LIBRARY OF CONGRESS QDDlOOSDbbE ,0o " \^ > <*U> A^ ,0 c ^ 0^ % ,-0> CP 1\ • ELEMENTS OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE, NEW RULES, MADE EASY TO THE MEMORY BY THEIR BREVITY : BEING A TRANSLATION OF DR. MOOR'S CELEBRATED GREEK GRAMMAR. WITH LARGE ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE LATEST EDITIONS, BY PROFESSORS DUNBAR AND NEILSON, AND FROM THE LATE WORKS OF MATTHLE, BUTTMAN, THIERSCH, AND OTHERS. BY THE REV. PETER BULLIONS, PROFESSOR OF LANGUAGES IN THE ALBANY ACADEMY. "WEBSTER AND SKINNER, AND LITTLE AND CUMMINC: ALBANY. W. E. DEAN, PRINTER. 1S31. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-one, by Collins & Han- nay, in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of Neto-Yor/c. / Jf 0t>V" "" ' 1^X317} . PREFACE. Among the various Compends of Greek Grammar now be- fore the public, that of Dr. Moor deservedly occupies a very high rank. The simplicity of his manner, the accuracy of his observations, and the admirable precision and system that runs through the whole, render his work far superior to most of others as a manual of Elementary instruction in the Greek language. Yet, with all its excellencies, it was, as first pub- lished, still defective in many parts. This was to be expected in a work which its Author did not live to complete. In the late editions by Professors Dunbar of Edinburgh and Neilson of Belfast many of these defects have been supplied. The late voluminous and valuable works of Matthiae, Buttman, and Thiersch, in which they have embodied " the result of philologi- cal researches up to the present time," have contributed greatly to advance the interests of Grecian literature. These, added to the valuable works of Middleton, Vigerus, Bos, Hoogeven. and others in different departments of this subject, furnish the stu- dent with all the information requisite to conduct him to a tho- rough and critical acquaintance with the Greek language. These works, however, are within the reach of comparatively few. They w r ere neither designed for, nor are they suited to, the wants of the junior student ; and will hardly ever be known or consulted except by the advanced scholar. Still, however, the benefit of labours so well directed and successful, ought not to be confined to so narrow a circle ; and to bring their results more fully than has yet been done before the student in a con- densed and systematic form, is an object which has been stea- dily kept in view in the present work. The plan and arrangement of Moor's Elements have been riiii.jr akjZ*. followed, the translation of which is, for the most part, new ; and in which the valuable additions made by Professors Dun- bar and Neilson have been incorporated. An entirely new Syntax has been prepared from the ample materials furnished by the writers already mentioned. In this, as well as in every other part, I have freely availed myself of all the sources of in- formation within my reach ; and no labour has been spared to render it as complete as possible. The Rules of Adams* Latin Grammar have been adopted so far as they are applicable to the construction of the Greek language ; when it was neces- sary to add others, brevity, accuracy, and comprehensiveness have been chiefly studied. The same thing has been aimed at in the Notes and Observations under each rule ; and the whole, it is believed, contains the substance of Matthise's volume on this subject. For many observations in different parts, and especially on the doctrine of the Tenses and of the Prepositions, I am greatly indebted to the Grammar of Professor Goodrich,, and of Valpy as edited with large additions by Professor An- thon ; both of whom have enriched their works from the same sources. The observations on the nature of the Subjunctive and Optative Moods are abridged from an ingenious essay on the subject by Professor Hunter of St. Andrew's College, un- questionably one of the first classical scholars of the present day. In Prosody, the rules for Quantity have been translat- ed from Neilson's edition of Moor ; and those for the different Metres have been taken from Scale's Analysis of the Greek Metres. The tables of the different kinds of Metre, in which each species with its varieties is made visible to the eye } have been constructed with great care from the Rules laid down in Maltby's edition of Morell's Thesaurus ; and they have been placed together to afford the student, who wishes to scan the Lyric Poets or the choruses of the Dramatic writers, an op- portunity of applying the scale more conveniently to the sub- ject of his investigation. Besides these, the Greek Exercises of Prof. Dunbar, and Jamie'son's Hermes Scythicus, have been con- sulted on the subject of the Prepositions. The Greek Gram- mars of Verwey, Bournouf, Jones, and others, have also been* PREFACE* consulted, as well as Crornbie's Gymnasium and English Gram- mar, and Zumpt's Latin Grammar ; and from all of them I have endeavoured to collect and condense whatever was suited to my purpose. This general statement of the sources from which the materials for the present work have been drawn, is here made to supersede the necessity of quotation or particular reference, which could not well be made in the body of the work itself. The Analysis of the Verb, from § 85 to § 103, is a modifica- tion of Thiersch's doctrine of the Verb, in which the whole subject is rendered definite and satisfactory by the application of Moor's Rules for the penult of the Second Future and Per- fect Middle to the change of the Roots ; a part of the system which, in Thiersch's work, is left so loose and indefinite as to render the whole nearly useless to the beginner. The view of the Verb given in this- analysis, as it respects the formation of the Tenses, is different from that given by Moor or any other Grammarian; and for brevity, simplicity, and philosophical accuracy, certainly has not hitherto been equalled. A more minute and accurate knowledge of the Greek Verb, it is believ- ed, may be obtained in a much shorter time by studying it in this way than in any othei\ It has, at least, this advantage, that it enables the student to form or to resolve every tense di- rectly, and at once, without the tedious process of forming one tense from another : and without burdening the memory, and perplexing the judgment, with a multiplicity of Rules. The simple process is to ascertain the different forms of the Root, and from these to form each Tense by adding its appropriate termination ; and the whole inflexion of the Verb is completed, without the aid of a paradigm, by varying the termination through the different Moods as in the Table of Terminations. Should any, however, prefer the system of Dr, Moor, among ail others incomparably the best, this analysis may be entirely passed over, as the other is complete without it. But if the analysis is studied, all that follows respecting the formation of the Tenses, and even the committing of the Paradigm, is supers seded, PREFACE. The plan proposed in the whole undertaking was to furnish, on the foundation of Moor's Grammar, a system of elementary principles suited to the use of the junior student, and to arrange under these principles, as distinct heads and with a smaller type, all the illustration and detail necessary to enable the ad- vanced student, without farther assistance, to prosecute the study of the language with success. How far I have succeed- ed in accomplishing my object must be left to others to deter- mine. The chief difficulty lay in compressing the great mass of materials within proper limits ; and, notwithstanding my efforts to accomplish this, the work has swelled much beyond the dimensions to which I wished to limit it. Any suggestions from the friends of Grecian literature, for the correction and improvement of the work, should another edition ever be called for, will be thankfully received. 4t remains only to state here, that in using this Grammar the beginner should first make himself master of the general outline or Elements (distinguished, for the most part, by a larger type), committing the Rules and Inflections accurately to me- mory, which may generally be accomplished in a few weeks ; and when this has been rendered familiar by exercises in read- ing and parsing, the whole should be studied in course in fre- quent revisals. No recitation in Greek is thoroughly prepared till the student can not only render the passage into good English, but until he knows every thing belonging to the inflexion and forms of all the words, it contains, and understands the construction of every part. With less than this, the student who wishes to profit will not be satisfied. That the Grammar may be pro- fitable to such in their preparations as a book of reference, the whole has been divided into Sections, and a copious Index has been prepared, by which any subject treated of in the work may be readily found. Albany Academy, November 18th, 183L INDEX. Page. Accents ..... 7 and 397 Accusative of 3d dec!. . . 28 construction of . 322 governed by a neuter verb . 324 Adjectives, of 51 of the 1st and 2d decl 52 of the 1st and 3d decl. .... 53 of two termina- tions .... 56 irregular ... 57 different significa- tions of. . . 58 comparison of . 59 comparison of ir- regular ... 62 concord of with a substantive . 261 other words used as 261 used adverbially . 261 obs. on the con- cord of . . . 267 pronouns, con- struction and use of . . . 269 words, related construction of 276 Adverbs, of, 217 signification of . . 217 formation and deri- vation of . . . 218 comparison of . . 220 construction of . . 338 Adverbial particles (insepa- rable) ....... 221 Analysis of the Greek verb . 97 Page. Anomalous and defective verbs ....... 200 alphabetical list of 203 Apostrophe 9 Apposition . . . . . . 260 Article ........ 49 dialects of .... . . 50 construction and use of .... \ . 278 as a demonstrative pronoun .... 284 as a relative and per- sonal pronoun . . 280 position of ... . 286 omissions of . . . 287 Augment, of . . . 102 and 171 place of, in com- pound words . 174 observations on . 175 Auxiliary verbs ..... 94 Case, of 18 C haracteristic of the verb, of 98 and 170 Circumstances, construction of. ........ 330 of cause or origin . 331 of limitation . . . 332 of cause, manner, and instrument . 334 of time .... 336 of measure . . . 336 of price .... 337 Comparison of adjectives . 59 general rule for 60 in toiv and io-tos 61 irregular . . 62 defective . , 63 dialects of . . 64 Vlll INDEX. Page. Comparative deg. construc- tion and use of ... . 226 Concord, of 259 Conjunctions, of ... . 256 construction of 365 signification & use of . . . 368 Contractions, of ... . 37 of the 1st decl. 38 of the 2d decl. 39 of the 3d decl. 40 general rules for. . . . 40 do. with ex- amples . . 42 special rules for 45 Dative plural 3d decl. of . . 30 construction of . . 313 after substantives . 314 governed by adjec- tives 314 by verbals in t6$ and riog ..... 316 by verbs .... 316 by impersonal verbs 321 Declension, general rules for 18 first. 19 second 22 do. Attic form of 23 third ..... 24 gen. of . . . 25 do. of adjec- tives . 27 accusative of . 28 vocative of . . 29 dative plural of 30 dialects of . . 32 genders of . . 32 Dialects 405 JEoWc 406 Doric 407 Ionic 407 Attic 408 of the 1st declen. . 21 of the 2d .... 23 of the 3d .... 30 of the article . . 50 of comparison . . 64 of the pronoun . . 78 of the verb . . . 145 of'Ec/il .... 161 Diaeresis 9 Diastole ....... 9 Page. 8 2 Digamma . Diphthongs Etymology 15 Euphony, rules of ... . 10 Exclamation 337 Figures affecting syllables . 9 Final letters of the active voice .... 103 mid. and pass. 104 of verbs in jui . 151 Future 1st active, formation 176 of special rules for 177 of pure verbs . . 178 passive, rules for . 182 special do. for . 183 Future 2d, rules for the pe- nult of 188 special do 189 verbs which want the 190 Gender, of 17 Genders of the 3d decl. . . 32 Genitive of do 25 of adjectives of do. 27 Obs. on construc- tion of .... 298 governed by sub- stantives . . . 301 by adj. in the neut. gender . 303 by adjectives . 304 by thecomp. de- gree ... 307 by verbs ... 308 Government of 297 Imperative mood, Syntax of 345 Impersonal verbs .... 166 construction of 321 Indicative mood, construc- tion of 344 Infinitive mood, construc- tion of 349 a&a verbal noun . 349 without a subject 351 with a subject . 353 used absolutely . 355 Metre, of . . . Iambic . Trochaic Anapaestic Dactylic , 383 385 386 386 387 INDEX. IX Page. Metre, Choriambic » . . 38S Antispastic . . . 388 Ionic a majore . . . 389 Ionic a nainore . . 390 Phonic 390 Metres compound, of . . . 391 tables of .... 392 Mood vowels, of . . . . 103 Moods, subjunctive and op- tative, construction of . 345 Mutes 6 New present, formation of . 261 Negatives, of 340 double . . , . 341 Nom. ca3e, construction of . 293 concord of, with the verb in number . 294 in person . 296 Noun, of . 16 properties of . . . 17 Nouns irregular, of . . . 35 defective, of ... . 36 of peculiar signification 37 Number, of 17 Numbers, cardinal .... 65 ordinal . . * . 66 " notation of . . .67 table of .... 67 Numerals. ....... 64 classes of . . . 69 Orthography .... 1 Paradigm of the active voice 120 of the middle . . 124 of the passive . . 130 of contract verbs . 135 of verbs in pi . . 155 Participles, of 96 Obs, on the con- struction of . . 357 for the infinitive . 359 with Xavddvu), &e. . 361 with eljxl. yivofxai, &LC. 361 used adverbially . 362 in the case absolute 364 Particles, conjunctive and adverbial ...... 368 siguiiication of . . 368 Parts of speech 16 indeclinable, of the 216 Passive voice, construction of cases with .... 328 Page. Perfect active, formation of 180 active, special rules for penult of . . 181 passive, formation of 186 specialrulesfor 187 middle, rules for . . 191 specialrulesfor 191 Prepositions, of .... 221 Greek, of. . . 223 alphabetical list of 224 construction of . ." 342 in compo- sition . 343 Pronouns, personal ... 69 possessive ... 70 construction of 275 in apposition . 260 definite .... 71 reflexive . . . . 71 reciprocal ... 72 demonstrative . . 73 construction of 270 relative . . . ,73 concord of . . 287 other words used as :, . 291 in the sense of other words . 291 interrogative . . 74 construction of 274 indefinite ... 75 construction of 273 declension of . • 75 correlative ... 77 dialects of . . . 78 Prosody. ...... 373 Punctuation 15 Root of the verb, of ... 98 of finding and changing 99 of the first .... 99 second ... 99 third .... 100 verbs wanting the 2d and 3d .... . 101 of the tenses . . . , 101 Sentences, simple . . . . 257 complex ... 258 Spiritus, of the 8 Substantives in apposition . 259 Superlative degree, construc- tion and use of ... . 268 Syllables 7 INDEX. Page. Syntax 257 parts of .... 258 general principles of 259 2d part of ... 297 of the verb ... 344 Table of vowel sounds . . 5 Tenses, of 89 obs. on the use of . 92 of mute and pure verbs, formation of 110 of liquid verbs, forma- tion of .... 112 secondary rules for . 193 tabular view of . • 195 of verbs in j«, of . • 195 formation of . 196 formed from the primitive . . 197 terminations of 103 & 169 table of # . . 107 of verbs in /u 151 Verbs, of ..... 79 U 169 division and significa- tion of 79 different kinds of . . 80 conjugation and inflec- tion of 81 auxiliary . . . . . 94 analysis of ... . 97 characteristic of 98 & 170 root of (see root.) mutable parts of . . 102 augment of (see aug- ment.) termination of (see termination.) Page. Verbs, synopsis of . . . . Ill dialects of .... 145 of the 2d conjugation 149 in /a, tenses of . . . 150 analysis of ... . 150 root and final letters, combination of . . 152 paradigm of . . . . 155 obs. on ...... 159 irregular and defective, inflection of . . . 160 impersonal .... 166 of peculiar signification 168 conjugation of, through the primary tenses . 192 anomalous & defective 200 concord of ... . 293 rules and obs. concerning 294 governing the genitive 308 dative . 316 accus. . 322 ace. & gen. 325 ace. & dat. 326 two accus. 327 syntax of ..... 344 Voice, of 82 active, inflection of . 104 table of. . . 114 obs. on . . . 141 middle, of ... . 82 tenses of . . 84 table of . . 116 inflection of . 106 passive, inflection of . 106 table of . . 118 middle and passive, obs. on .... 142 ERRATA. The following are the principal Errata that have been observed. Page 9 line 11, for apostrope read apostrophe. 50 22, for re read <5e. 53 14, for rbv read rffv, 73 18, for 6 read $. 77 5, for bTiva read Hvnva. 81 8, for anomolous read anomalous. 104 16, dele "1. aor." 107 last line but two, for aor. read fut. 118 line 13, for fy^v read ty/^v. 120 1, before paradigm insert § 105. 193 last line but three, for iTpax6pev read bpa*6nr}v. ORTHOGRAPHY. § I. The number of Letters in the Greek Alphabet is twenty-four, as follows : A, a. al(pa. alpha* a, in father. B, (i, §. (iijva. beta. b. r, y, r. yaufia. gamma. g, hard as in got j, d. dtlra. delta. d. E, e. ixiulov. epsilon. e, in met. Z, *. Zftta. zeta. z. H, t], r\%a. eta. e, in there. 0, &,6. &r\xa. theta. th. I, i. ifora. iota. i, in tin. K, x. KCtTZJia. kappa. k, or c hard. A, JL Xau§da. lambda. 1. M, ju. [IV. mu. m. N, v. vv. nu. n. S, I- ¥- i xi. X. 0, o. OUMQOV. omikron. o, in not IT, 7T, VS. nl. pi. P- P, q. ()(b. rho. r. Z, o, g. olfya. sigma. s. T, T, 1. %av. tau. t. Y, v. v\\itkbv. upsilon. ue, in vue, French. *,9- (pi. phi. ph. x,x. X^ chi. ch, aspirated. % w- \$L psi. ps. I2 5 a). . Three doubtful, a, i $ t/. a, i, u, are called doubtful vowels, not because there is any uncertainty about their quantity, but because they are short in some syllables and long in others ; and sometimes in the same syllable they are short or long, according to the pleasure of the writer. Thus, a in «7rar^, is always short. a in Xi\ia ; oj is pure in ttoXcos, patios, &c. § 3. OF THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS. 1. It is now, perhaps, impossible to ascertain with precision what was the mode of pronouncing the vowel sounds among the ancient Greeks. Among the moderns, very considerable variety has prevailed, almost every nation being inclined to give to the Greek rowels and diphthongs the same power they have been accustomed to give to the corresponding vowels and diphthongs in their own language. Besides the great incon- venience arising from the diversity of pronunciation to which this method unavoidably leads, the pronunciation itself is found in many instances to differ widely from the known power of some of the Greek vowels, and to be incapable of distinguish- ing, in a definite manner to the ear, between several of the vowel and diphthongal sounds. 2. Of the different methods of pronouncing the vowel sounds, the two most prevalent at the present day are the Jleuchlinian and Erasmian. The former, introduced by Reuchlin, coin- cides with the pronunciation of the modern Greeks, according to which a» is pronounced like the English a in ale ; $u and au receive the sound of ef and of; and r t) si, oi, u and ui, the sound of the English e in mete. This system, by confounding the most dissimilar letters and syllables under one sound, renders elementary instruction much more difficult, and at the same time militates against the directions of the ancients, and the plainest principles of Orthography, without proposing any other advantage than that of agreeing with the modern Greeks, who have departed, at least as widely as any other nation, from the pronunciation of the ancients. 3. In consequence pf these difficulties, at the instigation of 4 OF THE VOWEL SOUNDS. § 3, Erasmus, a return was made to the more ancient method of pronouncing, which now bears his name. This, besides being more simple and philosophical, and free from most of the objec- tions to which the other is liable, evidently, according to the best authorities, approaches nearer to the ancient pronunciation than any other. According to this method, the r\ has the sound of the English e in there ; the u is pronounced like the French u in tu; while the proper diphthongs a», au, si, su, 01 and on, are spoken so as to make the sound of both the vowels distinctly heard. 4. The ancient pronunciation of the Greek tongue, as far as it is now possible to ascertain it, may be learned partly from the comparison of words which languages yet living have in common with the Greek— partly through Greek words which appear in Latin, and Latin words which appear in Greek — partly from imitations of natural sounds, as well as from plays upon words and other hints of a similar nature. 5. By means of these aids, the sound of 77, according to the Erasmian scheme, is pretty satisfactorily ascertained to be sim- ply a prolongation or doubling of the sound of s, (which is equivalent to the short e in met } ) in the same manner as w is a prolongation of the sound of 0. Thus c/ H^ was written in La- tin Hebe. Plutarch expresses the long e of Latin by q, e. g. in the life of Cicero, Rex is written Tvjg ; in that of Numa, potens is written ^or^c, and sapiens j, %y). 6. The sound of the 1 is ascertained by its being uniformly written in Latin by i ; as, KfitfTivos viyf ou<:, Crispinus nigros 6 (pronounced according to the Latin sound of i, Crispeenus nee- gros). 7. The diphthong cci was originally pronounced like the English i in fire, or the monosyllable aye. Thus, MaTct is writ- ten in Latin J\taia. "Virgil writes aulai pictai for aulce pictce f clearly distinguishing the sound of the vowels by the dicer esis^ in imitation of the Greek sound in the termination of avXai. 8. The sound of si is preserved in the Latin eia ) similar to the sound of the English i in jine ) or ei in height, sleight. The sound of the diphthong, however, appears to have been some- what variable ; sometimes the sound of the s, and sometimes that of the 1, being predominant. § 3. OF THE VOWEL SOUNDS. 5 9. oi was originally pronounced like oi in oil 10. The Greek au was written in Latin by the corresponding au. Thus, Augustus, Claudius, Paulus, were written Auyourf- eu feud, as eu|g. 01 oi soil, as o)« ou ou tour, as o$Vo£, VI ui quick 3 as iw£. 1* 6 DIVISION OF CONSONANTS. § 4„ § 4. OF CONSONANTS. I. The simple consonants are either mutes or semi-vowels. 1 . The mutes are nine, ancf are divided into three classes; viz. Smooth, n, x, r. Middle, §, y, (J, Aspirate, 9, #, 6. 0^5. 