist active indicative of thematic verbs (3rd principal part) • Like the imperfect (and like any secondary tense in the indicative mood) the aorist adds an augment to the beginning of the stem. • This augment appears as an ἐ- attached to the beginning of the stem • Like the future, the weak (1st) aorist adds a σto the end of the stem. • aorist stem: ἐλυσ- • present: λυ-, future: λυσ-, imperfect: ἐλυ-

singular -α (I) -ας (you) -ε (s/he, it) plural -αμεν (we) -ατε (you, y’all) -αν (they) Shelmerdine Chapter 5 the endings for the weak (1st) aorist (variation of secondary endings)

singular λύω λύεις λύει plural λύομεν λύετε λύουσι Shelmerdine Chapter 5 present tense present stem = λυ

singular λύσω λύσεις λύσει plural λύσομεν λύσετε λύσουσι Shelmerdine Chapter 5 future stem = λυσ Note the addition of the σto the stem.

singular ἔλυον ἔλυες ἔλυε plural ἐλύομεν ἐλύετε ἔλυον Shelmerdine Chapter 5 imperfect tense stem = λυ Note the addition of the augment.

singular ἔλυσα ἔλυσας ἔλυσε plural ἐλύσαμεν ἐλύσατε ἔλυσαν Shelmerdine Chapter 5 Weak (1st) aorist tense stem = λυσ Note the addition of both the augment and the σto the stem.

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 3. Aspect in the indicative • The aorist tense refers to a single past action. Think of it as action in the past that you see as a snapshot in your head. • Recall that the imperfect tense refers to ongoing or repeated past action. Think of it as action in the past that you see as a moving video in your head.

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 Looking up a Greek verb The 1st sg present indicative active is the first principal part of a verb • ἄγω, ἄξω, ἤγαγον lead, bring • γράφω, γράψω, ἔγραψα write • διώκω, διώξω, ἐδίωξα pursue • λύω, λύσω, ἔλυσα loose, set free • πείθω, πείσω, ἔπεισα persuade • πέμπω, πέμψω, ἔπεμψα send

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 Looking up a Greek verb The 1st sg future indicative active is the second principal part of a verb • ἄγω,ἄξω, ἤγαγον lead, bring • γράφω,γράψω, ἔγραψα write • διώκω,διώξω, ἐδίωξα pursue • λύω,λύσω, ἔλυσα loose, set free • πείθω,πείσω, ἔπεισα persuade • πέμπω,πέμψω, ἔπεμψα send

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 Looking up a Greek verb The 1st sg aorist indicative active is the third principal part of a verb • ἄγω, ἄξω, ἤγαγον lead, bring • γράφω, γράψω, ἔγραψαwrite • διώκω, διώξω, ἐδίωξαpursue • λύω, λύσω, ἔλυσαloose, set free • πείθω, πείσω, ἔπεισαpersuade • πέμπω, πέμψω, ἔπεμψαsend

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 Looking up a Greek verb A verb whose third principal part ends in -ον has a strong (2nd) aorist (see Chap. 11) • ἄγω, ἄξω, ἤγαγονlead, bring • γράφω, γράψω, ἔγραψα write • διώκω, διώξω, ἐδίωξα pursue • λύω, λύσω, ἔλυσα loose, set free • πείθω, πείσω, ἔπεισα persuade • πέμπω, πέμψω, ἔπεμψα send

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 Looking up a Greek verb Remember the rules for adding a σ(cf. chart on Shelmerdine p.2): • γράφω (φ + σ = ψ)γράψω, ἔγραψα write • διώκω (κ + σ = ξ)διώξω, ἐδίωξα pursue • λύω,λύσω, ἔλυσα loose, set free • πείθω (θ + σ = σ)πείσω, ἔπεισαpersuade • πέμπω (π + σ = ψ)πέμψω, ἔπεμψα send

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 4. Word order • While often Greek follows English word order in putting the subject first, verb second, and objects following, this is a tendency and not a rule. Continuity and emphasis determine the first and last words of a sentence most often.

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 4. Word order • The most important word usually comes first, the second most important word last, and the remaining items in between. • Importance often depends on what someone has been talking about. Continuity is most important.

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 4. Word order • Consider the sentence • οἱ ποιηταὶ παρέχουσι τὴν τιμήν. • (“Poets provide honor.”) • If you have been talking about what poets do, you might keep “poets” first, to maintain continuity about them: “It’s poets who provide honor.”

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 4. Word order • Consider the sentence • τὴν τιμὴν οἱ ποιηταὶ παρέχουσιν. • (“Poets provide honor.”) • If you have been talking about what poets provide, however, you might put “honor” first, to highlight your new topic: “Honor is another thing poets provide.”

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 4. Word order • Consider the sentence • παρέχουσιν οἱ ποιηταὶτὴν τιμήν. • (“Poets provide honor.”) • If you have been talking about what poets do with honor, however, you might put “provide” first, to highlight the exact relationship and action: “What poets do is provide honor.”

Shelmerdine Chapter 5 5. The possessive genitive • A possessive or dependent genitive mustimmediately follow the article of the noun it depends upon. • ἡ τοῦ κριτοῦ οἰκία • The house of the judge = the judge’s house • or ἡοἰκία ἡ τοῦ κριτοῦ

C.W. Shelmerdine Introduction to Greek 2 nd edition (Newburyport, MA: Focus, 2008)