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Ancient Greek for Everyone

Wilfred E. Major and Michael Laughy

5. Two Common Greek Verbs: Key Terms and Concepts

  • Introduction
    • Title Page
    • Introduction
    • How the Book Works
    • Principals
    • Roadmap
    • Beyond Rote
    • Why is Greek so hard, or is it?
  • The Alphabet and Sounds
    • 1. Greek Vowels
    • 2. Greek Consonants
    • 3. Accents and Breathing Marks
  • Verbs, -μι Present Active
    • 4. Parsing a Greek Verb
    • 5. Two Common Greek Verbs: Be and Say
    • 6. To Give, to Make, to Stand, and to Throw
  • Third Declension Dentals
    • 7. Third Declension Nouns: Part I
    • 8. Greek Word Order
    • 9. Third Declension Nouns: Part II
  • Conjunctions
    • 10. Conjunctions
  • Pronouns
    • 11. Pronouns: Part 1
    • 12. Pronouns: Part II
  • Prepositions and Prefixes
    • 13. Prepositions and Prefixes
  • Verbs, -ω Primary
    • 14. Thematic Verbs
    • 15. The Future Tense: Part I
    • 16. The Future Tense: Part II
    • 17. Contract Verbs: Part I
    • 18. Contract Verbs: Part II
  • 1st and 2nd Declension Nouns
    • 19. First Declension Nouns
    • 20. Second Declension Nouns
  • Middle Voice Primary Verbs
    • 21. The Middle Voice: Part I
    • 22. The Middle Voice: Part II
  • More 3rd Declension Nouns
    • 23. Third Declension Nouns: Part III
    • 24. Third Declension Nouns: Part IV
  • The Imperfect Tense
    • 25. The Imperfect Tense
  • 3rd Declension Pronouns
    • 26. Pronouns: Part III
    • 27. Pronouns: Part IV
  • The Aorist Tense
    • 28. The Aorist Tense: Part I
    • 29. The Aorist Tense: Part II
  • Adjectives
    • 30. Adjectives: Part I
    • 31. Adjectives: Part II
  • Infinitives, Adverbs, and Numbers
    • 32. Infinitives
    • 33. Adverbs and Numbers
  • Middle Voice Secondary Verbs
    • 34. The Middle Voice: Part III
    • 35. The Middle Voice: Part IV
  • Comparison of Adjectives
    • 36. Comparison of Adjectives
  • Participles
    • 37. Participles: Part I
    • 38. Participles: Part II
    • 39. Participles: Part III
  • The Vocative Case and the Imperative Mood
    • 40. The Vocative Case
    • 41. The Imperative Mood
  • The Perfect System
    • 42. The Perfect System: Part I
    • 43. The Perfect System: Part II
    • 44. The Perfect System: Part III
  • Particles, Adverbs, and Defective Verbs
    • 45. Particles, Adverbs, and Defective Verbs
  • Subjunctive and Optative Moods
    • 46. The Subjunctive Mood
    • 47. The Optative Mood
  • Complex Syntax
    • Chapter 48: Subordinate Clauses
  • Appendix
    • Greek Index
    • English Index


Stele marking the boundary (ὅρος) of the Athenian Agora; ca. 500 B.C.

Key Terms and Concepts

  • COMPENSATORY LENGTHENING
  • ENCLITIC VERBS
  • ENCLITIC ACCENTS
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  • Key Terms and Concepts
  • εἰμί
  • Enclitic Accents
  • φημί
  • Exercises 5.1-2
  • Exercises 5.3
  • Exercises 5.4
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