1. Each smooth mute has its own middle and aspirate^ which three are said to be of the same order, or of the same sound, as being pronounced by the same organ ; but of different strength, as greater force of voice, or of breathing, is required in the middle than in the smooth mutes, and in the aspirate than in the middle. Obs. 2. All mutes of the same order may be distinguished by the name of their smooth mute, or from the organ by which they are pronounced ; thus, *, §, equivalent to 7 x, § 5. OF SYLLABLES. 7 Obs. 1. In the declension of nouns and verbs, when a *- sound, or a x-sound, would be followed by £, the double conso- nant -X or | is substituted ; thus, instead of Agaftfi or tfXsxtfw, must be written "Afa^i, ou-rog. 2.) u, or £, beginning a word, has always the spiritus asper. 3.) f in the middle of a word, if single, has no spiritus, bat if doubled, the first has the spiritus lenis, and the second the spiritus asper ; as, *ro£|w, porrho. Note. The iEollc dialect, the most ancient form of the Greek lan- guage, had no spirit l us asper, and it is seldom used in the Ionic. The want of it, in the former, whs compensated, in all words beginning with a vowel, by a species of aspirale, now called THE iEOLIC DIGAMMA. This was originally a full and strong consonant, represented by f, F, in the form of a double T. • Thus, while the single r denoted a soft guttural aspiration, the double, or F, represented the roughest breathing, approaching nearer to the sound of the modern/ or v. Originally, this letter seems also to have been universal between two vowels, and remained in many words of the Attic and common dialects as u, especially where fol- lowed by a consonant ; thus, ^s'fw changed into x £uw ; anc * l ast " ly into x^ ] so v &Ftfi, vautfi. The original use of the diga'ra- ma between two vowels, is manifest from the Latin words de- rived from the Greek, in which it still holds its place, in the form of v, though it has disappeared from the original word, Tb is, from a/wv comes ovum ; from pots, boves ; % E*jf, A^cufos, Forxos, wf&v. III. THE APOSTROPHE, The Apostrophe (') is written over the place of a short vow= el which has been cut off from the end of a word ; as, aXX' iyd for dXXa syu. Sometimes the diphthongs are elided by the poets ; as, GovXoi*? syu for €oi5Xo,uai syu ; and sometimes after a long syllable the initial vowel is cut off from the following word ; . as, d 'ya&s for gj dyaBs. Exc. Instead of the apostrope, or cutting off the final vow- el, the concurring vowels are sometimes contracted ; as, a^oUj- yov for flrj o tgyov ; xdx for x.od h. Note. The union, or contraction of such words, is indicated by the spiritus being placed 'over the vowel, at the place of junction, as in the preceding examples. IV. DIASTOLE. The Diastole is a comma, inserted between the parts of a compound word, to distinguish it from another word consisting of the same letters ; as, r6,«rg, and this, to distinguish it from rirs, then ; o,ti, what, to distinguish it from en, because. Some- times they are written apart, without the comma ; thus, tots, Tl. V. DUERESIS. The Diceresis (") is placed over a vowel, to shew that it does not form a diphthong with the vowel which precedes it ; as, 01V, a sheep, flrjoifc, mild, pronounced cms, pra-us. VI. FIGURES AFFECTING SYLLABLES. 1. Prosthesis is the adding of one or more letters to the be- ginning of a word ; as, tfjmixfo.c for ixwjo'c:, ssixotfi for slxMfi* 2. Paragoge is the adding of one or more letters to the end of a word ; as, rjaQa for %s ; roTtfi for to7$. 3. Epenthesis is the insertion of one or more letters in the body of a word ; as, e'XXaSs for s'Xa£s ; oWoVs^os for birorsgog. 4. Syncope is the taking away of one or more letters from :he body of a word ; as, ^Xdov for >jXu0ov ; suja^v for eugr^a^v, 10 COMBINATION OF LETEERS. § 6. 5. Aphaeresis is the cutting off of one or more letters from the beginning of a word ; as, (frsgoirri for aoVsjoog ; of not ^f £ 'X w 5 rgefyw, not dfgqjw. In these last verbs, as soon as the second aspirate is lost, by inflection or otherwise, the first is re- sumed ; as in the future djs'gw and dgs'-^w, and in the deriva- tives d££XfflXO$, dfStfrOf, &C. 05s. 1. To this rule there are jive exceptions : 1. In com- pound words generally ; as, ofviflo^ja?, av0o, but txtfto. II. THE MUTES BEFORE M. (d.) A 7r-mute before fi, is changed into ju ; thus, for c&Vutf/xcci, rir^tSaai, yiygaQpflai, write TtVufJLjxai, £, not irodpog. III. CHANGES OF THE LETTER N. (g.) JV, before a jr-mute, and also before t||*, Is changed into /x ; thus, for Xivtfavw, XavSavw, £V(pu^, Iv-^u^o^, write Xif/iTravw, Xa/j.§avw, spcpvg, s/x^u^os. (h.) JV, before a x-mute, and also before |, is changed into y ; thus, for svxsijxai, (puvyavw, Tuvp^avw, crXavgw, write syxsipai, (puyyavw, ruypcavw, TrXaygw. (i.) iV, before a sr-mute, remains unaltered ; as, ivrig, tfvvSsa. (k.) i\ r ? before another liquid, is changed into the same ; thus, for svf/ivw, tfuvXaju^avw, tfuvjarfrw, write §pi*ivu, tfuXXafju§avw, tfu££dwrT«. (1.) iV, before a or t, is usually rejected ; thus, not daifjLovtfi, tfuv^uyia ; but 5a(fAotfi, remain unchanged; thus, Qsvr(fi becomes rvtpQsttfi ; tftfsv^w, (firsltfo) ; Xsovrtfi, Xs'outfi ; ru^avrtfi becomes r^atfi ; foixvuvrtfi, (Jsixvutfi 5 TU«7rT6JVT(Tl, fMTTWfl'l. Ofe. In some instances, and perhaps always in the nomina- tive, this alteration takes place when v only has been ejected ; thus, from £vf, TcuXdvg, fAsXctvs, come slg } TaXdi£, ^s\ag. 7. When two consonants meet, which are not easily pronounced together, and which do not come tinder any of the preceding rules, the pro- nunciation is sometimes relieved by inserting a third consonant between them : thus, ctvfoir, by syncope for Avigog, is relieved by inserting S ; as,, av6jo£. Sometimes by a metathesis, or transposition of let- ters ; as, £Vf adov for l^raf 0ov, ! § 7, 8. ETYMOLOGY. 15 § 7. OF PUNCTUATION. The marks of punctuation in Greek are, the comma (,); the colon and semi-colon (•) ; the period (.) ; and mark of interrogation (;). § 8. ETYMOLOGY. Etymology is that part of Grammar which treats of the different sorts of words, their various modifications, and their derivations. All words are either simple or compound ; primi- tive or derivative ; declinable or indeclinable* 1. A simple word is that which is not made up of more than one ; as, £6tXXw. 2. A compound word, is one that is made up of two or more words ; as, sx&xXXw, from sx and € u, w, v, g, f , s, 4^, Gen. a£, ijs, ou, ou, OU, °fc Dat. a, ij, a, 17, V> ', Ace. av, ijv, av, ijv, ov, «, V, Voc. a, i], a, ij. s, neut. ov. like the nom. Dual. N. A. V. a, w , g ? G. D. aiv. OJV. 01V, 1 ■ ( Plural. ! Nom. ai, oi, neut. a, s£, neut, a, Gen. wv, wv, wv, Dat. ai£, oV, *H Ace. cc v c, ou?, neut. a, as, neut. a, Voc, ai. oi, a. S£, neut, a. § 14. FIRST DECLENSION. The First Declension has four terminations : two feminine, 17, a ; and two masculine, ?jc, aq ; which are formed from the feminine by adding q. Of these the primary termination is rj, and is thus declined. 20 MASCULINE NOUNS. § 15, 16. Paradigm of Nouns in ij ; xifir\^ honour. N, Sing. G. •au-rjg, D. tip-fi) A. rifjL-r]v. Dual. N. A. V. r^-a, G. D. %i\\,-alv. N, Plural. G. tl[l-5)Vy D. riu-atq, A. Ttjte-dg. § 15. SPECIAL RULES FOR FEMININE NOUNS. 1 . In the singular, a has always av in the ac- cusative. 2. a pure, (i. e. after a vowel,) and qa, have also aq and « in the genitive and dative. Obs. To these may be added a few words ending in &x, Qa r and a circumflex ; and a very few in Xa and f/.a, in which cases a is always long ; as, iXofj^X oia, a parricide. Some have a only; as, ©wiwaV, gen. 0w/xa, Thomas. Excep. 2. -]£ ; derivatives from /ulst^, ttoXw, and )£, have the vo- cative in a. §17. OF THE FIRST DECLENSION. 21 In the other cases, masculine nouns are declin- ed as the feminine from which their termination is formed. N. Xgitt-w, G. Xfjtf-ou, D. Xju^ft A. Xfi>]£, from vix?) ; afxs5«»i£» from Six*]. § 17. DIALECTS OF THE FIRST DECLENSION. Besides the regular terminations exhibited in the paradigms, many words are found in different cases inflected according to some of the peculiar dialects. In the tables of terminations f A. denotes Attic, I. Ionic, D. Doric, JE. JEolic. But the dis- tinctions are not strictly observed in every instance : the same peculiarities sometimes occurring in two, and sometimes in three dialects. The following words are exhibited as exam- ples, but it is not to be inferred that each part of them will be actually found in the Greek authors. Singular. Nom. ri/i-^, D. a, aovc-j. } T Hv9ay6p-i Nom. fi/x-ai -ns, Gen. D. as. Dat. ■vs, D. as. •%, D- «• •as, h vs. • !• v- -a, I. J}- -QV, ?D. a. ( JEt. ao. -V, D- * Ace. rjv, D. dv. -aVj I. VV. ■av, I. ^ { D. yv. av. Voc. •*, D. d, I. n. A, af, 17- A. m it Plural. Dat, -afc, I. Jfe, & fife Ace, , CI. sV -a£. Voc. -ai. 22 SECOND DECLENSION. §18. Thus, fjwiTifnjs, JE. fju)ri£ra, a wise person ; TIiqXsi5ou, I. IT>j- Xsi<5su, of P elides ; AiViou, iE. AiWac, 0/* JEneas ; G^a7g i I. ®v)£fi$j or ©tj^Ci, m Thebes ; oXoa, I. 0X019, pernicious ; X£ u0 ^ a > !• X? u(rsr J) golden. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. (fsX^vr), ^ W00W. Co^iCt'^ a sophist. 4rg'Xfcio(, a <?, counsel. jtxa^aifa, # svjord. (pgovri^oLT lag, high" minded. (potfsVja, a quiver. atria, Me cause. ev5ia 7 serenity. Note. The learner should decline some of the words in this table ac- cording to the different dialecis. In like manner in the second and third declensions, according to their dialects. § 18. SECOND DECLENSION, The second declension has two terminations, 05 and 01/; ov is always neuter, og never. I. Paradigm of the Masculine and Feminine Nouns in oq j 6 Aoyog, //&e speech. Sing. Dual. Plural. N. A6y-oc, N. X6y-ot, G. Xoy-ov, N. A. V. taJy-w, G. Xoy-cov, D. A6y-f;», D. X6y-o*g, A, loy-ov, G. D. A,6y-on/. A. X6y-oi;g, V. X6y-g. V. Xoy-o** In the same manner also are Reclined nouns in ov, observing the third general rule ; thus, 2. Paradigm of Neuter Nouns in ov ; [istqov, a measure. Sing. Dual. Plural. N.A.V. asVf.ov, (§ 12. 3.) G. jXSuye(jj f A. Xa^w, or wv. vsw, or vswv, dvuyswv, V. Xayws, or 6$. vbw?, or vao£ Dual. dvwyecjv. N. A. V. Xa 7 w, vSw, dvuyew, G. D. "kayyv. vscjv. Plural. dvuysajv. N. V. Xayw, us% avwyfw, G. Xa^wv, vswv, uvcj^sgjv, D. Xaywg, vstig, dvwysws, A. "kayug. V8W£. dvwysw. Obs. The Attics did not decline all nouns in os in this man- ner, but only a very few. The same forms occur also in the 24 THIRD DECLENSION. §20 Ionic and Doric writers. The Attics often declined after this form, nouns which otherwise belong to the third declension ; as, Mivw, Ace. for Mivwoc, from Mivws, G. Mivwos ; ysXwv, Ace. for yiXw£ o£, silver. af/ufiov, silver. Ifyov, work. |jl^Xov, an apple. WORDS FOR PRACTICE. votoc:, the south wind* oixos, a house. tfai&ov, a child. ^o5ov, a rose. tficSqgog, iron. in which case o$ only is add- ed ; as, SvvoLp/ig, <5uva/xs-o^, power. r IVote. This change takes place, though the t or v be previously short; as, 7z6\i$ t 7r6\e-o$ r a city. , a*™, aare-os ? a city. Obs. 2. All Greek words ending in g, which take v in the genitive, appear to have originally, ended in vg } and the v at length was dropped for the sake of euphony; § 6. 6. (1.) But to maintain the former quantity of the nominative, the doubtful vowel was made long, and the short vowels were changed into their own diphthongs ; Thus, the original terminations avg, ivg, wg, svg, wg, were changed into g, form the genitive from the nominative neuter ; as, Masc. Neut. Gen. of both. cifyiv, rggsv, Tsgsv-og, tender. dXridrig, dX^sg, dX^s-og, true. piXag, /As'Xav, fjisXav-os, black. X&gfas, X a t iSv i X a ?' sv ' T0 ^ graceful. Obs. 1. This rule applies universally to participles of the third declension, and these have their genitive always in -tgs ; Masc, Neut. Gen. of both. OVo:^ GVav, instead of g in the vocative ; thus, ^4lag, Gen. Aiav-ro^ Yoc. Alav, Jljax. JSYpWg, ^/ioev-TTog, JSfyiiev, Simois. Note. In proper names, however, the poets often reject v ; as, Afo for hXav. Obs. yvvri has yvvou in the vocative ; and avccg, in address- ing the deity, has ccva ; otherwise avag. II. IN ADJECTIVES. Rule. The vocative masculine is like the no- minative neuter ; as, N. Masc. N. Neut. V. Masc." dta^g, alrj&tq, akr}6tg. £Xm]U(ov, ilerjiioVj iXir^fiov. dinovq, dinovv, dinovv. fjitlaq, fitlaVj fielav. %aqiuq, %aqUv, xa^uv^ also %aqiuq. Note. This rule does not apply to participles. These follow the general rule ; as, N. & V. tvktojv, rv^Tovca, tvvtov. § 26. OF THE DATIVE PLURAL. GENERAL RULE. The dative plural is formed from the dative singular, by inserting a before i ; thus, D. Sing. D. Plur. QrftWQi qfyoQ-i, QifVOQ-o-i, an orator. *Aqa\\), *Aqa%-i) "Aq&S-o-i, "Aqccfti an Arab* SPECIAL RULES. 1. Before -crt, the rejected vowel of the nomi- native (§ 22. Obs. 1. (1.)) is resumed ; as, fiaciktvc,) fiaoiki-i, paoilzvai, a king. (?oi/g, P° m h ftovoi) an ox* § 26. OF THE DATIVE PLURAL. 31 Exc. no vg , xrei.g, ovdeig, and (irjdeig, are except- ed ; which do not resume the rejected vowel ; thus, jiovg, nod-i, no-oi, afoot. xrag, xrtv-i, xre-ol, a comb. ovdelc. ovdtv-i. ovdt-oi* ) (MjOEig, [irjdtv-i, firfit'Oij ) Note. The three last can scarcely be called exceptions ; els being put for hs. (} 22. Obs. 2.) . 2. The assumed consonant (t, d f £,) of the ge- nitive is rejected ; v also is rejected ; (§ 6. 6, c. & 1.) as, ItSrjg, . )J§r}-Ti, ta'§ij-0£, a caldron. lajJLTcdg^ XauTCa-di, Xa/juza-ci, a torch. oQvtg, 8qvi-Gi, 6qvl-(Hj a bird. %oi\JLvp, noi\iiv-i, noi^e-oi, a shepherd. dai[Mov, dal{iov-i, daifio-oi, the Divinity. 3. -m]Q -T^og, after a syncope has aot ; as, TxaTr.Q, Tiaxiqi, naxql^ natqaoi, a father. likewise .avi]Q, aviqi^ avdqi, avdqaoi, a man. Exc. yaOTJjQ, yaotzqi) yaotr^oi, is excepted. 4. -zvxi and -ov%i in the singular are changed into uol and ovoi ; (§ 6. 6. o.) thus, Xaqiag^ %aqwv-%i, %aqiuoi, graceful. tvTtxwv, xirnxov-xii rvjiTovoi, striking. \mv, Mov-ti, Xtovoi, a lion. Note. Different theories of the formation of the dative plural have been adopted by philologists. A very common one is that which forms it from the nominative plural, by adding s.) > -io S} { D. & >A. iug. > ( M. ev S . ) ) ■log, ads, A. iiag. I. vtg* JE., <3j. Dat. ■i'L, I. 5?i'. u. ■aXf I. rfi. ■61, Acc. la. ) iiv or ia. } iv. avv, I. rjvv Or rja ( I. ovv. ° a > \ JE. ft* Voc. ev, A. evg. U; A. VS. i, A. ig. -av f A. avg* -oXj A. W£. Plural. Voc. Nom. vaiS) I- *}£$• C A. rjs. ■\~iss, < or i)s. ( I. ffo. Gen. -lav, I. J7«v. •awv, I. rjZv. "£V(Tt f -eat, Dat. f I. T/fft, ■(.P. i'jecrai. I. 77UO-/. £ I. ?7tJ { P. J7£. . -fitaai. cacti. P. ££CGi. Acc. -iag i I. ffaf* -auj, I. rjag. -ea. Thus, Gen. xsi'Xsos, of a lip, D. x^ s u£ ; Voc. Masc. 6VaV>J~ 2£S£, A. Sv(f Except 1 ; viz. to o5V- -4v as, 5 9d^, Except 5 ; viz. XaiXa-^, (pXs^, xH vl ^' °4^j anc ^ xaXau^o^, all feminine. II. FEMININE. -iv, as, ^ dxTiv, Except 2 ; viz. 6, % d/v, and 5 dsXcpiv. ^g. as, i? xXsfc, Except 1 ; viz. 6 xtsjV. 34 GENDERS OF THE THIRD DECLENSION. §30. Terminations. -u£, as, r\ ■xofbgj Except 7 ; viz. fiorgvg, ^voc:, ix^S, fAu^vixuc (frayvg, ^x u ^j masculine ; and % and Cfc, maisc. ox fern. III. NEUTER. -a j, as, to ?jxcef, Except 2 ; viz. 5a^&£ and oa^ feminine. Obs. 1. Nouns of other terminations are so varied in gen- der, that no general rule can be given respecting them. Obs. 2. Dialect frequently varies the gender in all the de- clensions. Thus, /3aro£ is mas'c. in Attic, otherwise feminine ; and so of others. § 30. In all the declensions, many substantives which have a masculine and feminine signification, distinguish the gender by a difference of termination ; thus, TABLE OF EXAMPLES. Terminations. Masc. Fern. -w, has|- T <" a > "•""?** | -rpts, as, dXirrjg, Masculine, as, SecrxdTrjs, a master^ hatdng, a poet, noir/Tpia, a miller^ akttpig, Feminine. 'OS, -£UJ, -vp, -vg, -up, -wv, as, £Kvp6s t a father-in-law, hvpd, as, 8ov\os, a male slave, 8ov\v, -ig, as, cTparrjyds, a general , crparrjyU, {^-aiva, as, Bz6$ t a god, Biaiva, has -aeca, as ,5 * va ?> ^ prince, livacca, ' $6$, a wild pigeon, fdcaa, C -eia, as, Upevg, a priest, lipeia, ) > as, fiaaiXeus, a king, I v, ,* ' has -apa, as, cwn/p, a preserver, c&Ttipa, has -£c«ra, as, flofoif, a Phoenician, Qoiviuoa, has -yccra, as, Ai6vs, has has has^ a Lybian, •eipa, as, Trav^a^arwp, a conqueror, -aiva, as, >fw»/ ; fl Zio?«, -wt'ff, a3 ? ^pwy, a Aera, -as, as, Tpwj, a Trojan, AWvcraa, andreipa, a mistress, a poetess, a female * miller, amotlier-in- law. afemale slave. < afemale I leader, a goddess. a princess. C afemale pi- l geon. a priestess. > a queen. afemale preserver. a Phamici- an woman. a Lybian woman. « a female TcavdanaTtipa, < iva t a heroine. Xiaiva, vpiois, Tpwds, conqueror* a lioness. a Trojan woman. §31. IRREGULAR NOUNS. 35 § 31. IRREGULAR NOUNS. 1. Some nouns have one gender in the singular, and ano- ther in the plural ; as, (1.) 6 Sicpgog, the chariot-seat ; o fAo^Xo^, the lever ; 6 xori ^ Ta£- rctfog, Tartarus ; 6 Tga'/ri'kog, the neck ; 6 Crad/xo^, Me station ; 6 <6£jj,o£, Me decree ; 6 vwros, Me back ; 6 sPST^og, Me oar ; 6 £uyos, Me yoke ; are neuter in the plural ; as, to, &'o; and ra X?°°£> Me $Azw, have two forms of the nominative as well as of the oblique cases, both of the 3d. 4. Some appear to form the oblique cases from obsolete no- minatives ; as, yxoLgj a liver ; faag, a day ; efSag, food ; ,* tfv^fire ; s'Xcuov, ^7; yy\, earth ; aidws, sAame ; akg, salt. 2. Some have no singular ; as, akywa, victuals ; 'A^va* 3 Athens ; ovs/^aroe, dreams ; and the names of festivals ; as, IIa= va^vaia, Panathencea. 3.^ Some occur in one case only, and are called monoptots ; as, wrotv, O friend ; w tfoVoi, O gods ; / ; tfai&Vwg, a young daughter ; sfjw^ fcue ; s£W, is contracted into to ; as, ao or aw into co. 2. a not before o or w, is contracted into a ; as, ae into a. Obs. I . a before a diphthong is contracted with the prepositive vowel, the subjunctive being previously rejected, 2. tin contraction is never rejected, but in this as well as others is Yvritten under, except in cuv ; as in Rule VI. 3. Neuters in ctg pure and qag, reject % from the oblique cases, and then contract the con- current vowels. VIII. If the former of two vowels is i or u, or 4* 42 CONTRACTIONS OP THE THIRD DECLENSION § 39, a long vowel, the latter is rejected j as, i& con- tracted v ; ve-v ; tjs-^. § 39. THE RULES WITH EXAMPLES: I. A short vowel before itself, is contracted into its own diphthong ; as, Jrj^oa^veeqj Ar\\ioa&&vuq<. Arfiooq, Arpovg. in verbs, (piXs&ve, (pilelre. drjloo^evj drjlovfiev. Exc. But «e of the dual almost always into fy (seldom into u ;) as, Jflfwa&iveey Jrjfioa&ivf]. It, A short vowel before the other short, is contracted into ov ; as, In nominatives, pehrbevj mfaxovv. In oblique cases, Jiifioo&evtog, Jrj^oo&tvovg^ ($6zg, fiovg. In verbs, xptXzofiev 1 xpilovfiev* drjXoertj dijXovTz. III. A short vowel before a, is contracted into its own long vowel ; as, In nominatives, mq 3 i]q. In oblique cases, JriaoaMveaj ArjfjLoa6ivr r Arfioa, A'rjtd). Exc. 1. But ea pure into a ; thus, In oblique cases, A. UeiQaiza, Uuqaia* N. P. #0££a, %qm. Exc. 2. (>£« of the first declension, and ea as well as oa of the second, are contracted into a -:, (for examples see § 35 and 36,) § 39. CONTRACTIONS OF THE THIRD DECLENSION 43 IV. A short vowel before i, is contracted by Synseresis; (§ 34. I.) as, In oblique cases, J-rjuoo&hzV, Jt]fwoMvu. ArrroC, Arpoi. V. g, before a long vowel or diphthong, is re- jected ; thus, In nominatives, 'HqccxUijc, f BgaxX^g. In oblique cases, Jripoo6evmv, Jr}ftoa6evSn>. Jrjuoo&sveoiv, Jrj^ioa&evoiv. In. verbs, (pitea>, (fiXib. (fiXiuq, (pihlg. Exc. But ecu is contracted otherwise: thus, xifcoai, omitting VII. 2, &c. § 40 CONTRACTS OF THE THIRD DECLEN- SION. Concurrent vowels are not always contracted in the third declension, but only as directed by the following SPECIAL RULES, 1 . The accusative plural, in all cases, assumes the contraction of the nominative ; thus, N. Arifioa6£vteq 9 contracted Arjfioo&tvaq. A. Arj/jioaMveaqj AiifiooMveig. I tl I % a: & \ &?* 46 CONTRACTIONS OF THE THIRD DECLENSION. § 40. 2. -oog. and The genitive in eog, from -iyg, -eg, -og, or in , not from ovg, and also neuters in ag pure oag, contract the concurrent vowels in all cases. • Example of the genitive in Sing. -eog from ?jg. N. ArtfiQO&tvrjg, G. Aij/iWO&tveog, D. Arjfioo&tvti, A. Arjuoo&tvea, V. ArjfidoGeveg. Dual. A^fiod&ivovg. ArjfiooAevu. Arjfioo&tvt]. N. A. V. Arjfioo&bvse, G. D. ArjfiooMveoiVi Plur. Arjfioa&evt]. Arj[AOO&zvoZy. N. V. ArjfiooQivaeQj G. Arjftoo&evmv, ArftiooHvug. Arjuoo&ivwv. D. Arj/LiocMveoi. A. Ar}[Jioo6£vmQ, Arjfioo&iveig. Example of the genitive in oog, not from ovg ; viz. of feminities in to and cog. Sing. N. ArjT(o, Latona. G. Aijtoog, Arfovg. D. Ar\%oi\ Arjtol. A. Arjtoa, ArjTcb- V. Ar\%oi. For the plural of such nouns, see § 31. 2. d. Example of the contracted cases of neuters in ag pure, and £ag. Sing. N. A. V. XQiag, flesh. G. yiqtaxog, ytqmog, xQmg. D. %qia%i, yiqiaX, nqia. § 40. CONTRACTIONS OF THE THIRD DECLENSION. 47 Dual. N. A. V. KQtate, KQM8) %qia. G. D. ytqe&toiv, xgeaoiv, xqecov. Plur. N. A. V. xQtccTa, xQeaa, xqw. D. KQWOL. 3. The genitive in -eog, not from -tjg, -eg, -og, and also the genitive in -*og, contract only the dative singular and nominative plural. Examples of the genitive in -cog, not from -r^g, -eg, -og. ■ (iaoilevg, a king. D. Sing. paoilei', fiaoilu. N. V. Plur. Baoiteec. ) ' . A. paoiktaq, ) t - aoxv, a city. D. Sing, aoru, aaret. N. A. V. Plur. aOTea, &ovrj. Ttoliq, a city. D. Sing. 7t6tal', noXu. N. V. Plur. Ttolzeq, ) ,, A. 7t6Xe« S , ^ n6Xu? ' Genitive in -*og ; as, o^^g, a serpent. D. Sing* 6(pii\ ocpi. N. V. Plur. ftp*, > . A. o^mg, £ * ** 4. Nouns in -i>g, vog, and -ovq, -ooq, contract only the nominative plural ; as, p6rqvQ-voc, N. V. Plur. pfcqtkc, > i^^ A. fioTQvaq, V. /Joeg, A. /Soag. 0oi)s-6o ? , N. V. /36eg, ) ^ 48 CONTRACTIONS OF THE THIRD DECLENSION. §40. % (ttfovg, /3sX£} a fish. atfru, a city. qrXsiwv, more. ' TO). 1 A. rov, %r\V) %b. V. d), interjection- Dual. N. A. Tea, TCC, TO). G. D. roiV, tctlv. Plural. %oiv< N. of, ccl. ta* G. TCOV, T(QV, TCOV. D. Torg, %alg, rolg A. roig, rdg y TO. V. (b, interjection. Ofo. 1. The Greeks spoke definitely , by placing the article before the substantive ; indefinitely, by omitting it or prefixing the pronoun rig ; as, 6 av^wtfos, the man ; av0£wtfo£, a man, or rig oLv&gutfos, any man. Obs. 2. In grammar and lexicography, the article is used technically , to distinguish the gender of nouns, (§ H. obs.) Obs. 3. The particles , yiaX-riV) %aX-ov« V. xaX-€ 9 yiaX-r\, Dual xaX-bv« N. , A.