Present Active Participles: Athematic Verbs

37.13 For athematic (-μι) verbs, no thematic vowel is added before the ντ marker. The result is the following pattern:

• present stem + ντ + 3-1-3 adjective endings

Predictable sound changes yield the following endings for the NOMINATIVE SINGULAR of ATHEMATIC PRESENT ACTIVE participles:

• Masculine: (-ντς→-νς→) –ς
• Feminine: (-ντσα→-νσα→) –σα
• Neuter: (-ντ→) –ν

In other words, for athematic verbs, add ς, σα, ν as an ending.

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Note that while sound changes for THEMATIC participles result in the loss of the –τς in the MASCULINE NOMINATIVE SINGULAR (-οντς→-ονς→ –ων), for ATHEMATIC participles, what is lost is –ντ.

37.14

(S 308, G 360)

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Note that when υ is lengthened due to compensatory lengthening, the result is long υ.

37.15

(cf. S 307, G 372)

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Note that the stem of this participle is διδόντ. When ο is lengthened due to compensatory lengthening, the result is ου.

37.16

(cf. S 307, G 373)

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Note that the stem of this participle is τιθέντ. When ε is lengthened due to compensatory lengthening, the result is ει.

37.17

(cf. S 306, G 362)

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Note that the stem of this participle is ἱστάντ. When α is lengthened due to compensatory lengthening, the result is long α.

37.18

(cf. S 777, G 374)

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Note that the stem of this participle is ἱέντ. When ε is lengthened due to compensatory lengthening, the result is ει.