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A Compendious System of Greek Grammar: In English and Greek; An Edition ... William Powell Farrand No preview available - 2018 |
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accent according accusative active acute added adjectives adverbs Æolians aspirated Attics augment barytons becomes beginning breathing called changing circumflex composition compounded conjugation consonant contracted dative declension declined derived dialects diphthong dissyllables Dorians Dorics Dual ending excepted expressed feminine final formed frequently future gender genitive govern Greek imperative imperfect Indef indicative infinitive Ionians last syllable Latin letters manner masculine middle MOODS names nature neuter nominative nouns Optat optative oxytons participles passive penult penultimate Perf perfect Plur plural poets preceding prefixed preposition Pres present pronouns pure rarely reduplication rejecting require rest retain rule second future second indefinite short signifies simples Sing singular smite sometimes Subj subjunctive substantive tenses terminations theme thing third person plural tive usually varied verbals verbs vocative voice vowel wanting words
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Page 82 - Why reason ye these things in your hearts ? Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk ? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
Page 41 - The First Future is formed from the First Future Active, by changing a...
Page 79 - Every *ßnite verb hath a nominative case with which it agrees, either expressed or understood. 2. Every adjective has a substantive expressed or understood. 3. Every relative has, in like manner, an antecedent expressed or understood. 4.
Page 1 - ... permitting to be reproduced here several pages of matter from their copyright publication, Harkness's "First Greek Book."] GREEK ALPHABET.
Page 41 - Active, the other Tenses a Passive termination. FORMATION OF THE TENSES. The Present and Imperfect are the same as those of the Passive. The Perfect is formed from the Second Aorist Active, by prefixing the Reduplication...
Page 1 - Alpha Bêta Gamma Delta Epsilon Zêta Eta Thêta Iota Kappa Lambda Mu Nu Xi Omicron Pi Rhô Sigma Tau Upsilon Phi Chi Psi Omëga.
Page 54 - VOICE. The Moods and Tenses. The Present and Imperfect are the same as in the Passive.
Page 68 - Panitet, tadet, miseret, misrrescit, pudct, piget, govern an ACCUSATIVE of the person, and a GENITIVE of the thing ; as, eos ineptidrum peetutet, THEY repent of their absurdities.