-V. uaX-(b) yial-a, naX-ch* G. D. 7taX-olv 9 uaX-aZv f Plural, yiaX-olv* N. V. xaA-ol* naX-ai, %aX-a» G. xaX-G>v 9 %aX-m\ xaX-cbv* D. %al-olgi A. yia\-ovg, uaX-alg, yiaX-ag^ y.aX-oig» uaX-a* Thus decline ay ados 9 good. TiOLxos, bad. j ou£avjo£, to ovg avibv, from ouf avocr. 6, ri o^ogoc, to ofjuojov, from o>o£ and o£o$. iVbte. Though this form of declension is most used by the Attic writers, it is not confined to them. Instances of it occur in Homer. §47. ADJECTIVES OF THE FIRST AND THIRD DECLENSIONS. The masculine and neuter of all adjectives not ending in -og, are of the third declension. 5* 54 ADJECTIVES OF THE I. AND III. DECLENSIONS. § 47. The regular terminations of these are, M. F. N. 1. aq y aiva, av. 2. eiq, zooa, w. 3. vo, ua, v ; thus, Example of an adjective of three termina- tions in aq, aiva, av ; fitlaq, black. Singular. M. F. N. N. fAsX-a£, jasX-aiva, figX-av. G. jWe'X-CtVOg, jxsX-aiw)?, fjLsX-avo£. § 23, 2, D. j&gX-avi,' /xsX-aiv7) 7 jxsX-avi. A. jxs'X-ava, jxeX-ccivav, fAsX-av. V. f/iX-aVj fJ^'X-CUVa, Dual. fxsX-av. N. A. V. jwsX-avs, lisk-cciva, jxsX-avs. G. D. fjisX-avoiVj /xsX-ocivatVj Plural. fAsX-avow. N. V. jWgX-avs£, /xsX-ajvai, jxsX-ava. G. jxsX-avwVj /xsX-ajvwv, jiisX-avwv. D. fjiX-atfi, fjbsX-a*'vai£, fjtiX-atfi. § 26. 2„ A. fxsX-ava^, fjisX-ou'vas, jxsX-ava. 2. Example of an adjective in -«eg, -tooa, -€V ; as, %a()iuq, comely. Singular. M. F. N. N. x a ej- £ K> Xa£«-soWa, Xa^'-sv. G. Xafi'-svTos, Xagi-irtW, X«f f-swog. § 23. 2 D. XH[-*wi, X a gi;& /Xux-u^, jSaf-ug, |3a0-u£, Obs. Participles follow the same analogy, those of the mid- dle and passive in .oc, being inflected throughout like xaXo's ; § 46. 1. Of others, the feminine always follows the termina- tions of the first declension ; and the masculine and neuter -gotta, -ev. -gotta, -gv. -gotta, -gv. -gotta, -gv. -sTu, -u. -g/a, -u. -s7a, -u. -sTa, -u. 56 ADJECTIVES OF TWO TERMINATIONS. § 48. those of the third, the genitive being formed as directed, § 23. Obs. 1 . The terminations of these with their genitives are as follows : 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. M. -wv, sis, F. -outfa, -atfa, -vTu, -sfoa, -outfa, -utfa, N. -ov. -av. -fe. -sv. -ov. -uv. Gen. M. -0V»w. | ttoXXw, nroXka, tfoXXw, &c. through the dual and plural, like xaXo£. iVbie Homer and other Poets inflect -xoXvg regularly, Gen. Tro\ios, Dat. rroXfl, he. It was afterwards changed, in those cases in which it would not be distinguished from the same cases of nd'Xis, a city. Obs. Some substantives in -a? and -r\c 1 inflected in the first declension, are called by Grammarians, adjectives; as,-u€fiT5f oc, causing sickness. 7. ^8K, fulness; a.s, SsvSpfeic, full of trees. 8. -?jXo£, propensity to, capability of or fitness for, as,'to£, paternal. 4. becoming, or adapt- ed to ; as, dv^Dcoc:, k o£, becoming a man, a friend. 10. -ijxos, 1. chiefly fitness ; as, i^w&jxtfc:, eatable. 2. quali- ty ; as, flrsvdiixoc: , mournful. 11. -ivo£, and -sivoc, 1. material made of; as, yfy'vos, ma^ of earth. 2. quality ; as, flrg&vos, djeivo's, /eye/, wwwft- tainous. 12. - add to the neuter gender ; as, /Lielaq, iiil.aiva, aiXav ; [icXav-zeQoq, &c. 6, r}, ev6£§ii]q, to svoeS'cq; tvoeSta-reQoq^ &c. svQvq, evQElct, evQv; £VQv-TtQoq, &c. 4. -cov and -?;v, add to the nominative plural masculine ; as, acpQwv, N. P. ayQovtq, aifqovia-xtqoq^ &c. teqrjVj TZQtvzq, teQeveO-WQoq, &c. Exc. But crsVwv makes nc&aks^ &c. and tfi'wv, — vi&rsgog, inorarog. II. § 53. Some adjecitves are compared by -/cov and HOtoq ; viz. 1. Some in oq, derived from substantives. In these the comparison is made, not from the ad- 62 IRREGULAR COMPARISON. § 54. jective, but from the substantive from which it is derived; thus, xocXo£, beautiful, from xctXkog, beauty, xaXX(wv J xaXXio' £'x^ tf E* 1^^ tfwv, greater ; with others which may be learned by practice in reading ?tfoc:, egw^ by Sj^ncope, flVou&xibs, diligent, acpGovog, not envying, v 9 D. dvoL dvo, two, is indeclinable. aucpw, both, is declined like dvw. 3. %quq, three, and ^eaoaqeq^four^ are declined as follows : N. A. TQtlq, %quq, rqia* G. %qi(bv, xqiSyv, TQlWVo D. veooageq, four. rqioi. "■ veOGaqeq, ueaaaqeq, vaCGaqa* teooaqcov, teocaqoov, tzOOaqwv reoaaqac, teooaqoi, % too ago 'i. reooaqaq, teaaaqaq, teooaqa* 6* 66 ORDINAL NtmffiBft?, § 58, 4. The Cardinal numbers from mvre,jive, to zxaxbv, a hundred, are indeclinable. 5. After titarbv the larger numbers are regu- lar plural adjectives of the first and second de- clension ; as, N, Siaxocfia, two hundred. rpif 4. *, Tsdifapes 5. i\ itiws 6. £, 7. ft §*7TT0C 8. k 0XTCJ 9. f, evvga 10. h ${xa 11. ia, ev^sxa 12. ,g', <$u<$sxa 13. ■/= trpi srfraxaiSsxot, 18. <*)> oxruxaiSsxa 19. ,«', evvsaxoLiSsxot, 20. x '' s'ixo&i 21. xot. s'ixoGi slg 30. V* tpkxovrct 40. A TStf&agaxovra 50. v', tfSVT'YjXGVrOL 60. r, s^/jxqvra 70. o, s^So^xovra 80. *', oydo^xovTct 90. s, or 2L svvsv^xovTa 100. f\ Ixocrov 200. ?r£v Igaxitf^lXioi 7,000. e, I^TaxiC^jXioi 8,000. 77, o^oxjtf^fXjo* 9,000. A„ svvsaxitf^iXioj «T£lTO£. £, Me number one, unity ; £ua£, Me number two ; Ssxag, the number ten ; slxag, the number twenty ; rgioixag, the number thirty, &c. 5th. The Distributives, answering to the question, in how many parts ? are formed in ~x a 5 as > ^'X°S TX"? TS '~? a X a ) *&*<*•-. X* ; and connected with these are such adverbs ; as, rgvxjji, trebly, Tfxou, m three places, and the like. OF THE PRONOUN. A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun. According to their signification and use, pro- nouns may be divided as follows ; viz. into Per- sonal, Possessive, Definite, Reflexive, Reciprocal^ Demonstrative, Relative, Interrogative, and Indefi- nite. Of these the Personal only are substan- tives ; the rest are adjectives. § 60. I. PERSONAL PRONOUNS. The substantive, or personal pronouns, are iya>, , of the first person; ov, thou, of the second; and oc, he, of the third, tylo and ov, assume the gender of the noun for which they are placed, /, 70 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS. §61. but 6g is masculine only. They are thus declin- ed. N. Sing. £/G), i. Dual. Plural. N. tyu, G. £fxo£ D. sixol A. s^s or juoou, or fjLoi, or jxg. N. A. vw7 or vw, G. D. vfiVv or vcpy. 0U, f^ott. N. fasTg. G. ?JfAtoV. D. ryjuun/. A. 4j}jf*a£. V/ctf, G. tfou, D. (Toi, A. fit. N. A. V. fltywi" or tf ), -ov. ( Obs.^ To this class also belong feudmri^ owe 0/ owr corafrw • W*s*Mroe, owe o/ yot(P coa»/ry. But tfo5(Mrif x wha ^J ? more properly belongs to the interrogative ; and dXXo<5«4, one of another country, to the indefinite pronouns § 62. III. THE DEFINITE PRONOUN. The definite pronoun ambg, is used to give a closer and more definite designation to the per- sons. In the nominative it imparts the force of the English word self to the word to which it ; belongs ; as, iyb ambg, I myself; o{, afa&g, thou [ thyself; ccvcbg, he himself. In the oblique cases , it retains the same force when it begins a clause ; : as, avvbv ecoqaxa, I have seen the person himself; but when it stands after another word or words in the same clause, it signifies him, her, it ; as, ovx moccxccq amov, thou hast not seen him. With the article preceding it, it signifies the same. § 63. IV. REFLEXIVE PRONOUN. The three substantive pronouns combine with avToq, in the oblique cases of the singula! , and form the compound pronouns iiiavtov, oeavtov, 72 RECIPROCAL PRONOUN. § 64. and tavTov ; the two last of which are often writ- ten aavxov and amov, &c. They are used in a reflexive sense, referring to the subject of the proposition in which they stand. They are thus declined : G t/uiavTov, taavxr\g\ tfiawov, of myself . D. ifiavrG), .■ zuavTfj, tfiavTU), to myself . / A. z/jLawov, tfiavxriVj &[iav%Q, myself. Obs. I. sfxauTou and csaurou, are used as compounds in the singular only ; in the other numbers, the parts of the compound are used separately ; as, G. ypCiv auVuv, of ourselves, &e. But saurou is used, in its compound form, in the plural also ; thus, G. sauTWv, saurwv, saurwVj of themselves. D. sauToJcj kawcuSj eavroTg, to themselves. A. £aurou£, saura^, £au no one. Wri$ 9 ^ng 1 prjri. Obs* 1 . All words used interrogatively, are also used inde- finitely, but generally with the accent changed ; thus, INTERROGATIVES. INDEFINITES. tfocfos ; how great ? how many ? tfotfo^, of a certain size or num- ber. tfoibs ; of what kind ? #otos, of a certain kind, such. tfYiKixog ; hovj old ? how large ? __ rrfKwotfSs, ) ,^ roio, lyojv. B. iw, twya. B. f/toCf. e/iot|. B. Ifxv, d'jujui, afxfxiv, ajxji£//-f, VfAflS, fyjxas, vpniag. {-/^Tajc- Sing. Dual. Plur. G. €10, Old, £010 f r h Wev. D.iol A. N. A. h- ff0£, T^/f. £^ev, yiQev. [uVj vlv. eloB'e'vo. ioT. 'it, among the poets, i. e. for a&t-ov -^v -o, and avT-ovg -us ~a. Obs. 2. The adjective pronouns are inflected in the different dialects according to the models of the first and second declen- sions. Other peculiarities will be learned by practice ■ as, for 7}psrsgcs -a -ov, our ; D. a^hg -a -ov — for ipsrsgos, D. ujxo?.- tf(p£T6^0^j D. (f90g for 0U*"IV0£, A. OT0U, D. oVSU, I. 6VS0, P. (&*$&} ■ — for wtivIj A. oVw, I. ors'w, — for o*o£, (paivofwxi, Mid. / shew myself, i. e. Neut. 1 appear. — See § 77. Note. Obs. 3. Verbs usually neuter assume an active signification when a word of similar signification with the verb itself is in- troduced as its object ; as, He runs a race. Obs. 4. In like manner when a writer intends to direct the attention, not so much to any particular act of an agent, as to a certain state of action affirmed of it, an active verb assumes the character of a neuter verb. Thus in the sentence " John reads," nothing more being indicated than the present state or employment of the subject " John," in answer to the ques- tion, what is John doing ? the verb has obviously a neuter sense. Whereas in the sentence." John reads Homer," the attention is directed to a particular act terminating on a certain object. u Homer," and contains the answer to the question, what does John read t § 74. DIFFERENT KINDS OF VERBS. Though the division of verbs into active and muter comprehends all the verbs in any Ian- § 75. CONJUGATION AND INFLECTION OF VERBS. 81 guage, yet from something peculiar in their form or signification, they are characterized by differ- ent names expressive of this peculiarity. The most common of these are the following; viz. 1. Regular verbs, which in their inflection fol- low th^ regular forms given in the paradigms of the 1st and 2d conjugation. 2. Irregular or anomalous verbs, which differ, in some of their parts, from the regular forms. 3. Deponent verbs, which, under a passive form r have "an active or neuter signification. 4. Defective verbs, which want some of their parts. 5. Redundant verbs, which have more than one form of the same part. 6. Impersonal (or more properly Unipersonal) verbs, which are used only in the third person singular, § 120. 7. Desideratives, which denote desire, or inten- tion of doing, § 121. 1. 8. Frequent atives, which express repeated ac- tion, § 121.2, 9. Inceptives, which mark the beginning or con- tinued increase of any thing, § 121. 3. § 75. OF THE CONJUGATION AND INFLECTION OF VERBS. There are two forms, according to one or other of which all regular verbs are inflected : viz. that of verbs in a), called the First conjuga- ion, and that of verbs in at, called the Second conjugation. Note. Some verbs appear in both forms ; as, Swcvfo and foiKvvfu* I hew. Some verbs are partly of the first conjugation and partly of the scond; thus, Sat™, I go, of the first; 2d Aorist, &ijv t 7w?ew£, from %i of 82 THE MIDDLE VOICE. § 76, 77. the second ; yiyvwoKu), I know ; 2d Aor. %yvw % I knew, from yvofyu of the second. Such verbs as these, however, though regular in each form, are generally reckoned among the irregular verbs. To the inflection of verbs belong Voices, Moods, Tenses. JSFtimbers, and Persons. §76. OF VOICES. Voice is a particular form of the verb, which points out the relation in which the subject of an active verb is viewed with respect to the action which it expresses : thus, The Active Voice represents the subject of the verb as the agent by which the action is exerted j as, rvJiTiti) I strike. The Passive Voice represents the subject of the verb, as the object on which the action is ex- erted ; as, uvTtTOfiai, I am struck. The Middle Voice in Greek represents the sub- ject of the verb as both the agent by which the action is exerted, and also as the immediate or remote object, on which, or for which, it is exert- ed ; as, Kvixvofiai, I strike myself. Note. Neuter verbs are generally in the form of the active voice ; frequently in that of the middle or passive ; but whatever be their form, they have always one uniform signification ; as, Qvyjoku or 6vfaKopai> 1 die. The Active and Passive voices have nothing peculiar in their signification, compared with those of the Latin ; nor, indeed, farther than is expressed in the definition above given. It is ne- cessary, however, to notice some things more par- ticularly respecting § 77. THE MIDDLE VOICE. The Middle Voice, in Greek, is so called, be- cause it has a middle signification between the § 77. THE MIDDLE VOICE. 83 Active and Passive Voices, implying neither ac- tion nor passion simply 3 but an union, in some de- gree, of both. Middle Verbs may be divided into Five Classes, as follows: 1. In Middle Verbs of the First Class, the action of the verb is reflected immediately back upon the agent ; and hence verbs of this class are exactly equivalent to the Active Voice joined with the Accusative of the reflexive Pronoun ; as, Xouw, I wash another ; Xouo/juxi, I wash myself ; the same as Xouw sfjtaurov. 2. In Middle Verbs of the Second Class, the agent is the re- mote object of the action of the verb, with respect to whom it takes place ; so that Middle Verbs of this class are equivalent to the Active Voice with the Dative of the reflexive Pronoun (spuaurw, (fsavTu, savru) ; as, algsTv, to take up any thing for ano- ther, in order to transfer it to another ; cugsTrtQai, to take up in order to keep it one's self to transfer to one's self. Hence verbs of this class carry with them the idea of a thing's being done for one's self 3. Middle Verbs of the Third Class express an action which took place at the command of the agent, or with regard to it ; .| which is expressed in English by to cause. In other words, ; this class may be said to signify, to cause any thing to be done ; as, y^W, I write, yj a,) or -f«. The primary form of these appears to have ended in -yw or -Sio ; and con- sequently their characteristic is y or <5, according as they make -^w or -«r&> in the first future ; thus, <■•'•'• Secondary forms 7rpd-oou), -df-o), Kpa-£ov-a|a), (ppd-fa, -dow. Primary forms irpdy-o), Kpdy-a), into -ffKtt) ; thus, yrjpduKw, 1 fut. ynpdou, root yfipa ; characteristic a. 3. To the greater part of anomalous verbs, for which see §'161. § 88, 89. OF THE SECOND ROOT. 99 § 88. OF FINDING AND CHANGING THE ROOT. The root of any verb is found, by striking off from the pre- sent indicative, in any voice, all that follows the characteristic ; thus, Xs^-w, Wgtf-w, rutf-rw, ^aftf- • 1st. 2d. 3d.. tfr^w, Cv\r,- (Sati- iyw, 1 say. XaipUf 1 rejoice. OTTtipU), I sow. rpi> — Dual. htgv, -T0V. -roVj - S-J. -w," -si$, -Sh Dual • s-roVj S-70V. -srov, -STpV. Plur. o-jtxsv, S-T5, o-vrtfi. -0jX£V, -sre, -outfi. § 6.6.(o) Exc. 1. The perfect active and middle, which have the same termina- tions, have for their mood-vowel a in all the persons and numbers ex- cept the 3d pers. sing, which has s. Also they have no final letter in the 1st nor 3d pers. sing., making the terminations -a, -as, -s; Dual -aw, v. -eVojCav & o'vrwv. 106 INFLECTION OF MIDDLE AND PASSIVE VOICES. § 97, 5. INFINITIVE. M-vowels and fin. letters divided. The same combined. s-jv 3 perf. s-vai, 1 aor. a-i. -siv,.perf. -svai, 1 aor. -ai. 6. PARTICIPLES. M- vowels and fin. letters divided. The same combined. m: f. n. m. f. , $. o-ov, o-vrtfa, o-v. -wv, *outfa, -ov. Excep. Terminations of the perfect -«$, -wa, -off, of the 1 aor. -affj -atfoc, -av. §97 c INFLECTION OP THE MIDDLE AND PAS- SIVE VOICES. The perf. and pluperf. mid. have the same terminations with the active. In the other tenses the mood- vowels are the same in the middle and passive voices as in the corresponding moods and tenses in the active voice. ' Exc. 1. In the 1 aor. indicative mid. the mood- vowel is a throughout ; arid the 2d pers. sing, of the imperative ends in*. 2. In the 1st and 2d aor. pass, the terminations properly be- long to the 2nd conjugation. 3. In the perf. and pluperf. pass, the mood- vowels are drop- ped, and the final letters (which in this case are the termina- tions) affixed immediately to the root. But when by so doing, the concurrence of consonants is such as to be difficult to pro- nounce, the cacophony is avoided by substituting a circumlo'cu- • tion of the participle and the verb sl^L Obs. The mood-vowels and final letters, when combined, are the same as when divided, except in the 2d pers. sing, in which -o- of the final letters is rejected, and the remaining concurrent vowels are combined by contraction ; thus, e-cai, eai contr. p (§ 39. R. v. exc.) rj-cat, ijai, contr $. ($ 39. R. vni.) s-ffo, to, contr. ou, (§39. R. n.) aao, ao contr. . D. -STOP, -fTWV. -fT£, -iriacav, OF -OVTWV. The same. i i •ov, ~arov 9 -are, or -dra)* -dra>y. •aVT0)V> INFINITIVE. -£iV. I -tvai. -at. PARTICIPLES. N. -wv, -ovtra, G. -ovro?, -ovaris, -us, •OTOS, •via, -vtas, • og. OTOS> -as, -avro'Sj -aca, -dens, -av. -avros, Obs. In the above table all the terminations in the first column be- long to the present, 1st aod 2d aor. imperf. and 2d aorist. All those in the 2d, to the perfect and pluperfect ; and all those in the 3d, to the 1st aorist. 10S TABLES OF TERMINATIONS. §96* II. MIDDLE VOICE. INDICATIVE MOOD. Chief Tenses. Prts. 1st 8? 2d future. S. -ofiai, -r\, -trai. D. -ofieOov, 'eadoVf -soBov. P. 'OjxtOa, ~zo6t, 'OVTai. 1st Aorist. Secondary Tenses. P. Jmperf. -0[A£da f 2d AorisU -OV, -£TQ. •£oBov, 'iffdrjv* -£V. 'iarBwvav. -ai, ~aaBov, -acBs, -doBdi. -ucBq)v« -doBwaav INFINITIVE . •toBat. I PARTICIPLES. -uaBai N <~4 '6fi£vog f •ophov, -opivrit -opivw, '6jX£VOV. 'Ofiivov* -tifitvos, -apivov f 'ay.(vt] s -anivfjs, -dptvov. 'afxivov. Obs. In the above table of the middle voice, the terminations of the Perf. and Pluperf. are omitted, being the same throughout as those o£ tiae Perf, and Pluperf. active. » §98. TABLE OF TERMINATIONS. 109 III. PASSIVE VOICE. For the terminations of the pres. imperf. 1st, 2d, and 3d fut. see the same tenses in the first column of the preceding table. The termina- tions of the perfect and pluperfect, and of the first and second aorists 3 are as follows : INDICATIVE MOODo Chief Tenses. s. D. P. -jAtdoVf Perfect, -eat, -oBov t -oQs, -rat. -G&OV. -vrai. Secondary Tenses, Isf #w2 2a I AorisH Pluperfea I S. £>. P. -fitBoV, '(TO, -oBov, 'TO, J -tft/, -cdtjv, -VTQ* -IJflW, SUBJUNCTIVE. -qtrw, S. D. P. -h, -rfrovf -JJTOV, -rjre, -ff* -tJTOV. -WW. OPTATIVE* S. P. -pivot, -£ir)T0V f -pivoi twptVf 't\r)Tt, -slfirtjv. -tfjinav* J -tlriptv % -eitfrov, 'SirjTSf -ei^-njv, 'tfrjuav* IMPERATIVE k S. D. P. -cBov, -cBuv* I INFINITIVE* »rjrqv, -firm ~f)T(*V, '$TV9aV> ~vBau 1 PARTICIPLES. -vvai N. M. -pivot, -pivov, F. ■tpivrj, -pivW, ?■ 1 -ptVQV* -pivov* M. F. -flea, N. 10 110 TENSES 0*' MUTE AND I*URE VERBS. § 99. § 99. FORMATION OF THE TENSES OF MUTE AND PURE VERBS. GENERAL RULE FOR ALL TENSES. In all voices the tenses are formed by prefixing the augment, in the augmented tenses, and affixing the terminations, in the preceding tables, to the Tense Roots, § 92. But as the tense root of the present frequently differs from the verb-root (§ 87. Exc. and Obs.), it may be easier for the beginner to form the tenses as follows ; viz. 1 . In all the voices the imperfect is formed from the present, by prefixing the augment (§ 93.), and changing the chief or primary termination into the secondary ; as, Pres. Ti5tfT«, Imperf sVutfrov, yco/>iai. 1 Aor. 1. i~\siir-6tiv, eXe'Kpdriv. § 6. 2. 2 Aor. 2. i XlV-tfV, iXnr??*/. Perf. 1. \e-\enr-fxaif AAs^ai. $ 6. 6. d. Pluperf. 1. eXe-XeiTr-iirjVf iXeXeipfiriv. § 6. 6. d. Paulo-post-fut. I. Xs-XetTT-ffOjxaij Xshtixpofxai. § 6. 6. a. <5 101. SPECIAL RULES. 1. Pure verbs in aw, sw, and ow, change the short vowel into its own long before a consonant ; as, (piXs'w, Root (p;Xs-, 1 fut. (piX^w ; perf. crspfX^xa, &c. To this rule there are several exceptions, for which see § 132, 133, 134. 2. Verbs whose characteristic is a tf-mute, or a x-mute, form the perfect active by adding the aspirated a, and the pluperfect by adding -s!v ; which, combining with the preceding tf-mute make pa, psjv ; and with the x-mute %a, p^siv. All other verbs add xa, xsiv. 3. Verbs whose characteristic is ar-mute, reject it before a consonant in the active and middle voices, and change it into £ in the passive ; as, 112 FORMATION OF THE TENSES OF LiaiTID VERBS. § 102* Active a?. 4. Pure verbs which have s, or a doubtful vowel, or a diph- thong before the termination, insert a before a consonant in the passive voice ; as, ysXocw, 1 fut. pass, yskad^o^on ; 1 aor. sysXatf^v, &c. To this rule there are many exceptions, for which see § 139. § 102. FORMATION OF THE TENSES OF LIQUID VERBS. In forming the tenses, Liquid verbs differ from mute and pure verbs in three respects ; viz. 1st. In respect of the first l root, as follows. Rule a. If the first root contain a diphthong, it is shortened in the 1st fut. by rejecting the last of the two vowels ; thus 3 The 1st Root tsiv- in the 1st fut. becomes tsv. ]-xa ; 1 fut. pass. vs/x-yj-^tTofxaj ; perf. pass. vsvg'ix-Ti-fjiai. So also /3 Uy •fSy -% -STOVj 2 Future- -s t . -sVw r -$T0V r Perfect & Piuperf. r^^TBg-'J j Aorist. TU^- -0V,. -0CT6J r -arovj INFINITIVE. PARTI — Present & Imperf. *wr~ y M. I Future. TU^- > SIV. N. -wv r 2 Future, ecause, v phen combined with I Ike te rmination, if will not always stand on the same syllable^ Acmni toicz. —ACTIVE VOICE — MOOD. -«1 - » .--. F. •: -.-. •4BJ0I •"• : — ::: :: -.-..-; —::::: Bok -:.r -r ' ' -:..-;. • - r - .' — CIPLJLS- " 116 TABLE OF THE §104. II. MIDDLE- INDICATIVE— Termi — Tense. Root. Sing. Dix— Present. 1 Future. ofJtcci, -77, -srai. -OfAS0OV 3 2 Future. TUtfS- J Imperfect. -STO. «6jXS0O>V 3 2 Aorist. 1 Aorist. -aro. -ajutsdovj Perfect. re-Turf- a, -a£, -5. - Pluperfect, s-rs-rurf- siv, **, -SI. SUBJUNCTIVE — - Present & Imperf. 