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Exercises 5.1 Memorize and be able to write out εἰμί and φημί in the present, indicative, active, including the present active infinitive.

Exercises 5.2 The following are nouns followed by enclitics. These nouns have forms that we will learn later; do not worry about translating them. Provide the additional accent (if any!) for each noun-enclitic pair, based upon the enclitic accent rules.

  1. ἄνθρωπος ἐστιν
  2. μολπῆς φημι
  3. ὁπλίτης φησι
  4. ἡμέρα ἐστι
  5. ἀγαθοί ἐσμεν
  6. στρατιῶται εἰσιν
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    εἰμί be

    φημί say, assert

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    ἀπόλλυμι kill, destroy

    δείκνυμι show

    ζεύγνυμι yoke, join together

    μίγνυμι mix

    ὄμνυμι swear (an oath); swear to

    ῥήγνυμι break, shatter

    σκεδάννυμι scatter, disperse 

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