9WT- } -OJfJLS^OVj 1 Aorist. tv^- > w^ai, -J7, -7jr.ai, 2 Aorist. TUtf- J Perfect & Pluperf. OPTATIVE -ft Present & Imperf. tu^t- "\ 1 Future. •oirt. -oifjid.ov, 2 Future. -Otf, •i- -ai, -a^w. Perfect & Pluperf. cWuir- -s, -sVw. INFINITIVE. PARTI— Present & Imperf. TUtfr- *\ M. 1 Future. TU M • nrfai. ! ST. -6>£vo£, 2 Future. ru^rs- f J 2 Aorist. TVtf-J £fl##l, 1 Aorist. tu-^- atfdai. -c^evo^ Perfect & Pluperf. re-ru*- f'vai. ,-<5& 5 104. MIDDLE VOICE. —VOICE. MOOD. — nations. — al. Plural •Stf^OVj -stf^ov. -6/xeda, -stfds, -ovrai/ ■stfdov, -sV%. -o//,sda, ' -stf^, -oyro, -aa^ov, -atf^v. -a/xs0a, -atfds, -ttVTW* •arov, -arcv. -a/xsv, -a -¥]<#$,. -cavra? ■rjrov, ->]TOV. -WjXSV, -7)T? S MOOD. •Wtfl, 117 -Oi'tfflov, -oitffl*]?.' -aifx^a, -carts,. -oivro. -aio^ov, -aitfdqv. -aif/i£tfa, -eu(p0- 2 Aor. rytf- Perf. & Plu. rsTvp- Pres. & Imp. *wr- 1 Aor. «ru(pd- 2 Aor. Tu*r- Perf. & Plu. ]v, -73?, -if. vfliiat, -u4>ai, -UrfTCCJ ^^yjv, -u^o, -utfro. SUBJUNCTIVE — wfxai, -/?, ->j S. D. P, ruxnOh INFINITIVE, PARTICIPLES. 7V7rqrot)9, 7VVq7to OPTATIVE. 10 S. Tervpfihog, e'iqv 9 eh$i D. TeTvpfihWi efyrovi slqrqh P. rerv[jt.(ihoi, s'inpiv, styrsi Sfyf&h IMPERATIVE. S. reTv^o, tstvQQm, D. rirv$8w, rsrvtpO&jv, P. r&v$Qe, rsrvQOumv* INFINITIVE. rer6$Qa,i. PARTICIPLE. Mas. Fern. Neut. N . TSTV^llSVOS, rtrvtitihn, rs7V(nikm. G . rsTvpphov, riTvpiA&Tig, rsTVfA^hov. Pluperfect. $reTvf/*[Aqv, I had been struck.® INDICATIVE. P. irsrvfi[jt,eQ -aire are. -UOViTh (fJ(Th Tifi'dwfiBVi 5l[JLSV SUBJUNCTIVE. a^roy, tirov. -dqrovi drov* -aCfJFL -aoi, w. -ao/r^v. wr*j* -doisv, fisv* dru. drm. -anrs, are. OPTATIVE. -aQjroy, wrov. -dotrs, tire. IMPERATIVE. a. -alrw, 7i L U'ds7s^ are. -airwuv, draffM* INFINITIVE. PARTICIPLE. zip-dM) ®h rift-dowa, wra. Tip-doy* Si; IMPERFECT TENSE. INDICATIVE. WFi* krip-uoV) uv 12 13 -a$$, a£. -as, a. £rip-do[ASv, tipsy, -aers, are. -aw, w. jhperf. subjunct. optat. &c. same as the present, 136 of verbs in am. § 106. PARADIGM OF CONTRACT VERBS IN ACL rifidu, I honour. PRESENT TENSE OF THE MIDDLE AND PASSIVE VOICE. INDICATIVE. ri[t-dQ[JLUh Sj[jloci. -dp, &. -dsrah 6Lrai. u ri(JL-a,6(JL6Qov, djpeOov. -detrdov, ti Si. -dsro 9 dro* eri[A~a6[/,60a> ups^a- -dstrOs, & si*. 1 * PARTICIPLE* $iX-lo w&, q3$u. IMPERFECT TENSE. INDICATIVE. $jX-£o*, ovh *, qirOov.. (pi'k-sQjfjLeOu, JjfieOa,. 4yi> &. -o^;, oTg. -6fr or. -onrov, Sjtov. -o^roy, firou. dnk-ocopsvi 5)[/,6V. -6nre, Sirs. OPTATIVE. -dw And sometimes the indicative ; as, tstu- (p&S §'tfo/xai, I shall have struck. PERFECT PARTICIPLE. 6. -fa'ws and -i-xws, in the perfect participle, when contract- ed by syncope into -w£,. make the feminine wtfa, instead of w'a, and the neuter like the masc. Also w remains in the oblique cases ; thus, ^qx*ij, -wee, -6$ ; Gen. -oVo£, &c. becomes sVj, -/Jrai, &c. ; perf. xs- xfi/xai ; subj. xsxg-u/jt,ai, -Ji, -jfrai. Exc. But verbs in -6w, frequently retain w, as a mood-vowel, through all the numbers and persons ; as, <5s<5y]XwfAai, -cp, -wrai, &c. 6. The optative adds the terminations -fjwjv, -o, (viz. from j or w ; thus, xsxgi-|X7)v, xg'xfi-o, xixji-ro, &C. XsXu.fJt/Tjv, ixrai.-fMfv, ^sJrjXw-ixyjVj iVo/e. Both in the subjunctive and optative, however, these forms are but seldom used, the circumlocution being generally preferred. IONIC AND DORIC FORMS. 11. In the Ionic and Doric dialects, v before -«rai and -to, in terminations of these tenses in the 3d pers. plur., is changed into a, so that -vtoli becomes -ctrai and -vro, -ajvX&Wo for sQou'Kovto. CONTRACT VERES. \% A few contract verbs in aw contract as into r\ instead of a, according to the rules § 39, VII. 2. They are principally the following ; viz. #eivyjv y to hunger, from tfsaw. • x O 3 |^jv, to live, from ^aw. PCfSja'dcu, to wse, from ^f aojxai. Accordingly, besides these forms in the infinitive, we have in the indicative, £jjj, £jj, sgSj, ^fTjraj, & c * f° r £^ s| Sj ?* fe "'j *? as j 2(fastjv for xotfjxsiv. Also, «s was usually contracted by them into r\ ; as, toX/xtjts for toX- fJ*d$TSi b. The Ionic dialect often converts a, in verbs in *aw, into s ; as, of iw, of so/xsvj for of aw , of aojxsv ; y^ssrai for ^f as-rai. c. The Epic writers, on account of the metre, often insert the kindred long or short vowel before the contracted vowel ; as, ofasiv, contr. ofo/v, Poet, ofaav ; of aw, contr. 6fw, Poet, of w. Participle fern. fj§aoutfa, contr. f^wtfa, rjSwwCa, &.c. This, from the frequency of its occurrence in Homer, is some- times called a Homeric form. § 108. DIALECTS OF VERBS IN w and pw. A principal difficulty in learning Greek, arises from the vari- ety of terminations in verbs, according to the different dialects, These can hardly be reduced to any general principles ; but a pretty clear idea of them may be formed from the following table. It must be observed, however, that many of the same terminations occur in all the dialects, although that one only is mentioned in which they are the most usual. Besides the final syllables, of which this table chiefly consists, the Ionians used to insert a vowel before the last syllable, which the poets often changed into a diphthong ; as, rusrw, I. rutfs'w, P. Tutfsiw. So, . A. q ; as, ixs^v-^ for -siv. A. oiV, D. o/^v ; as, (piX-oiKjy for -0^1. A. ^v ; as, Tif^-wrjv for -$jxi. A. oSrjv ; as, &5-&J?jv for <5id-oiV- And so on through all the persons* D. s's } M. yg ; as, o>sXy-ss for -si£. A. atfda, qcfda ; as,'si. % fi ; as, of-jj for -<£. P. «n ; as, Tj^-Ti for -tfi. PLURAL. D. fxss ; as, TuVro-.a^ for -jixsv ; ru%J> ou- psg or -sufjt.^ for -o/xsv ; yiX-svpsg for -ovj&sv ; <^X-oC^sg for -oujasv. A. fASv ; as, rvyQsi-psv for rupdgi.yjfA&v. §108. 2 Person. & Person. DIALECTS €WF VERBS IN W AND fW. 1« -7]Tff> A. g-oftfi for -outfj. -ov, B. otfctv ; as, gVx«£-otfav for -ov. -gtfav, -Tfj(j!av } -otfav, -wtfav, P. -sv, -av, -ov, -wv ; as, ri&'Sv for -gtfav ; £5-ov for -otfav ; gyv- -wv for -wtfav. -si(Tav, A, I. -stfav ; as, gjX^-gtfav for -sitfav. -tfpcaffijj axatfi, JE. A. a D. I. guv ; as, ^yewr-guv for -wy. :, ouv, ) -«^ for -Off, &C. 148 DIALECTS OF VERBS IN CO AND fU. § 108. -7]x-w£, > -ufa, -o£, A. -£)jfx,i ; a^rj/xi.and &&0piU 13* 150 ANALYSIS OF VERBS IN ftl. § 110, 111, § 110. TENSES OF VERBS IN p. 1 . Of the tenses belonging to verbs in jxi, three only are of the Second Conjugation ; viz. the Present, Imperfect, and 2d Aorist. The other tenses are formed from the primitive^ and are of the First Conjugation. (See § 154.) 2. Verbs in fit want the second root and all the tenses formed from it ; viz. the second future^ the second aor. pass., and the perfect and pluperfect middle. Note. Sometimes the primitive verb has the perf. mid. ; thus, Craw, p. m. earaa, part. loVatt£, -u~a, -©£. yaw, ysy aa, ysyaws, -v7a 9 -o£. 3. Several verbs form only the 2d aor. according to this con* jugation ; as, (SaivM from /3. -rov, -rqv, -/JLSV, -TS, -tfav. Sing. Dual. Plur. NATIVE. INFINITIVE. -k, -rw, -VCCJ. -70V, -TWV, PARTICIPLES. -rs, -rwtfav. N. vt£, -vrtfa, -vr. G. vro;, &c, II. MIDDLE AND PASSIVE VOICES. INDICATIVE MOOD. CHIEF TENSE. Sing, -^ai, -tfai, -rai, Dual. -fxe$ov, -o7)ov, -otev, Plur. -/xsda, -ate, -vrcu. SECONDARY TENSES. -fjwjv, -tfo, -to. -jxsdov, -atev, -(Td^v. -fjtsda, -(Tdff, -vro. 152 ANALYSIS OF VERBS IN |XI. § 114. IMPERATIVE. Sing. , -Co, -JT0V 5 -wrov, -wrov, ,-w/xsv, -wrs, wtff* OPTATIVE, § 114. IV. for a/ } TI0SI V -y]V, -7]£, -7], -TjroV -^7VJV. ■o^aev, 2 -yjre, -Tjtfav. IMPERATIVE, § 114, V. SoVa -to 3 rite -n 4 (§6,3.0bs.2.) | -rs, -TWtfav.' 6,5o -0,*'" Plixvu-& INFINITIVE, § 114, VI. PARTICIPLES, § 114, VII. itfra } p ^.itfr-aff -atfa -av r rite f 7 rid-sfc -sfaa -s'v, < \ comb. (§6.6, (o.)) /* > ~, , jtfra &XVU IMPERFECT TENSE, § 116, 6. INDICATIVE MOOD. Dual. Plur. iSiixvv J The other moods in the imperf. the same as in the present, Sing. -rov, -r*)v, •{ASV, -ts, -tfav* 156 PARADIGM OF VERBS IN fit. §115, PARADIGM OF VERBS IN -ML ACTIVE VOICE. SECOND AORIST. INDICATIVE MOOD, § 114, I. Sing. Dual. S -TOV, -TYJV, §'5o V Plur. .-j»sv, -ts, -(fay. 7 subjunctive, § 114, III. 5 -w, -w£, -w, -?}T0V, -?JT0V, -WT0V-, -W70V, -W(XSV, -WTS, -W(fr. OPTATIVE, § 114, IV. 'rai } of ) 5c -7]T0V, -VJT^V, -yjfjisv, -ifjrg, -vja'av. IMPERATIVE, § 114, V. 0S-£ > -TW, -rov, -rwv, - -vca So\j S §115. PARADIGM OF YERBS IN f*i. 157 PARADIGM OF VERBS IN -ML MIDDLE VOICE. PRESENT TENSE. INDICATIVE, § 114, II. Sing. Dual. Plur. -fJLg^OV, -tfdov, -0$OV, Tide v 5sjxvu SUBJUNCTIVE, § 114, IIL m v - Ti4 4 " W ^ ai ' "^ " >3TOtl •fjLS^a, -tfte, -vrcu. 5i5 *w|xai,-w } -wtoj, W/XS0OV, -7jtf^0V, -TJtf^OV, -W/&S0OV, -wtfdov, -wtfdov, SoVai Tiflsi >-W> -»i OPTATIVE, § 114, IV. (-Co) 8 -to, -fxs^ov, -tfdov, -a^v, IMPERATIVE, § 114, V. -tf0ov, -tfdwv, -fxs^a, -Cde, -vto. && Y'* * "°^ w ' -tf0ov, -tfdwv, ..tfte, -tfdwtfav. *5sjxvu a INFINITIVE, § 114, VI. PARTICIPLES, § 114, VII, itfra 5i<5o &fxvu -tflflM, JsixvJ ) I^TOO IMPERFECT TENSE. INDICATIVE, § 114, II. Sing. SoVa '**> mtro > Dual. ■^s^ov, -tfdov, -(rtfyv, Plur. SUBJUNCTIVE, § 114, III. tir . > -wptti, -y\ y «>) f or ^v, P. ^sv, yjr s , ^Vav. The Imperfect of the remaining moods the same as the Pre* sent. MIDDLE VOICE. P. faefa, * l(ro seems to be of the imperative of the middle voice, the rest of the persons appear to be of the active voice ; from ladi. See ApolL Alex. 261, 17. § 118. THE CHIEF DIALECTS OF 6ifAi. 161 E/fA;, I am> arises from su ; from which it has, regularly, the first future, through all moods and persons : thus, stfo/Jtai, icfoijm.Tjv, eifstfdcu, stfojxsvos. § 118. THE CHIEF DIALECTS OF ripf. PRESENT. 1. Sing, tint, D. i^?, Plur. iopev, D. rt/xes, P. £/*£>, rfpw. INDICATIVE* 2. Jr, or it, I. «(f ; P. ««, iaah lor*, P. Ire. SUBJUNCTIVE. "Sing. '5, 1, cw, P. £?u>. | jfo I. «#$, P. tigs* Plur. fyl£V, D. &p€Si | #T£. P. dujtevj £iOjxev> \ Sing. dr]v, L EOipi. Plur. drj^ev, I. £?l/, ^v, gov, ?}OV 7 €OKQV* Du. Piur. ^, D. ?/!«, P. £//£V. Fem. o#aa, T. eovcra, D. r&o-a, tolvciy saaua, JEt. €iaa f sacra, IMPERFECT* fc, I. If j, Ssif, P. fjec, eas, totes? J£t* fjcda, erjcrda. tjTOV, JEt* ItJTOV, P. %TOV, jjarov, %t£, I. ears. 14* Neilt. Gv } I. iovy JEt. evo % orjfa I. D. fc, fa P. ijttjv, A. ^or^y, P. larr,v. %cav, P. fVav, faaav, tffKov* 162 VERBS OF GESTURE, &C. §119. IMPERFECT MIDDLE. Plur- I I #vro, I. saro t rtaro. FIRST FUTURE. INDICATIVE Sing, faopai, D. foov- fiai, ioevfiat, P. cVcro/iat. Piur. ia6fjLe6a t M. ic6> INFIN. wtvQai, P. eaaeaBai. PARTIC1P. h6^tvQS f P. eao-fysvos* lafi r A. eaa. I. £0£ai f let- ezai, D. € D. Tsrov, isrqv, P. i'ofJlSVj 7STc, j'ov. Subjunct, /w, fyVj i/j, &c. OptaU fOlfJil, «*£, 101, &c. Imper. lh ISTW, &C Injin. Tva;. Particip. /'wVj iStfo , IOV, J0VjfA/, I s^y. *r)f*/, in all the parts in use, is formed regularly like S'tfrqfAi. It is necessary only to observe concerning it, 1. This verb appears to have had, as an ancient form, Tjfxf, which occurs in Aristophanes, Nub. 1145. whence probably the forms of the imperfect ?v, qj£, ?j, frequently used with & iyd and 5' o$, (he) ; as, fy 6' syw, said I; ^ 6' fc, sjv, Plur. fiSsi^isv, (>jV^sv,) »J&ij, -arov, &c. FUTURE. Indicative. Sing, s'/tf-ojxa*, -77, -srai, &c. (more rarely s/^w.) MIDDLE VOICE. Indic. Pres. Sing, faa-ju^ai, -tfar -s£ejj it is profitable, &c. § 120. IMPERSONAL VERBS. 167 But those which are chiefly taken impersonally are the fol- lowing. IlfeVsi, decet ; srffstfs, decebat ; irgiirsiv, decere ; to rffsVov, id quod decet ; and, in the plural, oportere ; to xg* uv > H quod oportet. OBSERVATIONS. Obs. I . Me'Xii and I'/xsXs are formed from jxs'Xw ; but the an- cient verb was j&sXiw, whence psXytisi, and fjus^s'X^xs ; and in Homer ixsprfks, per/, mid. for ps/reXs, to avoid the concurrence of three short syllables. Homer has also fxs'jxSXwxg, by Syn- cope, and Euphony, for fWf/^Xwxs, from jmsXo'w, to ta£e care. Obs. 2. AoxsT, and idoxsi are from 5ex|w ; s<$ofs, from the an- cient £o'xw. O&s. 3. The present, in use is 8lu ; but the other tenses are formed from the ancient 8ssu, Obs. 4. X$ may be derived thus: inmost of the ancient Greek words many vowels met together ; their number was afterwards lessened by elision and contraction ; as, from the ancient ^saoj*ai, are formed ^ao/xai, and Ion. x^°^ ai - Thus in-Herod. we find (poiTsaw, cpoirsw, and (potTaw. In like manner, ovaw, to benefit , was formerly ovsaw ; whence is formed ovsag, for which Homer has oWaf, to avoid the concurrence of three short syllables ; and so xrau, or xruopcu, was formerly xtsocw, whence xt£ f° r Xf £ ' ao £5 ^- So, m t ^ le infinitive, j^saWdai, Xfeatfte, xf^ a '« In this manner from the active x? £ ' aw > m tk e 3d sm &* Xf £ ' a£l is contracted into x£ £ ' a > whence, by contraction again, is made Xiji' So, m ^ e imperfect, fy^* 5 ) £ X£ £ ' a > £ Xf^ ; infinitive, Xf £( *£jv 3 X?-£ v ? XSfv ] anc * participle, neuter, to x£ £aov > X? £WV * 168 DESIDERATIVE VERBS, &C § 121* § 121. Other kinds of verbs distinguished by some peculiarity of signification are, 1. Desiderative Verbs ; or those which denote a desire or intention of doing. They are commonly formed from other verbs by changing -rfw of the 1st fat. into a present in -Cciw ; as, from yzXdtx)) I laugh, 1st fut. ycAa } is formed ytXaetfu, I desire to laugh* iro\£j*j y. H^&y x g*Y u i *£?£*** 7- tfXatftfw, tfXatSw, tfXatfw, 0. 9£<*£ w j (p|oc5w, (pjatfw, 5, otftfa^w, O&s. 2. 2 is never the characteristic of the present. Obs. 3. In verbs not liquid, the characteristic of the 1st future is always 4 ; thus, |avov. at 01 I raise ; I build; VS 0V ' ww£ov. Exc. But aw, / blow ; dtw, J hear ; Avfiitffa, I am unused ; ar)5/^ofxai, / loathe ; retain the initial vowel unchanged, as also some verbs derived from otxos, ohog, o/wvoj, and o'/ag ; as, oivi£w, I smell of wine ; o'/v^ov. 2. € is often changed into its own diphthong ; as, gpj;iw, I have ; £ 0c 0V * TABLE OF VERBS WHICH CHANGE S INTO Si, sVw, I say. igya^opai, I labour, igsw, 1 say. egtfu, I creep. sf>rtv%0), I creep. SjpJco, I draw. . saViaw, I entertain. Jaw, I permit. e£ojxai, I sit. idi%u, I accustom. iXfatfw, I roll. s'Xxw, / ^r«w. IXxsw, J rfraa?. sXxvw, I dmw. sXsw, sXw, J /aAe. sVo^ai, I follow, 3. If the verb begins with co, the « is unchang- ed and o augmented ; thus, §og§<>■ 6. (a •) (b.) I write ; YS^u J I rub ; Tfi-^W. OBSERVATIONS. § 129. OF THE FIRST FUTURE, AND THE TENSES DERIVED FROM IT. GENERAL RULES. I. In verbs, not liquid, the first future is formed from the present by inserting a before co ; thus, Present, Xs'yw, 6XsV \ -v/i, > 5 124, Obs. 1. o\ Attice,*X«T™;J 7/ ° m ' (irXa5w ' ),rXcC(fW 'r OJs. 1. v also is rejected, but the penult continues long, the doubtful vowel being lengthened and the short vowel changed into its own diphthong ; thus, tfxfv^w, J divide^ tfxr'tfw ; tfffs'v5w, I pour, fasiaw ; irdvQw, tfsj'o'w, &c. 2. ooco and Ceo, have for the most part |cu 3 (see § 124, Obs. 1.); thus, ^atftfw, Icfa; ?$?%& (as if from tffayw.) *f a£w, J cry ; x^agw, (as if from xgayu. ) 3. Eight in Ceo, have either -tfco or -£w ; viz* ajtfa^w, J seize. has caXmvw, or caXvtyfa, the latter from flraXff/yyw. So 178 OF VERBS IN aw. also irXafw has TrXayfw, and fcXrffw has K\dy^,or \tyyta has X/yfw. 4. Verbs which have rejected the aspirate from the initial letter of the present, (§ 6. 3.) resume it in the future ; thus, «-t5 I'nm; ^£ w » i'Xw, for s'x^, I have; ?gw. § 131. SPECIAL RULES FOR PURE VERBS. 1. -aca, -€G>, -6w, change the short vowel into its own long before -ow j thus, Present. 1st Future. fnjxaw, I honour ; tj/XtjCw. , after 8 or i, retains a ; as, £ have -e^ao) ; viz. tfvs'w, J breathe ; tfusutfw. ^rXe'w, J saz7 ; tfXsutfw. j£gw, I pour ; xsutfw. gsw, fjffcw? ; Ss'w, / nm ; vg'w, J swim ; gsutfw. But Jew, I speak; vg'w, J SjMK ; has J^tfw. 180 OP THE PERFECT ACTIVE. § 134, 135, 136 § 134. III. EXCEPTIONS OF. VERBS IN -ow. -6o>, in primitive verbs, retains o ; thus, dgow, I plough ; dgoVw. /3ow, I feed ; /Sotfw. £5ow, I eat ; sSotfu. o/xow, I sioear ; o.uoo'w. ovow, J towe ; dvo'tfw. Likewise verbs which form others in -vu into (pa ; thus, ^ooXXw, I sing ; -^aXw, s-^aXxa. , nu, qco, change e into a before -xa of the perfect ; thus, tfWXXw, . 1 send ; <7<5s'/xrjxa, tSaS/jwjxa. xsxafjwjxa, xs'x/x-yjxa, &c. 05s. 3. 0. Some perfects in -^xa, from verbs in aw, strike out x before a, and (except in the participles) change ?} into a ; thus, 16 182 FIRST FUTURE PASSIVE. § 138, from €ocw, SgSrjxa, €s§aa. from w, Xs'yw, qjiXfw, Xsgw, 91X77 (to, r eak. ff<7raw, I draw. /Xdw, I propitiate. u(paw, I weave. xXdw, J &mz£. •XpChuVj I relax. x^dw, / suspend. Except eight ; viz. dx^oaofxaj, I hear. Srsaofxai, I behold. /ao|maj, 1 heal. xovjaw, I sprinkle ivith dust. 6fdw, I see. tfsigdojxai, I attempt. cr'sgaw, I pass over (pw^aw, I catch a thief, 184 FIRST FUTURE PASSIVE. § 139 (3.) i before -xa, inserts tf ; a§, xuXi'gj, fluted. Except one ; viz. J cut with a saw* I anoint. I honour. \%.) u oejore -oca, inserts a ; avuw, as, [ I perform. d(pJw, I fill. /3Xuw, I overflow, ^uw, I cover. 1 sXxuw, J draw. fbSfll/W, I am intoxicated* ffcfw, I shut. |uw 3 I polish. #TUW, 1 spit. Bw, I rain, ' Except eleven ; viz* agTUWj I arrange. £^5w> I abound, 5uw 3 I go into. Suw, I rush, i#guw^ I place. 3CWX^W ? I lament* KwXl/Wj I forbid. Xuw t I unbind, JmjVUW ? I make known* |u&>, I draw. TJUW, I bore, (5.) cu fie/bre xa ? inserts (f ; as, ■ xv#nw, I gnaw. tfaiw, ' I strike. tfraiw* I strike against £aiw ? I break in pieces-*. (6.) au &e/bre xa, inserts (f ; a$2 xXafca, I vjeep. S^auw, I break. v • ■v^auw. I touch. 7. si Je/bre xa ? inserts tf ; as, xXsi'w, I shut. tfgJWj I shake*. § 139. SPECIAL RULES. to,, inserts . £sw, $&&>, / foz7. sXaw, sXatfw, I drive. xcu'gj, xaucTWj I burn. xs^otw, -fcgjg&tftj, I mix. xvawj XVTj'tfWj 1 scrape. xofe'w, XOge'tfW, 1 satisfy. fjuvaw, f/,v^rfw, I call to remembrance. (Mlgfob fMJfutfW, I draw out. GVOW, ovotfw, I abuse. tfauWj tfauo'Wj I cause to cease. w'w. grvsutfWj I breathe. p^vauw. ^vautfw, I nibble. - ^aw, III. I touch. Seven shorten the long vowel or dipthong be fore ~&vfiQ\iai. ai^sw, I take ; ai^oty jTffjxa, aifsd^tfojxai. sugiw, I find ; suf Vw, su£?jxa, ev gs&ri^, tfgVsuxa, tfutf^tfoffcai. tfsuw, I agitate ; tfsutfw, (fs&svxa, aW^tfo/xai. TSl^W, I make; I pour ; X £ ^°H xs'^guxa, ^u^rfo/xai. j!Vb, Kpivdi, KiiepiKa, Kpidfjoopai, or KpivBrjaoixat. § 140. PERFECT PASSIVE. The perfect passive is formed from its own fu ture by resuming the augment and rejecting -^ 0o- before -jiicu ; thus, § 141. . SPECIAL RULES. 187 (piXsw, (JYfc'XXw, fffXs'w, SPECIAL RULES. ^iX^tfofxai, tfraX^tfo/xai, TsXgtf^tfofjiai, flrS(piXyj|xa<. sWaXjxai. TgrgXetfj^ai, § 141. SPECIAL RULES. 1 . x before (i, is changed into y ; cp or i/, into ju. Xgyw, Xs^^o^a/, 'kiXeyiiai. iVitfe. For the principle of this rule, see § 6. 6. e, d, k. O&s. 1. In the first person singular, ^ after y ; and (p after a liquid, are rejected before -fxai, but resumed in the other per- son ; as, x after y. 1st. Fut. Pass. Perf. P. 1st. Pers. 2d. Pers. 3d. Pers. s\sy/w, sXsy^Tjtfojxeu, ^X5y-/xa/, ^Xsy-ga/, -Jtrou. 7T after a liquid. daXtfWj rcikcp&ri&ofiai, Tg^aX-fAai, 4\ha.i* 188 OF THE PENULT. § 142, 143. 3. v\ before -xa, returns before -/xai ; as, sugqxa, sv^r}(fo^ai t § 142. OF THE SECOND FUTURE. The second future is formed from the present by shortening the penult and circumflecting c5; as. tfrs'pw, I crown ; I bear ; Xuw, I fit; I honour ; I loose ; TIW. Xuw. oc/^uvw, I protect ; dcfuivw § 143. The penult, when long, is shortened in three ways : 1 . Long vowels are changed into a ; thus, o^tfoj, I corrupt ; tfatfw. 2. In diphthongs a is retained, e is rejected j thus, (paivw, I" shew ; (pocvw. xaiw, I burn ; xaw. tfauw, I cause to. cease ; tfaw. XsiVw, I leave ; Xitfw. 9Suyw, Ij?ee ; ' cpuyw. Exc. But liquid dissyllables change n into a ; polysyllables into e ; as, Dissyllables, rsivu, I extend; ravw. I corrupt ; (pdafw. I assemble; a/sfw. I excite; iyegu. I owe ; Q9sXw« 0VSl£W, Polysyllables, aysigw, 6a § 144. SPECIAL RULES, I. In dissyllables, e before or after a liquid is changed into a ; thus, flrXsxw, I fold ; tfXaxw. oWXXw, I send; tiTohQ. ts^voj, I cut ; ^ajxw. irifdw, I lay waste ; flrafdw. Exc. But * after X .remains in Xsy w, §Xs*rw, and 9X57 w. II. In a few verbs the mute, which is the eha- acteristic of the present, is changed into another >f its own order ; thus, 1 . (fpixu and 4^x w take -yw in the second future. 2. 6Xowr ■*" breathe ; 4^? 0* 2; ^Xowrrw, J £«rf ; €Xa§£5. xf ucrrw, J conceal ; x£u§&3. xaXikrw, J cover ; xaXy€w, 190 OF THE 2d FUTURE. § 1 4tl' 3. owrrw, i bind; Ot(pW. Satfrw, I dip ; £otpw. ^OCTTTOJ, I bury ; roapw. § 6. 3. (fxarfrw, I dig ; (fxacpd. dgvvrw, I lacerate ; dgvyu. £iVja5w. s£w, /s^; sVw, Ito. JVote. Of the latter class most verbs want the second future. IV. Verbs in -aco and -ecu, after a consonant have the second future like the present contract ed ; thus, Ti/xaw, I" honour ; rifjiw. (piXsw, I love ; cpiXw. Note. This rule applies to verbs of three syllables; most others wan! the 2d future. Exc. In Homer, some dissyllables in aw, s'w, circumflect the « without contracting; thus, € tf ^ 6 ' w j an ^ ^olwj which have C^j ^w, 0Vw. JVo/e. Verbs in aw and l&, generally want the second future if the pre- sent, when contracted, has more than two syllables. § 146. PERFECT MIDDLE. GENERAL RULE. The perfect middle is formed from the second future active, by prefixing the augment, and changing co into a ; thus, TUflrrw, J strike ; rvtfti, rsrvrfa. x£oc£w, I cry;' Kgayu, xsxgccyu. § 147. SPECIAL RULES FOR THE PENULT. 1 . £ of the future, is changed into o ; thus, Xgyw, I say ; Xsyw, XsXoya. aysif w, 1 &mte ; tyH&i *?7°f a ' ig£yto t I stretch out ; ogsyw, w£oya. Ex. 1. But s'5w, 7e^; J5w, has *}5a, Attice £&j20 upward ; ava§aXw, dva&'&Xa. 2. a of the future, from € or g£, is changed into o ; thus, crXixw, I fold; crXaxw, rfsVXoxa. oVsijw, I hope ; cVagcj, gWofa. tsIvgj, I extend; ravw, reVova. ts/xvw, I cut; Tajxojj rlrojxa. 3. t of the future, from ei of the present, is changed into (H ; thus, XeiVw, I leave; XmtC, XlXoirfa. 192 CONJUGATED VERBS. § 14 J 4. a of the future, from 17 or 0a, with a double augment, <5fu, o<5u>, &8a, Attice <3<5w<5a. JVote 3. But if it be di, it is not augmented; as, eUo), IS&, oUa. Note 4. aKova wants the 2d. future, but has the p. m. rjKoa, Attice cuc/jicoa. § 148. A Verb is conjugated through all its primary tenses, as follows : 1. 2. , J slay. I anoint. I insult. I loose. I nourish. I think. I cry. I see. I say. I judge. I throw. I preserve. I leave. I/old. § 149. OF THE OTHER TENSES. 193 § 149. OF THE OTHER TENSES. The other tenses are formed from the primary ones, without any other changes of termination than those exhibited in the examples of the verb. The method of forming them can be learned by inspection more easily than by rules. The follow- ing summary shews what tenses are formed from each pri- mary tense, and the manner in which they are formed. I. The first and second futures middle come from the corres- Jponding futures active ; thus, T . . 7 1. f fjXw, middle Tg^ojftai. 5 ' 2. ( r^a^Wj rgatfofrfAai. The first future of liquid verbs is inflected like the second ; ;hus, - tftfs^w, I sow ; 1st. fut. (fnregZ ; mid. tftfsgoufjua/, -#, -swat. Exc. The three following retain the short vowels in the econd future middle : trio^ou, I drink ; (payojxai, / eat ; g&j/xai, T eat ; and are declined crio^ai, ati/i, tf/grai ; not tfis/xai, cr/iy, ati'si- fBNj &c. Sometimes, also, €Xcc§sjvafMf]v. g>iava, Attice, g^fyva, g^iTjva/XTjv. 05s. Some pure verbs, which form verbs in fxi, and alsc others derived from them, having no second future, form the secondfaorist from the verb in pi ; (§ 110. 3.) thus, yiyvutfxw, from yvow, forms yvw^i, 2nd. aor. fyvuv. aXicfxw, aXow, aXw/xi, *]Xwv. gaivw, Saw, £5jf*i, ggqv, &c. IV. In all the voices, the imperfect comes from the present ; anc the pluperfect from the perfect : thus, A. M. and P. A. M. P. PRESENT. ]v, i'y)|xr, ^tfw, ?jxa, Tjxa/jwjv, 3. OF THE PERFECT. (a.) -fit from -e'w has -u before -xa of the per* feet ; thus, 17* 198 TENSES FORMED FROM THE PRIMITIVE. § 154, ri&fjftf, from diw, ^tfw, rs&sixa. fyfxi, from sw, Vw, swa. (b.) -jtii from -aw has -a before -*# of the per- fect, sometimes ?] ; thus, iVtvj/xi from Craw, cVtjo'w, saVaxa or Ifa^xai. 4. OF THE FIRST FUTURE PASSIVE. A long syllable before -xa, is changed into a short one before ^adfiat ; thus, s/'xa, s^tfofxai. rsQeixUj TS^tfo/xai. § 6. 3. 5. OF THE PERFECT PASSIVE. -u before -xa of the perfect, returns before -\iai ; as, si'xa, Id^tfofAai, sl/xai. Likewise the 1 aorist pass, with the augment, becomes sl'^v, -7)5, -7], &C O^s. The perfect and pluperfect passive are declined through all their moods, according to the terminations of the present and imperfect ; thus, Perfect, ts&siixcu, -tfai, -rat. , to go under, has &5vw, <5i^;, and S6 ; viz. Mfw, 2d fut. 6\u, new pres. MAtfw. § 160, 161. ANOMALOUS AND DEFCTIVE VERBS. 203 IV. § 160. In several verbs, two or more of these modes of varia- tion are combined to form the new present ; thus, 1 . By reduplication of the present, and epenthesis of the fu- futre, yvow becomes yiyvwtfxw ; ^aw, (Mpatfxw, &c. 2. By reduplication and syncope of the present, fxsvw be- comes pipvu ; tenses formed from jxsvw. 3. By epenthesis of the second future, <5a^w (from <5a/xaw,) becomes £a^avw, and then by syncope, <5ot^vw ; tenses from the primitive. 4. By aphasresis of tf, tf^^w becomes xs'w, and by metathesis, I^w ; tenses are mostly formed from tfx 5 ' 60 - 5. rsxw, by reduplication, becomes titSxw ; by metathesis, rixsVw ; and by syncope, tixtw ; tenses formed from tsxw. 6. Fxw, by epenthesis of the 2d. rut. becomes ixavw ; then by syncope txyw ; and lastly, by epenthesis, Sxvew, ixvso^ai. In like maimer utfotfx^j by reduplication of the simple verb uffirf^sw ; then by epenth. of 2d. fut. C^cr^avw ; then by syncope, utfitf- XV w ; and lastly, by epenth. utfitfxvs'w. The tenses are formed from the primitive utfoCx^w. § 161. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ANOMALOUS AND DEFECTIVE VERBS. In the following Table, the words in capitals are the roots from which certain tenses are formed, but which are themselves either entirely obsolete, or are merely supposed, in order to de- rive from them by analogy the forms in use. The capital R indicates, that the verb is conjugated regu- larly from the tense after which it is placed. ' A. aya/xai, to admire : a passive form from ay^/xi, Th. ayaw ; pr. and imp. like ifoVajxai} aya^ofxa*, s. s. 1st fut. ayatfo/xai, R. dyvucjj ayvujxi, to break : from ayw, 1 f. sfw, &c. R. 1 a. saga, 2 a. p. Jay^v, perf. m. say a, with a passive signifi- cation. It commonly takes the syllabic augment, probably owing to its having anciently had the di- gamma as the initial letter ; thus, pr. Fayw, 1 a. sFaga, and then saga ; &c. a5w ; See av5avw. ayw, to /ead : 1 f. agw, &c. R. It has a reduplication in the 2 a. Tjyayov, perf. ^x a > ana " W] ^h. the reduplication, ayyjoxa, (poetic, ayv<3, dyiva).) 204 ANOMALOUS AND DEFECTIVE VERBS. § 161. as'f w ; See augdvaj. al^w, to takej 1 f. al^tfW) or -sVw, &c. R. 2 fut. £Xw, 2 aor. siXov, from EAfi, siXd^v, Alexandrian form for s-iXo/XTjv. uk&avopai, to perceive : f. m. ajVflr^fJux'j &c. R. from AI20E- OMAI, aor. 2 tjV0o>??v. dX<$aJvw, dX^tfxw, to nourish : 1 f. dX^rfw, &c. R. from AAAEQ. dXs'gw, to avert : dXsgvjtfw, &c. from AAEHEft ; 1 aor. m. dXeg- df/^v, &c. from AAEKH. dXssi'vw, dXs'o/jiaj, to sAim ; 1 a. ^Xsutfa, 1 a. m. TjXsudpjv, and TjXsd^Vj by elision of tf for TjXsutfd^v, from AAETQ. dXivSs'w, to re// : 1 f. dXiVw, &c. R. from dXi'w. dXjVxw, to to&e : 1 f. aXwC.w, &c. R. from AAOQ, 2 aor. sa- Xwv, or >}Xojv, from AAfi'MI. This verb has a pas- sive signification in the aorists and perfect active. dXia'xw, dXutfxavw, to awic/ : 1 fut. dX'jgw, &c. R. from AAT- KO, s. s. as dXs'w. dX p. dvs^ff., &c. R. often with both tempo- ral and syllabic augment ; as, imp. dvs'wyov, p. m dvgwya, &c. dvwyw, to tfrofer ; 1 f. dvwgw, &c. R. or, 1 f. dvoj^rfw, &c. R. from dvwys'w; hence, pres. imperative, dvw^i, dvw;^- dco, &c. by syncope for dv^y^i, dvuyriro, &c. as if from ANOrHMJ, p. m. fjvwya. otors^dvofxai. See £%0dvof/,ai. drfoLvPciu, to take away : imperf. R. datrfigkw 9 1 aor. dtf?juja, m. y d^Tjuga^v, from dtfau^w. From this verb, or more probably from AIIOTPfi, (the obsolete Th. of dtfou- g(£w, to dispossess,) comes 1 aor. inf. cwroi^ai, part. cwrotigas, and dtfoupa/xsvos, used by Homer, Pindar, and Hesiod, in the sense of " to rob" u to plunder" " to encroach on the limits or property of another P ctaroXXvfJii. See o'XXvfw. ! §161. ANOMALOUS AND DEFECTIVE VERBS. 205 dgitfxu, to please : 1 fut. a^gVw, >jfgxa, &c. R. from d^g'oj. d^w, fo jfo, 02 adapt : 1 fut. dfi and dftfw, (§ 129. II. Obs. 2.) p. fyxa, &c. R. p. m. ^faga and agyj^a, with the At- tic reduplication from *jf«. augw, and aug dvw,. £0 encrease : 1 fut. au^tfw, &c. R. from ATH- EQ ; likewise, dg'goj, dcg^Cw, &c. from AEHEQ. a^o^ou, to be indignant : 1 fut. d^^tfofxai, or -sVofwx/, &c. R. from d^g'o^aj. B. ■Sa/vw, fiutixu, /3j§dw, to g-0 ; 1 fut. fifo-onou, p. /3g§r)xa, &c. R. from BAQ ; 2 aor. s'g^v, from BHM1 ; imperat. /35j0/, in compounds shortened, as, xa; • from which /3X7J|xj, a regular verb of the 2d conju- gation. 3-iwo'xw, to /s'ye ; 1 f. jSi^o'gj, &c. R. from /3jgw ; 2 aor. I€«wv, H'om^i, (all in use.) SXaoVdvw, to bud: 1 fut. /3Xa &c. R. from BOTAEft ; hence also, p. m. /Ss'fcuXa. S^ojo'xw, /SiSgwa'xw, to eatf ; 1 f. ^wtfw, &c. R. from /3^ ow ; 2 aor. i'Sjwv, as if from /3£wjxf. r. 'ctfjigw, to marry : 1 fut. yaf/^rfw, and itfw, &c. R. 1 aor. J/d- juurjcra, N. T. ; and g/^a, as if from TAMO, or TH- Mfi. X '£vto, in Homer, he took: probably for sXsjv, (from APHMI,) for which also s<5pav, -as, -a, &c. N. B. This verb in used in composition only. 5oxsw, to /AiwA : 1 f. <56gw, &c. R. from AOKft ; — also 1 fut. 5o- xVw, &c. R. but less in use than the other forms, iuvajxaj, I can : (like JWafxai,) 1 f. 5uv^Co/xai, &c. R. from AT- NAOMAI j 1 aor. pass. sSuv&atfrjv and i5uv^*)v. 5uw, ; p. a. £<$>$oxa, Attic for ?}<$oxa, from EAOft; 2 aor. act. § 161. ANOMALOUS AND DEFECTIVE VERBS. 207 sra, -o's ; hence e'horug. From this verb also come eiVxw and i'tfxw, to compare. EIIIf2 or En ft, to sai/ ; used only in the aorists ; 1 aor.Y/Va, 2 sitfov, 1 aor. mid. s'iVa^yjv. The initial el- is re- tained through all the moods. Compounds used by the poets are IvsVw, svsVirw, sviWw. The other parts are supplied from s£w, which see. IXauvWj to rfra>e : 1 fut. SXatfw, p. »)Xaxa, &c. R. from eXaw, also in use. The Attic future is sXw, sXas, £Xa, &c. for sXatfw, e\a for apcpiitfu : a/uKpioo- £w and ccfX(pi(taw are rare forms of the same word. gVw 3 see s*Vw. sVw, to Je actively employed : mid. sVo/jwj, f 9 follow. 1 fut. s^o/xai, has the 2 aor. IWov and scVofA^ as if from 2Iin or 2I1EQ. See s'x w : t0 De found chiefly in compounds. igiSaivw, to contend: 1 fut. i£i8r i do ) &c. from EPIAEH, per epenth. from EPIAQ ; hence ef i£w, s. s. 1 fut. egl t° g° : 1 fut- sXsjcroixa;, p. m. ^Xu0a, Attice iXyfkv&a^, from EAET0H ; whence also 2 aor. act. ?JX#ov ? by syncope for HAT0ON. Note. In some tenses sTpi is more in use than sgxw a1 ' ETO, by metathesis £sw, and by epenth. jgfcj-; also sfjw, by ep. sifsw, from one or other of which the tenses in use are regularly formed ; thus, from If w, 2 fut. ^w, 1 aor. m. ^f afjwjv 3 2 aor. m. ^o'/atjv ; from |sw, 1 fut. ^« rfw, and 1 aor. p. s^^tjv and igfflriv ; from sfg'w, 1 fut. igifw, p. s'/fyjxfx, p. pass. s^fAou, and probably from g/fs'w, comes the fut. s/f^tfofjwxi. gf o^a;, in the sense of to .asA, occurs chiefly as an aorist to s£ w- . sb'5w, to sfeep: 1 fut. svSrjtfu, &c. R. from ETAEQ, augments the initial vowel, thus, *iu<5ov ; eo in compounds, jca* QrivSov, &c. suffoxw, to find: 1 f. sugVw, &c. R. from ETPEO, by epenth. from EXPO ; whence a form of the 1 aor. m. suj a- gj(6J, to toe ; 1 fut. g|w with the aspirate, or tiyrfiu^ p. sV^xa, &c. R. from 2XE0, also (fys'dw. This verb has another form of the present and imperf. I'tf^w and itfX&v, in the sense of to hold, which has the future {fyTjtfw, &c. ; so also c^w, Itiyibm. In the com- pounds observe the following varieties : viz, dvgj^Wj § 161. ANOMALOUS AND DEFECTIVE VERBS. 209 (for which also avaa^edw) in the middle has a dou- ble augment in the imperf. and 2 aor. yjvsi^o^yjv, Tjvs^o^riv : diiKsxu, to enclose, has 1 f. apcps%u, 2 aor. ^juwrftf^ov ; mid. djuwrgpcojxai or djuwria^vso/xou, to wear ; 1 fut. dfX(ps|o 4 aa», 2 aor. ^tfi^o^v ; utfitf^vsofxai, to promise, 1 fut. v^ocf^^o^ai, &c. R. l+w } to cook: 1 fut. Spj^tfu, &a Reg. from EYEa EQ, to place : Defective, 1 a. sTtfa, 1 f. m. s/Vo/xaj, 1 a. rn. sltfa- ju^v. The derivatives from this root are, 1. ?jxai, J szV, (perf. for sl^ai,) § 119. iv. ; 2. s^o/xai, to set down, (whence also i£w and xadi£w, R.) ; 3. svvufw, to c/c^e ; and, 4. fyfj&i, to se/zo 7 , ^rfw, sS'xa, R. £ R. as if from OIXEO- MAI. o'/^w, s. s. in the active form ; If. oJ^wa'y, p. ^wx« 3 as if from oXitf^aivw, oXitf^avw, to g7£fife : 1 f. oXia^rfw, &c. R. from oXiCdlw, s. s. oXXuw, oXXufxi, to destroy : 1 f. oXs'tfw, &c. R. from OAEO ; 2 f. oXWj m. oXou/xai, 2 a or. wXo/x^v, p. wXa, Attice oXwXa. Other forms are oXXw,' oXgxWj oXstfxw. o/xvuw, ojuwu/xi, to sweatr : 1 f. ojxoVw, &c. R. from OMOQ, com- monly with the reduplication in the perfect ; 2 f. m. o|xou,aai from OMH. o/xo^yvuw, o/xofyvufw, to wipe c^*; If o/xo^gw, &c. R. s. s. as /xof- yvJw, which see. ovyjfxi, ov/vTjfxi, to help : 1 f. ov^o:, &c. R. from ONAQ. og/xaivw, to rwsA : 1. f. o^^w, &c. R. from o^fxtxw, s. s. o^vuw, opvujxj, to rfe ; 1 f. oj, from the an- cient TIETQ ; and erfiffej, p. tfiinrwxa from TITOO ; 2 aor. IVstToVj 2 f. m. ^stfoG^ai, as if from ITE2EQ. Xoc^oj, to Ze#^ astray ; 1 f. tfXa^gw, &c, R. from cXayyw : 2 aor. gtfXaybv. 'Xvjd'Cw. to s/W£e ; 1 f. tfXr/gw, &c. R. exc. 2 aor. p. sVX^y^v ; compounds regular throughout, 'uvdocvofxaj, to /e«;*w £?/ inquiry ; 1 f. w^uCofxcsti, (poetic tfsu$o^«j), &c. R. from ffsudw ; 2 aor. m. §Vu06fxrv ? perf. pass* 214 ANOMALOUS AND DEFECTIVE VERBS. § 161 P. §s£w, gf ^ rww ; * *• ^ £ l w j p. 5g5^a/x'r)xa, &c. R. from APAMEQ ; 2 aor. sifajuuov, 2 f. m. S^a^ov^ai. ruy^avw, to fo, to obtain : 1 f. Tu^tfw, &c. R. from TTXEH ; 2 aor. gVu^ov ; 1 fut. m. p(av5otvcj, to recede, to stand open, to contain : 1 f. x^ u i ^ c * R. from XAfi, (s. s. with KAZH, which see). 2 aor. s^okSov and xs'xacJov, p. m. xs'xa&x and xs'xav5a ; derivatives and varieties of form are numerous, for which see Donnegan's Lex. on the word. j(aigw, to re/ozce : 1. f. X a f^' &c * R- Also 1 f. x a '£Vw 9 &c. R. from XAIPEQ ; 2 aor. p. s'xaj'iv. ^aivw, yk ^ c » &• from x a, ' vw > a derivative from XAfi ; from which also xa£w and x^ w > which see above. 216 INDECLINABLE PARTS OF SPEECH. § 162. p(s'w, to pour out : 1 f. xeiitfu, ^ c * &• * aor# *X Sua and s'x £a > (by elision for s'xsvtfa, ) hence imperative %IW S x s ^ tw j & 0, infin. x 5a, « Xfocw. This verb has five different forms with as many differ- ent significations : 1 . x?^ w > t° gi vt an oracular response : . Regular. 2. xi'x^/^', to lend : like frrqfjbj* 3. x?^> # & necessary : partly like verbs in jxi, (see impers. I verbs, § 120.) 4. xS^^ou, to use : in the contracted tenses takes 09 for aj § 107. 12, 5. ottfo'xf?!, 'it suffices : pi. a^oxjwo'jv, inf. d^oxfffv, &c. Xfwvvuw, x^- vvu f J "'? 1° colour : 1 f, Xi^^i & c * ^ P* P ass « ksx£wC- j^wwtJw, x^ vvu i al ) ^° heap j to dam : 1 f. x^^j & c « R« from x ow j s. s. p. pass, xg'xw^aai. a w fyS^i *** the field. 2d. Motion from a place. These generally end in -to or -3s ; as, ay £o0sv, from the field. 3d. Motion to a place. These generally end in Ss, tie, £s ; as, aygovSs, to the field. Note. These terminations, fo, at, Je, are commonly annexed to the ac- cusative of nouns, on which they seem to have the force of a preposi- ion, 4th. Motion through or by a place. These are generally fe- minine adjectives in the dative singular, having odw understood ] as, dXX*J, by another way. I. Adverbs of Time ; as, vuv now, tots then, irors some* times, &c. J. Adverbs of Quantity ; rfotfov how much, *ok6 mucfi, oXiyov a little, &c. 4. Adverbs of Quality ; these end in cos ; in Wj \bywhatmeans. r i how far. ^ (for what reason, 5r£, Sfforc, rjviKa, when. Sdtv, bnddev, whence, idt, where. 5ffov, how much. otov, after what manner, tedxis, how often. INTERROGATIVE. m I which way ? *$' ( by what means f { how far ? ' (for what reason ? irdre, irrjviKa, when f trddev, whence t ir60i, where f -rrdoov, how much ? notov, after what manner? icoedKLS) how often ? REDDIT1VE. t%Ss or ( this way, or rairr h \ by this means >. r i so far. Tl ^' (for that reason* t6ts % Tfjvtica, then. r6dev f thence, t66i, there, tSoov, so muc/i. toiov, after that manner. ToadKtSt SO often. Obs. 2. tinder adverbs in Greek are classed those particles of exclamation which express some sudden emotion of the mind, and are, in the grammars of most other languages, de- nominated Interjections* The most common of these are the following, which express Rejoicing ; as, is, jCu Grieving ; as, is, w and w. Laughing ; as, a, a. Bewailing; as, ai, oi, id, ororoT. Wishing ; as, ii, sMe. Rejecting ; as, oyjrays. Praising ; as, eTa, suye. Condemning ; as, w, £, x£u§5*iv, se« cre/Zy, &c. Sometimes the termination -a5rjv is added; as, #flrofa&jv, scattered. 4. -ijXo£, manifest ; agiSrfkog, very manifest, &c. 3. vri and vi generally express privation or negation; as 3 v?j- tfios, an infant, from v^ and §Vw, J s^& ; but Exc. v>7 sometimes increases the signification ; as, v^uto^ , that flows in a full stream, from vy and yyu. 4. Sug expresses difficulty, trouble, or misfortune; as, oWfjisvr/s, malevolent ; (JuCtu^sw, J am unhappy. Note. The contrary of £d? is &, (which is also found by itself ) It 'signifies well or with facility ; as, ftysvfo, benevolent ; thrvx***, 1 am happy. § 168, OF THE PREPOSITIONS, ... A preposition is an indeclinable part of speech, which points out the relation of one thing to ano- ther, and always governs a certain case, 1 . The primary use of prepositions seems to have been to indicate the relation of one thing to another in respect of place. From this, by a natural and easy analogy, they are used to ex- press similar relations in respect of time. 2. From their primary and more common use to express cer- tain relations of place and time ; they are also used by analogy and figure to express various other connexions and relations among objects, in all of which, however, the primary and ori« ginal use of the word may easily be traced. 19* 222 OF THE PREPOSITIONS. § 168. 8. The various relations of one thing to another in respect of place, may be referred to two classes : the one of which in- volves the idea of motion, the other that of rest These ideas ? variously modified, make up the whole meaning of this class of words ; and while some prepositions are used to express, the idea of motion only, and others that of rest only, some are used to express sometimes the one and sometimes the other. Hence in construction they r#e joined with different cases suited to the relation they express : thus, those which indicate motion from are put with the genitive, as that case usually expresses the idea of origin. Those which indicate motion to are put with the accusative, as expressing that on which, action or motion terminates. And those which indicate rest at, or near an ob- ject, are put with the dative, as the case which expresses that in, on, or with, which any thing rests and remains. The ge- neral idea of motion in a particular direction, or of rest expres- sed by the preposition alone, combines with the idea of the case with which it is joined, and thus furnishes the appropriate meaning of the preposition in its general use ; and if a prepo- sition is put with different cases, its appropriate meaning will be different when joined with one case from what it is when joined with another, because its general meaning is modified by combination with the idea of the case with which it is join- ed. Thus, tfoigci with the genitive commonly signifies from, with the ace. towards, and with the dat. near, by the side of. 4. It must not be supposed because a preposition is render- ed into English by a great variety of words of different, and sometimes of contrary, signification, that there is a correspond- ing variety in the meaning of the word itself. Indeed, it may be laid down as a principle, that the primary meaning of the preposition is its only meaning as it was used by the Greeks themselves ; and that the necessity there is for rendering it by a variety of words, of different signification in different sen^ tences, arises, not from any diversity of meaning in the word itself, but from the different associations and habits of thought prevailing among those who use a different language. Thus, in Greek, a in a more general manner, to other ob- jects. It is joined with the genitive and dative, but principally with the accusative. With whatever case it is joined, its mean- ing is nearly the same ; though, when strictly used, the primary meaning may yet be considered as modified by the import of the case, as follows ; viz. WITH THE GENITIVE. Besides the primary and general meaning round, round about \ it intimates that that which is round another object also pro- ceeds from it, is occasioned by it, or is estimated from or in con- nexion with it ; thus, a/^pi tfoXios oJx&urif, they live round about (near) the city ; viz. as if belonging to it, and proceeding from it, round about in respect of it Other variations of meaning with this case, referable to the primary meaning, are the following ; viz. Of, or concerning ; as, afMpt i&fafw ygacpri, a dissertation about or concerning the stars ; as it were, a writing or description round about and proceeding from them, they being its subject ; so, yapsv dpcpi 0swv xaXa, we speak well of the gods. Upon, in addition to ; as, d{upl -rovou 6 ir&vof, toil upon toil ; i. e. toil, round about, succeeding, and emanating from previous toil, like wave succeeding wave when a falling body disturbs the smooth surface of the water. For the sake of, for the love of; as, djuupj $o/§ou, for the love of Apollo ; i. e. doing something concerning, round about Apollo, in a figurative sense, on account of some favour received from him. WITH THE DATIVE. To the original meaning of round, &c. is added the idea of rest or continuance in, on, or with an object ; as, ajuup' wj^oitfiv i to De now occupied about themselves. Hence the above may be supplied, ol &n w&A time, in process of time. In ; as, cd (pgoviwv, ava 0ujxov, revolving these things in the mind ; i. e. bringing them up along the mind, from one faculty as it were to another. It is used in adverbial phrases ; as, ava fxsVov, moderately ; I e up a middle course ; ava xf aros, forcibly, by force. It is also used distributively ; as, dva irivrs, Jive by five, (i. e, § 172. 'Ave/, WITH THE GENITIVE, 227 counting up by fives, or up each five ;) dm f^os, by turns, alter- nately, (up along each part.) WITH THE DATIVE. In this construction it is sometimes used by the Poets ; it conveys the ideas of elevation and rest ; thus, it signifies Upon ; as, ygoti&Q dm (fxfargtf, upon a golden sceptre. On ; as, svSsi f dm tfxqirrgty Aio$ a/sro£, the eagle sleeps on the sceptre of Jove. In ; as, xfutfsais dv' iVtfois, (up) in a golden chariot ; dvd vavtfjv (up) in ships. In composition the different shades of meaning which it assumes, accord with, or can easily be traced to, its primary meaning. The chief of these are 1. Motion upward] as, dvaSaivw, I ascend; (hence dvcwrX&iVj to sail from the harbour, because on a level sur- face an object departing, in the perspective ap- pears to move upwards; for the same reason, xccraff^s'siv, to sail into the harbour ;) dvaSs/xvu/xi, J shew, i. e. I hold up to view ; dvajxvVw, / re- mind, I call up to mind ; dvs'^ojxai, I hold up my- self, J endure. 2. Repetition ; as, dmSiSdtfxu, I teach anew or again, 3; It encreases the force of the word ; as, dva§oa«, I cry aloud, I send up a cry. 4. Back ; as, dvaxaXs'w, I call back ; dmir'kiu, I sail back again. Hence it conveys the idea of undoing ; as, irrtif- as tfte y believed not for (from) joy. Of, belonging to ; oi diro tSjs ,3ouX%$ those 0/ (belonging to, i. e. from) the council, counsellors. So°also "tou tXriQo'ug, Plebeians. cptkotfoyias xw Xoywv, Philosophers and Of, (as above) : oi cko J J ^^ er ^ ti . 7 ' T^ tf,svoi Sid tolvtvs to accuse, (to hold by means of an accusation ;) and so of others, for which see Donnegan's Lexicon, " <5iot." Aia governing the genitive of a noun with several verbs* such as e%w, Xa^Cavw, t Ms/jtai, ayw, &c. expresses the same thing as the kindred verb of the noun ; thus, St 1 eXtfidog g^w is the same as sXtf ;£w, I hope ; <5*' si^ys sW, the same as Hp^srtt^ he prays, &c. 11. With the accusative as above, it expresses the tendency of an action or motion to a certain object or end aimed at ; and, as the end is in dne sense the occasion or reason of the action or change, the preposition expresses also the influence of the end as a motive hy which it was produced. Hence it is rendered on account of for the sake of i. e. through the influence of, as a motive. 1. The accusative chiefly as the end ; thus, to tfafSctcov 5ia q-ov av0gw?rov iyivsro, the sabbath was made for man, i. e. on his account, through the influence of this end operating as a rea- son. § 174. Aldt, WITH THE GENITIVE AND ACCUSATIVE. 231 But Siol tou dvdjwtfou in this sentence would mean the sab- bath was made through the instrumentality or agency of man ; 5ia 4$ tolvtol 7£a\£u)g,from the city, presupposes only being at, or near it ; but & tfo'Xsws, from the city, presupposes being in it ; and hence the motion expressed by sx may terminate where that express- ed by cko began. Hence it signifies, 1. Motion from an cbject or number with which the object moved was previously so connected as to form a part ; its removal being from within the space previously occupied by the whole ; thus, atottJt fiov lx xjutfou, a cup (made out) of gold ; sx jms- to/xwv, one o/the strangers. 2. Causation or origin ; as, sx *y$ on^io?, in consequence of the vision ; i. e. rising out of the vision, as a cause ■ «rdc s£ 'EXXrjvwv rsi^m, the fortifications built by the Greeks ; i. e. arising out of^ and the effect of their labours. 3. Change of state ; as, sf st^vrig tfoXs^s/v, out of peace, to make war. To these the various uses of this prepo^ sition may readily be reduced ; thus, By ; as, 6 Sixaiog sx e reduced, is on or upon ; as, *E*i flgovou ixa&s^sroj He was sitting upon his throne. e H rtpaiga xuXi'v5sjv sV/ Sio %£egfl£, they laid waste the country during two days. Against, motion towards with hostile intent ; as, ' ^a£, he arms all men against us. Note. It is to be observed, that hi sometimes signifies motion towards even when joined with the genitive ; but in that case the motion is al- ways of a friendly kind, and therefore it is not rendered against, but to- wards ; as, anoTr\iovT£s h* oUov, sailing directly towards home, (steering upon home as the object they wish to reach.) 238 Kara, with the genitive. § 179. Obs\ 1. With all the cases like xarot, and often promiscuous- ly with it, it is used in adverbial phrases ; as, J< ovo^aro^, by name, (but i; £#' oXiyov^for a little ; iff; Votfouro, thus far, &c. &c. Ofo. 2. Sometimes the noun or pronoun is omitted after &n ; thus, &ri ^sia, mutual assistance. 4. Succession ; as, iiriywopsvoi, those who succeed^ (i. e. come upon or after), hence, posterity. § 179. KardL GENITIVE AND ACCUSATIVE. It would seem that the primary idea expressed by this pre^ position is that of one object holding a certain course or direc- tion in relation' to another, either as parallel to it, or in a state of approximation* Its signification is properly active. The direc- tion of the action, &c. depends on the previous relative position of the objects, and may be parallel, or perpendicular, or trans- verse, yet so that the general direction is always downward in opposition to that expressed by dvot, which is always upward. The general meaning, then, of the preposition by itself is, down along, (parallel) ; down to, upon, or at, (perpendicular); down through, (transverse). with the genitive. When it governs the genitive, the import of the preposi- tion combines with the idea of the case, § 220. so that the noun governed indicates, 1st. The origin of the action or mo- tion, or that/rom which at first, or in its progress, it proceeds ; as, /3rj 8s xar' 'OX'jjul^oio xa^vwv, he descended/rom the heights of Olympus ; 2d. the cause of the particular direction express- ed by xara ; as, [xovs, covered with a cloud as to, or in respect of, his shoulders; (i. e. even with.) In ; as, Kar' &£%*]£, in the beginning, i. e. even with it. On ; as, xam tirffiog s§aXs, he struck him on (even with or down on,) the breast. By ; as, xard xXi/xaxas xuriSouvov, they went down by (even with) ladders. To, near to; as, xardrov irojipw gysvovro, they came near to (even with, close up to) the harbour. At ; as, xara )va, eyen/ month, monthly ; xar' gVos, word for word. In many of these phrases it is used in common with other prepositions ; thus, xara xfaros, and dva xjaVos, by force ; xa0 5 saurov, |(p' lavTov, and *r£os lavrov, Ay himself See Donnegan's Lexicon, Kara. In Composition, with a verb of motion its usual significa- tion is down; as, §aivw, I go ; xaraSaivw, / descend; €aXXw, I throw; xaraSaXXw, I throw down. It also signifies, 1. Opposi- tion ; as, x£ ivw, I judge, xaraxjivw, I judge against, I condemn. 2. It gives additional force to the simple term ; as, 6t?)s oixsrMET' sjxou, modesty dwells with me. 'Or' %v ps& 9 TjfAGJv, when he was with us. Mcrd 5jxwwv tfJvs xal %ai, to send after ox for any one ; Sotpiav fj,s WITH THE DATIVE* § 182. differently the one for the other ; and hence the same explana* tions will apply to the different uses of this preposition which were given of the examples under dpcpi ; thus, WITH THE GENITIVE, The general meaning of round about is connected with the idea of origin, cause } $ Xo'you£, not according to your words (not coming before your words as a pattern.) With ; as, tixortsTafc Sri tfgbg l\wg auu£, consider with your- selves (bringing the subject to yourselves.) In comparison of ; as, grgig to psyzbog rr t g Kakswg, in comparison with the size of the city (bringing it to the city to compare with it.) Obs. With the accusative also, it is used in adverbial phra- ses, in all of which its general meaning, as illustrated, above^ is § 185. 2&N WITH THE DATIVE. 251 manifest; as, nrglg XH IV ) on acc °unl of; tfjo^Xo'/ov, with regard to the matter ; rfpQ$ to €s'XTi junction. I 257 PART II, . § 189. SYNTAX. Syntax is the arrangement or combination of words in sentences or phrases, agreeably to es- tablished usage, or the received rules of Concord and Government. A Sentence is a combination of two or more words express- ing any thought of the mind ; as, / write ; He studies grammar. Sentences are of two kinds ; Simple, and Complex. A sentence is called Simple, when it contains only one sub- ject, concerning which but one thing is affirmed or denied ; as, He reads ; They are good scholars ; You must not be negligent., It is called Complex when it contains two or more simple sen- tences combined ; as, You and I must study ; He both reads and writes ; There is nothing so difficult but it may be accomplished by proper application, § 190 OF SIMPLE SENTENCES, Every simple sentence ox proposition consists of two parts ; the Subject and the Predicate. 1. The Subject is that, concerning which any thing is -de- clared, and is either the nominative to a verb, or in the accusa- tive before the infinitive. Note. The subject of a verb may eonsist of two or more nouns con- iccted by a conjunction ; and if the predicate can be asserted of them )nly a? united, the sentence is still simple; as, " two and three make five " 5ut if the predicate can be asserted of each of them separately, the sen- ence is complex ; as, three and Jive are uneven numbers* 2. The Predicate is that which is declared respecting the subject ; and is either contained in the verb itself, as, John eads, or, it follows the verb to be, or some other verb of similar mport, which in this case is called the Copula ; as, Time is hort. If it be an active verb, it must have an object, expressed >r implied, on which the action predicated of the subject termi- lates : as, John reads Homer. 22* 258 or THE PARTS OF SYNTX. § 191, 192, On these two parts of a sentence all the others which may be added for amplification depend ; thus, an inordinate desire of admiration, often produces a contemptible levity of deportment. In this simple sentence, the subject, " desire", is amplified and characterised by the other words in the first clause, and the pre- dicate, "produces" by the remaining words in the second. § 191. OF COMPLEX SENTENCES. Complex sentences consist of two or more simple sentences connected together, each of which forms a clause or member of the complex sentence. When a complex sentence is so framed that the meaning is suspended till the whole be finished, it is called & period; other- wise the sentence is said to be loose. Obs. On the readiness with which a complex sentence can be resolved into the simple ones contained in it, and a simple sentence be resolved into its constituent parts, distinguishing the subject and predicate from words and clauses connected with each for modifying their meaning, the quick perception of an author's meaning, and the facility of translating from one language into another, greatly depend. Every sentence, whe- ther simple or compound, is constructed according to certain rules, usually denominated Rules of Syntax ; an accurate and familiar acquaintance with which must be studied by every one who would acquire the knowledge of a foreign language, or even of his own. § 192. OF THE PARTS OF SYNTAX. The parts of Syntax are commonly reckoned two ; Concord and Government. 1. Concord is the agreement of one word with another in case, gender, number, ox person. 2. Government is the power which one word has over another in determining its state. § 193, 194, 195. or substantives. 259 § 193. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SYNTAX, 1. In every sentence there must be a verb and a nominative (or subject) expressed or understood. 2. Every article, adjective, adjective pronoun, or participle, must have a substantive expressed or understood with which it agrees. 3. Every nominative has its own verb expressed or under- stood. 4. Every verb (except in the infinitive and participles) has its own nominative expressed or understood. 5. The genitive expresses possession, origin, &c, and is governed by a noun, a verb, a preposition, or an adverb ; or it is placed as the case absolute with the participle. 6. The dative expresses acquisition, or tendency towards ; and is governed by adjectives, verbs, and prepositions. It also ex- il presses the cause, manner, or instrument. 7. The accusative expresses the immediate or direct object, i and is governed by an active verb or preposition. 8. The infinitive mood is governed by a verb, an adjective, or adverbial particle. § 194. OF CONCORD. Concord is fourfold ; viz. 1. Of a substantive with a substantive. 2. Of an adjective with a substantive. 3. Of a relative with its antecedent. 4. Of a verb with its nominative (or subject). § 195. I. OF A SUBSTANTIVE WITH A SUB- STANTIVE. In Syntax the personal and relative pronouns, and some- times adjectives, as also the infinitive mood or part of a sen- tence, are used as substantives, and as such come under all the rules for the construction of substantives. 260 SUBSTANTIVE WITH A SUBSTANTIVE. §195. Rule I. Substantives signifying the same per- son or thing agree in case ; as, nauXo£ dtfo(f (sup. iios^Astyages the son of Cyax- ares. Obs. 2. Sometimes the substantive in apposition is to be translated as x if connected with the other by the particle ws, as ; thus, (pegovrat Ss oi'xofov (fvrov /uusv 7 afrov, they brought from home bread as food. Obs 3. When the one substantive is predicated of the other, they are connected by a substantive verb, a verb of gesture, or a "passive verb of naming ; hence the Rule § 218, III. Note 1. The predicate after the verb may be a pronoun, adjeetitw, or participle, agreeing with the substantive before it according to Rule U. § 196. Note. 2. In this construction fyw in the sense of eI^i, and ukovw in the sense of to be called, have a nominative after them ; as, l^ 1 ^x°h ^ e quiet ; qvk aKova-ofxai kclkos, I shall not be called wicked. Obs. 4. The possessive pronoun, being equivalent in signifi- cation to the genitive of the substantive pronoun from which it is formed, requires a substantive in apposition with it to be put in the genitive ; as, Aa^j s/xos fy xvvuiriSos, he was the brother-in-law of me a shame- less woman. In like manner the pronoun aujv $$iregav aurwv, (scil. X^f av )> their own country. Obs. 5. On the same principle, possessive adjectives, formed from proper names, being equivalent to the genitive of their primitives, have a noun in apposition in the genitive ; as, § 196. ADJECTIVE WITH A SUESTANT1VE. 261 Nsfoogij) tfaf a vyjt IL\ikv\ys\ih$ fiatfihriog, near the ship of Nes- tor , a king born at Pylos. 'AfyvotTog wv, atoXsws ty}$ ^syi^TY\g i being a citizen of Athens^ a very large city. So in Latin, mea ipsius culpa, my own fault. To this rule the following are exceptions : Exc. 1. Sometimes the latter of two substantives signifying the same thing is put in the genitive ; as, #oXj£ 'A07ivwv, (for 'AdSjvai), the city of Athens. Exc. 2. A substantive put in the same case with another, to Hmit its signification, is not in apposition, but is used as an adjec- tive ; as, e EXXa£ & good man is a com- mon good. Obs. 1. This rule is applicable to the article, adjective pro- nouns, and participles, which for convenience may be denomi- nated adjective* words. Obs. 2. Other words are sometimes used as adjectives, and consequently fall under this rule ; viz. (1.) A substantive which limits the signification of a more general term, see Rule I. Exc. 2. (2.) A participle denoting the possession of the object includ- ed in the adjective ; as, aaXXiflVov im xai jxeyaXqv, to a city populous, flourishing, and large. But ahiav rov- tov 6Uai6v fall %x £lv i & i s J UBi & a t he should have the blame, may be ex- pressed thus ; txjv ahiav ovros fiUaids fan s%£iv ; i. e. the accusative before the infinitive is put in the nominative, and the adjective agrees with it. Note '3. And sometimes when the infinitive has not an accusative be- fore it, the accusative after the infinitive of the active verb is changed into the nominative, and the adjective made to agree with it; thus. rf]v jiwpedv %dpiros cUaiov fan Tvy%dveiv. it is jusl to obtain a token of favour, may be changed into $ Suped ^aoirog cUaid fan Tvy%dveiv. Note 4. Both these modes of construction are especially common with the verbal adjectives in t6g and rhs; thus, ov aj>l w£pio;rr«z i arl f] 'EXAac znoWvjiivtj, or ov \6yov, greater than can be expressed ; Kpeiocov lAwi- dos, better than expectation § 226. A T o£e2. Yet sometimes jj, and sometimes the preposition ?rpo or avW, is placed before the genitive, and in translating may be considered redun- dant. Obs. 2. When a subject is compared with something ex- pressed by the infinitive mood, or part of a sentence, y is follow- ed by that infinitive with or without h$ or uxfre ; as, }, follows the comparative, and the clause containing the explanation of the pronoun is sub- § 198. OF THE COMPARATIVE, 267 joined, preceded by % ; as, } Maxstov dv?ip xoLTCLtfoksp&v r^v e EXXaAa in the sense of %; as, 6 -n6\^og ob% #rAwv rb 7rA£ov. aXXii Sandvrjg, a war not more of weapons than of money. Note 3. If the positive is followed by a word indicating a comparison, as ^, 7?£-£.o, the adverbs paWov, -\iov, or some other, corresponding to the sense, may be considered as understood; as, fyttaj 6iKaiov £%eiv to erepov Kipag, rj~£p 'AOrjvaiovg, it is just that we (rather) than the Athenians, should have the past of honour. Note 4 The neuter gender, both singular and plural, of nXsmv, fxtiwv, and some others, is frequently joined as an epithet with substantives of any gender, number, or case; as, 'i-mrovg ph afsi oh pelov (for (xsiovg), Skt^v gid)v. he will bring not fewer than twenty thousand horse. Obs. 4. When one quality is predicated of a subject in a higher degree than another, the adjectives expressing these qualities are both put in the comparative, connected by the par- ticle y ; as, ffXoutfi&JTSfos r] tfoqjwrePo?, more rich than wise. s*ror/ja'a «ra^-jTSga vj tfocpwrsga, I acted with more precipitation than prudence. Note 1. A person or thing is compared with itself under different cir- cumstances, by subjoining the reciprocal pronoun in the genitive to the 26S OF THE SUPERLATIVE. § 199. comparative degree, accompanied almost uniformly by the pronoun avrbg', as, h &£ Ne7\o± tovtov top %p6vov avrbg Iuvtov j)£ei noWfy hiroScio-Tcpos if tov dipw> the Nile at this t>me (winter) flows with a much lower stream than itaelfin the time of summer. Similar to this are such expressions as Snrhjvios iyiveTo avrbg ioivrov, as great again as he was. Note 2. A comparison between two comparatives in different propo- sitions is indicated by the words frrif), To &g <5uvavov (3s\Ti(fToi 9 the best possible. c. These particles joined with the positive give it the force of the superlative ; as, w£ xoCkug sg (Wva/xiv for w£ xaXkitfrcn 5uva- TOV. ^. The numeral sis, joined with a word qualified by a super- lative, also encreases its force : as, sig ocv^p (3-s\ri(frog, a man of all others the best. e. The adverb ou or oux, prefixed to a negative adjective in the superlative degree, reverses its signification ; as, ov-% ijxKfra, equivalent to jUiaXitfr in the predicate, it serves to temper the expression by assert- ng the existence of the quality in a less positive and unlimited nanner, such as may be expressed by the English words some- 274 OF THE INTERROGATIVE rig. § 204< what, in some degree, rather ; as, SutrQarig rig 6 roitog qjaiWai, the place appears somewhat difficult to be passed ; syw j • f<, V(?tt wo/ consider it of the greatest importance ? Ofc. 6. Almost in the same way are used the interrogative words t. oj (scil. 'A^vaiwv flroXi^) ovrs rw iroXs^iiu idskbovrt dyavuxryi&iv syst, v$ 9 oi'wv xcLxoiraQsT, i. e. w£ uto toio'jtuv oi'wv jfttfij;, and we are now the only state which does not excite indignation in an invading enemy, because {or since) they suffer from such a brave people as we are. N. B. — In all constructions of this kind the idea will be rea- dily perceived by considering olog as put for 6V1 or dg roiovrog. See numerous examples in L. Bos. Ellipses, Gr. 271. Vige- rus, Ch. 3. § 8—9. 2d. a. Before an adjective it may be resolved by supplying the infinitive eivcu ; as, s) f/iv yag rig dvyg sv uvroTg stfn olog spirsi- gog rfoXspov, if any one among them is skilful in war, Dem. O. 1 2. for Toiovrog olog e/vcti syursigog, is such as to be skilful, &c. ; oTog agitfTog, the best, for roiovrog olog eivou agitfrog, such as to be the best, &c. b. olog is frequently, however, joined with an adjective in the form of an exclamation or interrogation, apparently without | reference to the usual antecedent ; as, olog psyag, olog yakstfog, how great ! hoio difficult I Thus Lysias, olog ^iyag xal Sewog xivowog riyuvitfQrij how great and terrible danger was risked, (scil. for the liberty of Greece.) If this and similar sentences, how- ever, are thrown into the assertive form, they readily admit of the same resolution as the others; thus, danger such as to be > great and terrible was risked. 3d. a. Joined with the verb el^i expressed or understood, and followed by an infinitive, it signifies C( I am of such a kind as, or such as ;" and, according to the connexion in which it stands, may mean " I am able" u I am wont " " / am ready, or .willing" roiovrog being^ always understood as an antecedent word ; thus, ou yag fv olog aero iravrhg xsgSyvcu, (i. e. roiovrog olog), he was not (such) as to make gain from every thing. b. The abbreviated expressions oTog s/fAi, and olog r' sl(xi, are very common, and usually, but not always, observe this dis- tinction ; viz. that the former signifies " / am wont" the latter, r I am able, I can" and is equivalent to Suva^M ; as, olog rs sljxi tovto roielv, I can do this. c. In the neuter it is used impersonally ; as, oTov ri £js y sv toTs Xo'yoi£, vehemence in lan- guage ; or with a demonstrative or possessive pronoun ; as, ouro£ 6 dv^f, this man ; 6 Cos vioV, thy son. II. The article is prefixed to nouns when they denote the whole species ; as, 6 oiv&gMog iffti dvqros, man is mortal. III. The article is generally prefixed to abstract nouns. It is so : 1st. When the noun is used in its most abstract sense ; as, $1 ddixia v.ou r\ axoXatfict yksyi&rov jvv] Itin Tayadov, peace {generally, no particular or definite peace) is the abstract good ; rourl to x^aviov y\ 'EXevq itfriv, this skull is the Helen, (sc. whom thou seekest). 3. The predicate has the article in a convertible proposition ; as, ifoi 8s 6 Hog 6 vous, Goo? is the mind, or, fAe mind is God. V. Proper names generally have the article, though there are many exceptions. VI. The article is generally placed before appellatives, and all words and phrases which are placed after a substantive, for the purpose of definition or description, giving them the force of adjectives, (see § 196, Obs. 2.). These are: 1. A substantive in apposition. 2. An adjective. 3. A participle. 4. An ad- verb. 5. A preposition with its case ; thus, 1. Before a substantive in apposition, or an appellative added to a proper name for farther explanation ; as, 2wx£ocry]£ 6 w fiaaiktia is equivalent to ftacikiia rj dVo) ovcaj tht j § 208. OF THE ARTICLE. 281 kingdom which is above. In like manner the examples in No. 5. may- be resolved ; thus, fj Setvdrtjs % iv roXg \6yois oZaa, the vehemence which is in language ; rrjs Adas ptpis h *r$s rds dvaroXds ovaa, the part of Asia which is towards the east, VII. Without a preceding substantive to be defined or des- cribed, as in VI, the article is placed before adjectives, partici- ples, adverbs, and adverbial particles and phrases, and before a preposition and its case, giving them the force of substantives ; thus, Before Adjectives ; as, oi Avtjto/, " mortals ;" oi xaxo/, " the wick- ed ;" to avaitf^yjTov, " carelessness ; fi (See § 197. Obs. 3, and 7.) Before Participles ; oi xokaxsvovrsg^" flatterers 9 n " those who fiat- ter ;" oi (piXotfop ovvrsg, "philosophers, those who philosophize." Before Adverbs, and adverbial particles and phrases ; as, y aufiov (sc. r^s^oi)^ u Jhe morrow" " the day ivhich is on the morrow ;" sup. outfa. — to MTitfw (sc. |xS£o$) u behind" u that which is after ; n to t», '" the substance j" to tfoiov, " the quality ;" to tfotfov, " the quan- tity ;" to oj?, " the manner in which ;"' to iik tj, u the reason why j" &c. Arist. Before a Preposition with its case, particularly ajx-

j &j*ajTia. 06s. 3. Of this kind of construction, though with some pe? culiarity of meaning, are the phrases oi d|x

; — to ifibv for tfxi. XII. The article prefixed to an adjective, whether used as m adjective or in the sense of a substantive, often changes its 284 THE ARTICLE AS A DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN. § 209. aXXoi, others ; 01 aXXoi, the others, the rest. aXkr}, other ; fy aWy 'EXXas, the rest of Greece. tfoXkoi, many ; 01 roXXo/, generally the greater number, the multitude. orXgfous, more ; oi crXsi'ous, the most, avrog, himself; 6 ccutos, the same, tfoivrsg, all ; oi tf ocvtss, (after numerals) in all. oX/y©*. few ; oi oXiyoi, the few t the Oligarchs. Note. To which may be added that ttS? or a?™? in the singular, with the article prefixed to the adjective or to its substantive, signifies the whole of any thing ; without the article it denotes every individual of a class. The same remark applies to b\os. When its substantive refers to any thing definite it has the article, otherwise not ; as, bXrjv r^v xdAtv, the whole city ; kviavrov 8\ov } a whole year. XIII. Hence the article in Greek is used in many cases in which it cannot be used in English , and consequently must be omitted in translating ; as, 1. With proper names ; as, 6 Kvgos, Cyrus. 2. With demonstrative or possessive pronouns ; as, 15s o av- 0£w#o£, this man ; 6 dig vidg, thy son. 3. Sometimes with the interrogative pronouns tfo~og, Tig] as, to, vydSa$ Kardywv, destroying some of the cities of Greece, and reinstating the exiles in others. Note 2. When the opposition or distinction is not between substan- tives, but between adjectives, verbs, or entire propositions, the article with niv and Si is put in the neuter in the sense of partly ; as, vdjioioi Si rd fiiv KprjTiKolcn, ra SI KapiKolcri ^peon/rat, they use partly the Cretan laws, and partly the Carian. Note 3, When the article is governed by a preposition, fxiv and Si come immediately after it, and before the article from which they may be separated by intervening words; as,iv /ilv cpa Toljo'f ovpfovovptv, iv'Sk rols ov\ with some indeed we agree, with others not. Note 4. One of the particles is often understood ; as, $tvSus, al S y aXrjd&ls ovk elalv jjtiovat, are not some pleasures false, and others true ? Note 5. Instead of one or both the articles, or with them, the name itself is often put : sometimes another word ; as, faoXi/uov — MirvXyvatoi re ical 'A.Qjjvcuoij ol fxev airaiTiovvrsg rrjv xwprjv 'Adqvaiot 6*e t &c. the Mityleneans and Athenians entered into along war, theirs* demanding restitution of the territory, but the Athenians scil. rejecting their claim. So olpiv — Ivlql Si, olfjiiv — aXXoi Si, or erepoi. Si, xa ' *$'\ xa; cpuvfj, with my hand, with my foot, and with my voice. 7. It is for the most part omitted with the ordinal numbers. § 213. OF THE RELATIVE PRONOUN. Rule III. Tne relative agrees with its antece- dent in gender, number, and person ; as, avdqeg oleic ovtai, men who shall know. 288 OF THE RELATIVE PRONOUN. § 213. Obs. 1. The antecedent is the substantive, or something equivalent to a substantive, in a preceding clause to which the relative, as its substitute, refers, or with which it agrees, being repeated with it in its own clause. Note 1. Sometimes, as in Latin, the relative and its clause is placed before the antecedent and its clause ; as, a s^w, (followed by a verb) until that ; instead of fiixg'S ixeivov

ou, ye are the light of the world. Note. This rule likewise applies to the infinitive mood, whether its subject be in the nominative or accusative. See § 267. Obs. Verbs which have a nominative both before and after them, sometimes agree in number with the latter or predi- cate instead of the subject ; as, ^ends, in general, upon the following principles ; dz. 1. The Genitive expresses thaXfrom which any thing proceeds , >r by which it is possessed, and it usually depends upon a noun r preposition expressed or understood. 2. The Pative expresses that to which any thing is acquired, r which is the end of any action ; in which sense it may fol- )w any adjective verb or preposition that is suitable to its na- jre. It also expresses the cause or instrument by means of which ny thing is done, and in this sense always depends upon a reposition expressed or understood. From this use of the ise, perhaps, it is that sometimes, though very seldom, it de- otes that from which a thing is taken, or which is the cause f our receiving it ; as, Qsiutfn Ssxto Sstfug, he took the cup from Themis.. 3. The Accusative, denoting the general object of an action, ceives the force of an active verb or of a preposition ; or, as e .subject of an infinitive mood, it may stand after a verb of ly kind by which the infinitive is governed. Obs. 1. The action of a verb may be considered in reference ther 1. To its immediate object ; i. e. that on which its action is Sediately exerted, and which is always governed in the ac- tive ; as, SiSovai l/xaurov, to give myself; or 2. To a remote object ; i. e. one which is not acted upon by e verb, but is merely that to which the action tends, or by hich it is acquired, or from respect to which it is exerted, or of 298 OF THE GENITIVE. § 220 which it takes part ; and hence it is put in the genitive or da- tive after the accusative with an active verb, or without an accu- sative after a neuter verb ; as, Gen. atctkarrsiv nvoi votfou, to free any one from disease. D&t. SiSovcu i/xaurov iw£, near with respect to the city ; yv\ #Xsia xaxwv, a land full of (i. e. with respect to) evils ; fxs*'£wv tfocr^os, greater than (i. e. with respect to) his father. Obs. To this principle, then, may be referred the construction of the genitive 1 . With all words which represent a situation or operation of the mind, which is directed to an object, but without affect- ing it : such as verbs signifying to remember, to forget, to neglect, &c. ; and objectives signifying experienced, ignorant, desirous, &c. 2. With all words which indicate fulness, to be full, defect, emptiness, &c. Under this head fall adjectives signifying /w//, rich, empty, deprived of, &c. ; and adverbs denoting abundance, want, sufficiency, &c. 3. To this principle must be referred the construction of the genitive with the comparative degree, § 226 : with all words de- noting superiority, inferiority, and where a comparison is made with respect to the value of a thing ; as, agios rourov, worthy of this, i. e. equal in value ivith.respect to this ; or where the idea of difference is involved. 4. When that with respect to which a thing is done may al- so be considered the cause of its being done, the word express- ing it is often put in the genitive, and may be rendered " on ac- eount of;" as, (pQoveTv j fo5v nXarais'wv stfiflV^arsfa, the march against the Platceans. Rem. 2. Nouns thus derived, however, are more frequently followed by the dative ; as, r\ Mouoicov Sotfis dvdj uffoitfiv, the gifts of the Muses to men ; sometimes by the preposition slg with the accusative ; as, dswv slg avftgurfovg 8&x ov $> tfxorou, serviceable against cold, darkness, &c< § 224, 225, GENITIVE GOVERNED BY ADJECTIVES 305 §224. Rule VIL Adjectives signifying plenty or want, &c. govern the genitive ; as, fj.20Vo£ &opu§qv, full of confusion. sgv\ikos dvSgftv, destitute of men. For the principle of this rule, see § 220. L and Obs. 2, Obs. Under this rule are comprehended, 1.. Adjectives of fulness, plenty, and want; value, dignity, loorth, and the contrary. 2. Adjectives expressive of power, eminence, superiority, and their opposites ; also, of participation, diversity, separation, pecu- liarity, or property, and the like. 3. Adjectives followed by the genitive of the cause ; as, a0Xio£ sov tyovroLi, they shall see God. Exc. 2. In the Attic dialect all verbs of sense govern the accusative ; and sometimes, though very rarely, in the other dialects ; as, ojxoutfa sgot 9 a part, or ri, some, as the direct object of the verb, and which governs the genitive according to Rules V and VIII. To this rule belong more especially such verbs as signify 1 . To share, participate, or impart, which with the genitive of the thing frequently govern the dative of the person to whom it is imparted ; as, psraSiSwiu < ^ ,0 ? i T w j - dfAuvw, dXaXxw, ayffigw, &wxw, &c. 312 GENITIVE GOVERNED BY VERBS. § 23L 8. To make way for, or retire from, to resign; as, s?xw, 9. To err, to cause to err ; as, utfotfXavaofjuxi, a^oruy^avojxaij afjuagravw, tfXavaw. 10. To cease, to cawse to cease ; as, tfauw, tfauo/^ai, X->jyu ? &c. 11. To deceive, frustrate, or disappoint; as, ^sufojuuai, flraj'w, tf9j<5wv, having liberated Greece from the Medes. § 227. Obs. 3. § 231. Rule XV. Verbs of ruling, presiding over, ex- celling, and the contrary, govern the genitive ; as, tfoXXwv i'dvwv &PX Slv > t° ru ^ e over f^omj nations. twv tffayixowwv s x £«»vw, 5s so af x w ) ^^fX w ) *a™px w * § 232, 233. CONSTRUCTION OF THE DATIVE. 313 8. The contrary are such as signify to be ruled ) led, pre- sided over, &c. ; to obey, to be inferior to, to be worsted, or overcome. Obs. 2. Many verbs under this rule sometimes govern the dative ; as, dvatfa'k), (fyjxa/vw, x£ariaj, ^ysojxai,- ^ysjaovs^w, #fx w * And sometimes the accusative. § 232. Rule XVI. Verbs of buying, selling, estimat- ing, &c. govern the genitive of the price ; as, wvyjtfafjwjv roDVo rfivrs 5^a^fxwv, I bought this for Jive drachma. dgioSrai Sw'hrig rijuSjg, he is esteemed worthy of efcw- Me honour. The genitive in this construction is properly governed by dvTi understood, sometimes expressed. The price is sometimes put in the dative with the preposition iw, and sometimes in the accusative with the preposition tff o£. N. B. — For the construction of the genitive with the accu- sative, see § 241 ; also, for the genitive governed by adverbs, see § 255, 256 : by prepositions, § 259 ; and as used to express certain circumstances, § 247, 248, and from § 251 to 254. § 233. CONSTRUCTION OF THE DATIVE. The dative has, in general, two significations : 1. It is used to express the remote object to which any quality or action, or any state or condition of things tends, or to which they refer ; which tendency is usually expressed in English by the words to or for. As thus used it corresponds to the dative in Latin, and is subject to nearly the same rules. 2. It is used to express that with which any thing is connect- ed as an accompaniment, cause, instrument, manner, means, or end. This connexion is usually expressed in English by such words as with, by, from, in, for, or on account of Used in this way, it corresponds to the ablative in Latin, both in meaning and con- struction. 27 314 THE DATIVE GOVERNED, BY ADJECTIVES. § 234, 235. § 234. OF THE DATIVE AFTER SUBSTAN- TIVES. Rule XVII. Substantives derived from verbs which govern the dative, sometimes govern the dative also ; as, fy rou Qsov Sdtfig u/xiv, the gift of God to you. 7} h Tco ^oX^w rofs cpi\oi$ /3o^£ja, the assistance to friends in war. ££ ivTiXoyicnv roTg £iW*X°'£) f° r tne contradiction of your allies. Because <5i(5w^», Borfsu, and dvnXsyw, govern the dative. So also, ®r$a\dw avu%, king of Thebes. * Obs. 1 . The. dative often follows a substantive in the sense of the genitive, for which construction with examples, see § 236. Obs. 1. Obs. 2. The dative sometimes depends on an adjective and substantive joined together, but chiefly on account of the ad- jective ; as*, xXsivov docXos irargi, illustrious offspring to the father. Obs. 3. The dative sometimes follows a substantive, not, however, as implying possession, but where the idea of adapta- tion or design is implied ; as, x s S^ lv *w°$9 labour for the hands ; i. e. adapted for, designed for. Obs. 4. The dative is also put with substantives to express the idea of companionship, being governed probably by g£va$ as in apposition, defining more precisely the part affected as in the above examples ; thus, " what grief has come upon you : viz. your mind" So in other instances j as, Tfwa$ <5I jV7) ytf^ag avsV^ov, they lifted up their hands to Minerva. This rule may be considered as general, applying to all cases in which a verb expressing action is followed by the dative, the action not being exerted upon, but simply directed to the object expressed in the dative. Hence, if the verb is active, it will govern also its immediate object in the accusative (§ 243.) ; if neuter, it will be followed by the dative only. More particu- larly to this rule belong I. Verbs expressing action, compounded with 1*7, itghg, sfc, dva, &c. These prepositions serve to mark more precisely the direction of the action, or state of action to an object. Obs. 1. These verbs sometimes govern the accusative by the force of the preposition with which they are compounded ; as, ixecfrgaTSvtfe tfoXw, he waged war against the city, § 260. Obs. 2. Hence the dative in this construction generally is equivalent to the preposition sfe, *£o$, stt, &c. with the accu- sative. Further, to this rule belong II. Verbs which signify, 1. To profit or hurt; to please or displease; to reverence or to yield. 2. To favour or assist ; and the contrary, to pray to, or entreat. 3. To command, ezhorU or address; to obey or disobey ; to serve or resist. 4. To fit or accommodate ; to use and resemble. 5. To give to, or to trust ; to approach, to meet, or to follow. 6. To reproach with, to censure, to reprimand or rebuke, to be an- gry with, 320 DATIVE GOVERNED BY VERBS. § 238. Excep. 6Vw or Sh^ai, I ask, governs the genitive ; and Xitf- tfo/jww and Xiravsuw always the accusative. Obs. Many of these verbs sometimes govern the dative and sometimes the accusative, according as their action is viewed by the writer as directed to., or exerted upon, the object. In the for- mer case they are viewed as neuter or intransitive verbs : in the latter, as active or transitive. § 73. Obs. 2. § 238. Rule XXL Verbs implying connexion or com- panionship, govern the dative ; as, ofjuXsFv rm, to associate with any one. in this construction the dative is considered as corresponding to the ablative in Latin. (§ 233. 2.) To this rule belong, 1. Verbs compounded with tfuv, fyxou, ^srot, (with) ; as ? (fv^fiv rivi, to live with any one. 2. Verbs after which tfuv, 6^ou, psra, may be supplied consist- ently with the sense, such as those which signify (1.) To follow (with), to converse, to mix, to be reconciled, to dtv ell (with). (2.) To contend, or strive with or against, &c. ,Obs. i. Verbs signifying " to contend, 11 &c. in one point of view may come under the principle of Rule XX, and hence are sometimes followed by an accusative with irgos ; but then they signify more properly " to attack. 11 Obs. 2. If a dative of the manner or instrument (§ 249.) fol- low the verb fAiyvufAi, to mix, instead of the dative of the per- son associated with, the genitive is used, governed by the word in the dative ; as, Moaol Aibs sv (piXorrir i y4iysT(fa, -Maia being embraced by Jupiter* Note. To the principle of this rule may be referred the construction of the dative, expressing re-petition or succession ; as, dveWa OviWrj, storm upon storm ; ftWov <5' av aXXw npoaiSois, ' you might see one and then ano- ther,' (scil. rushing to the region of Pluto.) For the dative, construed with the passive voice, see § 245, § 239. CONSTRUCTION OF IMPERSONAL VERBS. 321 § 239. CONSTRUCTION OF IMPERSONAL VERBS. Rule XXII. Impersonal verbs govern the da- tive ; as, ggso or toutou, how does this concern you ? IExc. I. del and xQfl frequently take the accu- sative of the person with the genitive of the thing; as, k yiig tfwv ps SsT Astftfitiparw, for 1 do not want your oracles. ou5s 'plot, are often construed with the accusative and genitive ; as, id os pcjsw yiyvSTou au-r^ 5 I have need of it : rig X$ Si0L ^ fa™, )hat need have you of me? Exc. II. xQfl> rtQ£rt*h an ^ d^h it behoveth, govern he accusative with the infinitive ; as, rll XSV {fans) toindtttQM Hv s/^vyjv, we ought to make peace. I tfopwrggoug yoig SsT /3porwv slmi Gsovg, It behoves those who are wiser than men to be gods. 322 CONSTRUCTION OF THE ACCUSATIVE. § 240 Obs 2. The dative is used in certain phrases in which appears to depend on an impersonal or some other verb under-j stood ; viz. (1). After us to shew that a proposition is affirmed, not a* generally true, but only with respect to a certain person ; as, D fxaxfocv us yljovn flrgou ™^ *> ™ judgment. For the dative governed by adverbs, see § 256. § 240. CONSTRUCTION OF THE ACCUSATIVE The accusative in Greek, as in other languages, is used ; express the immediate object of an active verb, that on whic its action is exerted, and which is affected by it ; as, Xa^<*< ojv itf^Jo, I take the shield. When used to express, tlj remote object of a verb, as it often is, or after verbs which a properly neuter, it is governed by a preposition understood. Rule XXIII. A verb signifying actively, jgj verns the accusative ; as, yvw& tfsauTov, know thyself . Tjgtfoc^ov tyjv rfoXiv, they plundered the city. 'Ayadov AvSgot. npcfc, thou honourest a good man. Obs. 1. Several verbs in Greek are used in an active ser (i e are followed by an accusative as their immediate objec which in Latin are considered as neuter and followed by soi other case. These are chiefly the following ; viz. 1st «rsMw; as, *sMsivnv&, to persuade any one. 2d. vZMu ; as, fig^eiv p6vei (sc. tppov/jfiaTa), think as becometh an immortal. 2d. When they only signify to cause that state or feeling which they express in a neuter sense ; as, jjgsv /si'fa, he caused the hand to move forward, i. e. he stretched out the hand ; a\ rfriyai liovtfi yaXoL xui julsXi, the fountains caused milk and honey to flow ; i. e. the fountains flowed with milk and honey. So Virgil ; " Et durse quercus sudabunt roscida mella." Rem. 1. The accusative is often governed by an active verb or participle understood ; as, Cs the man with (having) the purple robe. Rem. 2. In this way the words ovojxa, S-^os, tfXSjdos, su£o£, and others are frequently construed in the accusative ; as, fairodgo- fjuoff Ttw (i. e. tfsgi or xcwa fMfWga), as to your mother — let her return. OF VERBS WHICH GOVERN TWO CASES. Many active verbs, together with the accusa- tive of the direct object, govern also another word to which the action has an indirect or re- § 241. VERBS GOVERNING THE ACCUSATIVE, &C. 325 mote reference, in- the genitive, dative, or accusa- tive, as the nature of that reference may require. §241. VERBS GOVERNING THE ACCUSATIVE AND GENITIVE. As a general principle it may be noticed that most active verbs which govern. the genitive govern also the accusative of the direct object. § 228. Obs. § 229. 2. Note 2 and 3. § 230. Obs. 2. § 239. Exc. I. This is more fully exemplified in the following Rules. XXIV. Verbs of accusing, condemning, acquit- ting, and the like, govern the accusative of the person with the genitive of the crime ; as, J/Gjxofxai (fi 5siXf<*£, I accuse you of cowardice. foroXiw Cs rrjg ahiag, I acquit you of this blame. The genitive after verbs of accusing, is often governed by a preposition or some other word interposed, by which the ex- pression is rendered more emphatic ; as, iy^a^cnTo (jxa) tovtuv aurwv s'vsxa, he accused me of these same things. Siuxu rovg nraiSag tfwpfotfuMjv, they teach their youths probity ri tfoiytfu aurov ; what shall I do to him ? Obs. 1. The immediate object of verbs which signify " to do" Qr u to speak," is the action done or the word spoken ; the remote object is the person or thing to which it is done or spoken ; thus, . " tfoisfr dyoi^a (scil. sf ya) s. 5. Verbs which signify to call or warn?, to make, to choose, besides the accusative of the person, may be followed by the accusative of an adjective or substantive being the predi- cate which the verb affirms of its immediate object. In this construction the verb sTvai is frequently interposed ; thus, -tfocpitf- jfjkou ^ rris tfoXsws iirtiLskeia, The management of the city was entrusted to Lycur- gus. 3d. By the passive voice with the former case, according to the Obs. ; as. 28* 330 CONSTRUCTION OF CIRCUMSTANCES. § 246. Avxovgyog ttjv 9% mXsug sVff/*sXsiav utfo tou ov), 1 Hades ; iv "Agysos (sc. rfoXsi), at Argos. :■ 055. 3. The terminations -h and -tfi, added to a noun, de- mote at a place ; as, dygMi, in the country ; Q^tfi, at Thebes ; ps and -y ysvoiro, may it not be. Rem. 2. In negative prayers and prohibitions it is joined most commonly with the imperative of the present and the sub- junctive of the aorist ; as, jx?j fxs /3 I command you to do this. xsksvu g (ware), itqiv, a#(H, fiexQij &c before it ; as, tig ISsTv avdf w#ov, when the man saw. *f jv dflroflavsiv to rfauSiov, before the child died. kg fxixf ov psyaku shoufou, to compare small with great* Obs. 1 . gj£j with the infinitive, is frequently used to limit a proposition in the sense of " as far as." Thus, kg g/ii su fiiSfw/vjtfflai, as far as I recollect distinctly. Cog yi f*,oi 5gxs?v, as it seems to me. Obs. 2. kg is frequently omitted ; hence such expressions as the following : ou tfoXXw Xoyw sjVsjv, in few words ; pixgw Sstv, to/fe is wanting) almost ; tfoXXou <5s?V, twwcA is wanting. 356 CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARTICIPLE. § 269. Obs. 3. The infinitive is often used for the imperative mood, o£a, SXsVs, tfxotfsT, &c. being understood ; as, x a ' l £ Biv 1* ST( * X a '~ govrwv, xkaisiv jLfcSrd xXaiovrwv, rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Sometimes, also, for the opta- tive, 5os, ds'Xw, or sK^ofAcci, being understood ; as, w Zeu sxyhev, you are clearly a sycophant. Obs. 2. Instead of the participle with the above-mentioned verbs, the infinitive is sometimes used ; but, generally, in con- sequence of a change of meaning in the governing verb ; thus, yiyvwtfxs/v, signifying to perceive, is followed by the participle ; signifying to learn, it is followed by the infinitive ; yet, some- times it seems indifferent which construction is used. Thus, gufjupofov idTi vavrci wgaj^vai, or Tcwra f;u/xs, Isliall die ; or, lam about to die. V. A participle joined with Jtav&avco, (p&avw, Tvyxavco, also with verbs which express a con- tinuance ; as, diaxtkm^ diayivofiai,, dbuya), &c. in any tense, is rendered by the indicative of that tense; and the verb is rendered as an adverb; thus, Xctv^avw, with the participle denotes, 1st. that something is done unperceived by others ; as, rau£vy &XS l > witfi EJ, # M^ forbidding. OtfOTS, 1 "OtfoVav, v wforc. "Ore, j INDICATIVE, OPTATIVE, SUBJUNCTIVE, AND INFINITIVE. Av, xs, Potential. "Ew£ } as tog as. Mrjtfore, lest. INDICATIVE, OPTATIVE, AND INFINITIVE. I c/ f2j where s'w form a short syllable. This frequently takes place though the vow- els be in different words ; as, r\ ovx aXr$, II. s. 349. § 284. 2. §278 HE. aUANTITY OF THE DOUBTFUL VOW- ELS IN. FIRST AND MIDDLE SYLLABLES. Rule IV. A doubtful vowel before a simple consonant is short ; as, uaitoq. EXCEPTIONS. 1. a is long in nouns in -a 4 awv, '-avwf, -a£o£; as, tfswv, dyavwf, {xutfajos. in numerals in -o(Xio£ ; as, <5iaxoCjo£. in derivatives from verbs in -aw pure and -faw ; thus, dviaj-osfrom dvidw ; idLtfipog from /dojxai : xara- g aro$ from xa-raf dof/.ai ; 0sar7]£ and ^safxa from dsdo- fjua* ; irsgoL&itios from tf£gaw ■ ffgatfis from (iritfgatfxu for) flrjdw. 2. ■ i is long in the penult of nouns in iv$ ids, Tu-s^avros. also in ^dg^ i[iag, xg dg. § 279c PROSODY. 377 IV. 4. -iv is long in nouns in iv which have ivog in the genitive ; as, l^jy^rv, gyyiMvos* — ' in nouns which have two terminations in the nominative ; as, ckxtXv or ocx7]- — arrffco^, ofAoTrfjuoi, Tr/xavwf , &c. ravu)To. Besides these deviations from the usual rules of quantity, the Poets, L Lengthened a syllable^ 1. By doubling or inserting a conso- nant; as, s-* \ $&$$., Spondeus — — - 00f/*w. Iambus ' \^ — 0swv. Trocheeus — ■ — - tfw/xa. Simple feet of three syllables. Tribrachys *-* — ■-—- rfoXsf/,o£. Molossus — .■•*->■ — ■ • ^vypXyf. Dactylus. — v>. •^-; (xa.£ru£o£. Anapeestus ^ — — . .otfXrtfw. Bachius *— ' - — — ArSXirifc. Antibachius — — ^ SsTKvtpi. Amphibrachys •— - — • -^ „ Trdi? j*r. Amphimacer — ^ — tfsrxvurw. § 286. PROSODY. Campound feet of four syllables. 383 Choriambus Antispastus Ionic a majore a minore First Peeon Second ■ Third Fourth First Epitrite Second Third — ^* *-? — (fficpgotfvvin >-' — * — aiLagTrjfioL w v -^ «7fXsovsx•> — w w ava§ro£ ^ ^ — *-* avaSyJiba, w w ,w 0S oySV7J£ i a trochee and an ^ iambus. £ an iambus and a I trochee. { a spondee and a £ pyrrich. £ a pyrrich and a \ spondee. X a trochee ahd a £ pyrrich. J an iambus and a \ pyrrich.. i a pyrrich and a / trochee. an iambus, an iambus and a spondee. . w avj£a and a trochee. • <7roXs>ros two pyrrichs. Dispondeus — Cuv^ouXsug'w two spondees. Diiambus >-< — ^-* — ZnatfTwryjg two iambi. Ditrochaeus — <-r outfTU^Tf^a two trochees. § 286. OF METRE. Metre, in its general sense, means an arrangement of sylla- bles and feet in verse, according to certain rules ; and in this sense applies, not only to an entire verse, but to part of a verse or to any number of verses. A metre, in a specific sense, means a combination of two feet (sometimes called a syzygy), and sometimes one foot only. Note. The distinction between rhythm and metre is this : — the former refers to the time only, in regard to which two short syllables are equi- valent to one long ; the latter refers both to the time and the order of the syllables. The rhythm of an anapaest and dactyl is the same ; the metre 384 prosody. §287. different. The term rhythm, however, is also understood in a more comprehensive sense, and is applied to the harmonious construction and enunciation of feet and words in connexion ; thus, aline has rhythm when it contains tiny number of metres of equal time, without regard to their order. Metre requires a certain number of metres, and these ar- ranged in a certain order. Thus, in this line, Panditur interea domus omnipotentis Olympi, there is both rhythm (as it contains six metres of equal value in respect of time) and metre, as these metres are arranged according to the canon for Hexameter heroic verse, which requires a dactyle in the 5th, and a spondee in the 6th place. Change the order thus, Omnipotentis Olympi panditur interea domus, and the rhythm remains as perfect as before, but the metre is destroy- ed ; it is no longer a Hexameter heroic line. § 287. OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF METRE. 1. Metre, in the general sense, is divided into nine species : 1. Iambic. 4. Dactylic. 7. Ionic a majore. 2. Trochaic 5. Choriambic. 8. Ionic a minore. 3. Anapaestic. 6. Antispastic. 9. Pseonic or Cretic. These names are derived from the feet which prevail in them. It is supposed that each species was originally composed of those feet only from which it is named ; but that others, equal in time, were afterwards admitted under certain restrictions. It often happens that two species, totally dissimilar, are united in the same verse, which is then termed Asynartetes. When the irregularity is great, and it cannot be reduced to any regu- lar form, it is called Polyschematistic or anomalous. Note. The invention or frequent use of any species of metre by a particular poet, or its being used in some particular civil or religious cere- mony, or appropriated to some particular subject or sentiment, has been the occasion of certain kinds of verse receiving other names than those specified above. Thus, we have the Asclepiadean, Grlyconian^ Alcaic, Sapphic, and others; named from the poets, Asclepiades, Glycon, Alcaus, Sappho, Phalacus, Sotades, Archilochvs, Alcman, Pherecrates, Anacreon, Aristophanes, &c. So also the Prosodiacus (from npdaoSos), so called from being used in the approach to the altars on solemn festivals ; and the Parcemiacus, a kind of verse much used in the writing of proverbs, (?ra- In the iambic, trochaic, and anapaestic verse, a metre consists of two feet ; in the others, of one only. 2. A verse or metre is farther characterized by the number of metres (in the specific meaning of the term) which it con- tains, as follows : i §288. prosody. 385 A verse containing one Metre is called Monometer, two Metres Dimeter. three Metres Trimeter. four Metres Tetrameter. five Metres Pentameter. six Metres Hexameter. seven Metres Heptameter. 3. A verse may be complete, having precisely the number of metres which the canon requires ; or it may be deficient in the last metre ; or it may be redundant. To express this, a verse is farther characterized as follows : viz. 1. Acatalectic, when complete. 2 i Catalectic, if wanting one syllable. ( Brachycatalectic, if wanting two syllables or one whole foot, 3. Hypercatalectic, when there is one or two syllables at the end more than the verse requires ; thus, yy Xswv Sgaxovrug ug. iEsch. Lept. Theb. is denominated " trochaic dimeter catalectic ;" the first term referring to the species, the second to the number of metres, and the third to the apothesis or ending. Note. The two last terms, viz. that designating the number of me- tres and that which refers to the ending, are sometimes reduced to one ; thus, when a verse of a given species consists of two feet and a half, it is called Penthemimer ; of three and a half, Hephthemimer (five half feet, seven half feet) ; and when it consists of one metre and a half, it is call- ed Hemiholius. The respective situation of each foot in a verse is called its place (sedes). The rules or canons of the different kinds of metre are brief- ly as follows : ' §288. I. IAMBIC METRE. Table, § 299. I. An iambic verse admits in the first, third, and fifth place, an iambus or a spondee. In the second, fourth, and sixth, an iambus only. Variation 1. The iambus in the odd places may be resolved into a tribrach. The spondee, into a dactyl or an anapaest. Variation 2. The iambus in the even places (except the 33 386 prosody. § 289, 290. last) may be resolved into a tribrach. An anapaest is substi- tuted for it in the case of a proper name only. v Observe, however, 1st. that a dactyl should be avoided in the fifth place ; and, 2d. that resolved feet should not concur. Of this verse there are three kinds, dimeters, trimeters (called also senarian, each line having six feet), and tetrameters* § 289. II. TROCHAIC METRE. Table, § 299. II. A trochaic verse admits in the odd places a trochee only ; in the even places, a troihee or a spondee. The trochee may in any place be resolved into a tribrach, and the spondee into a dactyl or anapaest. A dactyl in the odd places occurs only in the case of a pro- per name. Trochaic verses are mostly catalectic. A system of them generally consists of catalectic tetrameters ; sometimes of dime- ters, catalectic and acatalectic intermixed. In tetrameters the second metre should always end a word. Explanation of the Table,. § 299. II. In this verse each metre is alike. If from the trimeter ex- hibited in the table the first and second metre be taken away 2 the remainder is a table of the monometer, which is always hypercatalectic or acatalectic. If the first is taken away, th$ remainder will be a table of the dimeter ; and if a metre be pre- fixed, it will be a table of the tetrameter, which is always ca- talectic. § 290. III. ANAPAESTIC METRE. Table, § 299. Ill An anapaestic verse, without any restriction of places, ad- mits either an anapcest, spondee, or dactyl. Exc. 1. The dimeter catalectic, called parsemiacus, requires an anapaest in the last place but one ; and is incorrect when a spondee is found there. Exc. 2. In some instances the proper foot is resolved into the proceleusmatic. Anapaestic verses are sometimes intermixed with other spe. cies, but are oftener in a detached system by themselves. § 291. prosody. 387 A system is chiefly composed of dimeters under the follow- ing circumstances : 1. When each foot, or at least each metre (syzygy), ends a word. 2. When the last verse but one of the system is monometer acatalectic, and the last, dimeter catalectic, with an anapaest in the second metre. In a system, this peculiar property : is to be observed, that the last syllable of each verse is not common (as in other species), but has its quantity subject to the same restrictions as if the foot to which it belongs occurred in any other place of the verse. A series, therefore, of anapaestic verses, consisting of one or more sentences, is to be constructed as if each sentence was only a single verse. • Note. The monometer acatalectic is called an anapcestic base. This is sometimes dispensed with in a system ; in the paremiacus, rarely. To this metre belong the JLristophmaic, being catalectic te- trameters ; and the proceleusmatic, consisting of feet isochronal to an anapaest, and, for the most part, ending with it. Explanation of the Table, § 299. III. The table is dimeter. The removal of the first metre leaves it monometer, (which is called an anapaestic base) ; by prefix- ing one metre, it becomes trimeter ; and by prefixing two, it becomes tetrameter, which is always catalectic. § 291. IV. DACTYLIC METRE. Table, § 299. IV. A dactylic verse is- composed solely of dactyls and spondees. In this species one foot constitutes a metre. The common heroic is hexameter acatalectic, having a dactyl in the fifth place and a spondee in the sixth. Sometimes in a solemn, majestic, or mournful description, a spondee takes the place of the dactyl- in the fifth foot ; from which circumstance such lines are called spondaic. The elegiac pentameter consists of five feet. The first and second may be either a dactyl or a spondee at pleasure ; the third must always be a spondee ; the fourth and fifth anapaests. Though an heroic verse is confined to a smaller number of admissible feet than an iambic verse, several licences are allow- ed which are not used in the latter, 388 prosody. § 292, 293. The most considerable are : 1. The lengthening 1 of a short final syllable in certain cases, viz. at the csesural pause, and where its emphasis is in- creased by its beginning a foot. 2. The hiatus, or the concurrence of two vowels, in contigu- ous words. That irregular sort of dactylics which Hephaestion calls JEolics, admits, in the first metre, any foot of two syllables ; the rest must be all dactyls, except where the verse is catalectic^ and then the catalectic part must be part of a dactyl. A second sort of dactylics, called by the same author Loga- cedics, require a trochaic syzygy at the end, all the other feet being dactyls. § 292. V. CHORIAMBIC METRE. Table, § 299, V. The construction of an ordinary choriambic verse is very very simple. Each metre, except the last, is a choriambus % and the last may be an iambic syzygy, entire or catalectic. The iambic syzygy (two iambic feet) is sometimes found at the beginning, and, in long verses, in other places ; but this happens less frequently. • If any other foot of four syllables is joined with a choriam- bus, the verse is then more properly called epichoriambic. Of this there is a very great variety, and they sometimes end with an amphibrach, sometimes with a bachius. § 293. VI. ANTISPASTIC METRE. Table, § 299. VI. An antispastic verse, in its most usual and correct form,. is constructed as follows : In th^ first place, beside the proper foot, is admitted any foot of four syllables ending like an antispastus in the two last syl- lables ; i. e, either >-- ^, — -, ^ ^ — ^, In the intermediate places only an antispastus* In the last, an iambic syzygy, complete or catalectic, or an incomplete antispastus. There is scarce any limit to the varieties in this species. The following are the most usual : § 294. prosody. 389 1. In short verses, the proper foot frequently vanishes, and the verse consists of one of the above-mentioned feet and an iambic syzygy. 2. All the epitrites, except the second, are occasionally sub- stituted in the several places of the verse, particularly the fourth epitrite in the second. 3. If an antispastus begins the verse, and three syllables remain, whatever those syllables are, the verse is antispastic ; because they may be considered as a portion of some of the ad- missible feet, or of some of them resolved. 4. In long verses, an iambic syzygy sometimes occurs in the second place, and then the third place admits the same va- rieties as the firs t. An antispastus. with an additional syllable, is called Dock- miac. An antispastus, followed by an iambic syzygy , is called Glyconian. Two antispasti, with an iambic syzygy, is called JLsclepia« dean. Antispastic dim. catalectic, is called Pherecratian, § 294, VII. IONIC METRE A MAJORE, Table, § 299. VII. An Ionic verse admits a trochaic syzygy promiscuously with its proper foot. The verse never ends with the proper foot com- plete, but either with the trochaic syzygy or the proper foot incomplete. The varieties of this metre are numerous, among which observe the following : Var. 1. The second paeon is sometimes found in the first place. And Var. 2. A molossus ( ) in an even intermediate place with a trochaic syzygy following. Var. 3. The second pceon is occasionally joined to a second or third epitrite, so that the two feet together are equal in time to two Ionic feet. This is called an Avaxkcttfig ; the defect in time of the preceding foot being, in this case, supplied by the redun* dant time of the subsequent ; and the verse so disposed is called AvaxXwfjL3vo£. Var. 4. Resolutions of the long syllable into two short ones are allowed in all possible varieties, If the three remaining poeons, or the second paeon in any- place but the first, without an Avax\atfi£. Or, 33* 390 prosody. § 295, 296. If an iambic syzygy or third epitrite — a choriambus, or any of the discordant feet of four syllables, be found in the same verse with an Ionic foot, the verse is then termed Epi4onic. § 295. VIII. IONIC METRE A MINORE. Table, §299. VIII. An Ionic verse a minor e is often entirely composed of its own proper feet. It admits, however, an iambic syzygy promis- cuously, and begins sometimes with the third pceon followed by one of the epitrites for an AvcocXatf^. A molossus sometimes occurs in the beginning of the verse, and also in the odd places with an iambic syzygy preceding. In the intermediate places a second or third paeon is pre- fixed to a second epitrifc ; and this construction is called Ava- xXoitfig as before. Resolutions of the long syllables are allowed in this as in the other Ionic metre. An Epionic verse a minor e is constituted by intermixing with the Ionic foot a double trochee, second epitrzte } or paeon with- out an AvaxXao'is. PROSODIAC VERSE. When a choriambus precedes or follows an Ionic foot of either kind, the name Epionic is suppressed, and the verse called Pro- sodiacus. And, in general, This name is applied to a verse consisting of an alternate mixture of choriambic and Ionic feet, or of their respective re- presentatives. N. B. The two species of Ionic are not to be intermixed in the same verse. § 296. PHONIC METRE. Table, § 299. IX, A paeonic verse requires all the admissible feet to have the same rhythm with its proper foot ; i. e. to consist of five times, or be equal to five short syllables. The first and fourth paeon are mostly used, but not in the same verse. The construction of this verse is most perfect when each § 297, 298. prosody. 391 metre ends with the several words of the verse as was before remarked of the anapaestic metre. To this head may be referred those verses which are called by some authors Bachiac and Cretic verses. § 297. OF THE C^SURAL PAUSE. Besides the division of the verse into metres and feet, there is another division, into two parts only, owing to the natural intermission of the voice in reading it, .and relevant to the rhythmical effect. This is called the pause, which necessa- rily ends with a word ; and its distance from the beginning is generally, though not invariably, determined by the length of the verse. Heroic verses and trimeter iambics are esteemed most har- monious when the ) pause falls upon the first syllable of the third foot. This is the penthemimeral caesura. When it falls upon the first syllable of the fourth, it is called the hephthemimeral In iambic and trochaic tetrameters its place is at the end of the second metre. These rules are more observed by the Roman than by the Greek poets, In anapaestic verses and pseonic, no place is assigned to the pause ; because, since the metres (if rightly constructed) end with a word, the effect of a pause will be produced at the end of each metre. The same may be ob- served of the Ionic a minore* § 298. COMPOUND METRES Besides the preceding nine species of metre, the compositions and modifications of these are very numerous. Of these ob- serve the following : 1 . A long syllable is sometimes inserted between the parts of a verse consisting of similar metres. 2. In some species the portions of an admissible foot of four syllables are separated by the intermediate metres. 3. It happens not unfrequently that two species, totally dis- similar , are united in the same verse ; which is then denomi- nated ASYNARTETES J as, 1. Dactyl. Tetram. + Troch. HemihoL 2. Iambic Penth. + Troch. Hemihol. 392 PROSODY. §299. 3. Dactyl. Dim. -f- Troch. Monom. or Logaaedrc. 4. Iambic syzygy + Troch. Syzygy, and vice versa. This last is called Periodicus. 4. When a verse is so irregular as to contain in it some glar- ing violation of the preceding rules, it is called Polyschema- tistic or anomalous ; thus, To this title may be referred, 1 . A verse otherwise iambic, having a spondee in the se- cond or fourth place. 2. An iambus in a trochaic verse, &c. &e. These rules are exemplified in the following tables. § 299. Table of Feet allowed in the different kinds of Metre. Metres Feet. I. IAMBIC. § 288. DIMETER. L II. Metres I. 1 2 3 4 •— — —< — **< — — — — w TRIMETER OR SENARIAN. II. III. Ft. 1 2 3 4 5 6 w — w — W ^ — ~*\ — w — _ ___ *-- — v^ W — w ^ — ' — * >^-* — ' ww — "—^ — § 299. PROSODY. 293 II. TROCHAIC. § 289. Metres I. TRIMETER. II. HI/ Ft. 1 2 3 4 5 6 — w — w — — — — — — — — ' — — — — ^^ :r III. ANAPAESTIC METRE. §290. DIMETER. Metres I. II. IV. DACTYLIC. § 291. DIMETER. I. IL pure. h. a > impure. Adonic. Called also Choriambic Mon. H. C. I. TRIMETER. II. III. — ■ — ^^^^- A. C. H.C. H. C, A. C. B.C. P.N. Feet 1 2 3 4 rarely — ^^ — ~mc a. c C: 394 PROSODY. §299. Metres I. TETRAMETER. II. III. IV. AC. iEoLlc. M. I II. PENTAMETER. III. IV. I A. C EC. jEolic. HEXAMETER. M. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. — w w >»_• \^y CC" -ww — WW — '— • Nw/ v-^ ^— ' — WW -— I pure, impure Heroic ELEGIAC PENTAMETER. Metres I. II. III. IV. V. LOGA.EDICS. called also Choriambic Dim. Cat. Alcaic (the most common) ) Lega y aedici Lega- sedics §299. PROSODT, 395 V. CHORIAMBIC METRE. § 292, M. I. II. TRIMETER. III. Cat. pure A. C. seldom occurs. I impure do. in which also other feet ► are intermixed, as the Peeons i and Epitrites. Monometer is the same as Dact. Dim. Dimeter, removes the first Metre and Tetrameter, prefixes a Metre, and is al- ways Catalectic. VI. ANTISPASTIC METRE. § 293. An Antispastic metre Iambus. Trochee. r- pure { — Metres In the varieties of this verse any of the sim- ple feet under the Iambus may precede any of those under the Trochee. Dimeters, Trime- ters, and Tetrameters, are formed as direct- ed § 293, and are Cat. A. C. and H. C. The Dochmiac dimeter and trimeter is form- ed by repeating the Doch. mon. The Doch. also sometimes precedes, and sometimes follows, the Antispastus. ANTISPASTIC VARIETIES. II. '< Any form of 1 an Antispas- tic metre. J Cat. Pherecratic. A. C. Glyconic. H. O. Sapphic. A. C. Glyconic Polyschema- tistic. 396 PROSODY. §299. VII. IONIC METRE, a majore, § 294. Metres I. TRIMETER. II. III. pure — Cat. as above. as above and ► A. C. allthepeeons Dimeter may be formed by joining I. and III. VARIETIES OF THE IONIC A MAJORE. — w — ^ Alcaic. zzz} ■ir=; ~,or— " > Prosodiacus. Ionic a majore tetram. B. C. is called Sotadic. VIII. IONIC METRE, a minore, §295. DIMETER. Metres I. II. TETRAMETER "S C. AC. is formed by joining a Dim. Cat. to a Dim. A. C. A Molossus ( ) in the odd places must always be preceded by an iambic The Ionic a minore, preceded or followed by a choriambus, is another form of Prosodiacus. For the Epi-Ionic, see § 294, IX. PiEONIC OR CRITIC METRE, § 296. A Paonic metre. Dimeter, Trimeter, & Tetrameter, — w w ^ ^ are formed by a repetition of the w — ^ >— w metre ; a resolution of — into ^ ^ — w or — -w — ^ ^ is common. § 300, 301. accents. 397 § 300. SCANNING. To those who are accustomed to the scanning of the Latin poets, the ordinary hexameter and regular systems of the Greek poets will present no difficulty. After a little exercise in these, the best praxis is furnished by the Choruses in the Dra- matic writers* and the odes of Pindar ; as almost every line fur- nishes a different kind of verse, and the student is compelled to make himself thoroughly acquainted both with the rules of quantity and of metre in order to discover it. In scanning, for example, the Proodus in the Medea of Euri- pides, beginning at the 131st line, after ascertaining the quan- tity of each syllable, and comparing the whole line with the i preceding tables, they will be as follows : i 131 Anapaestic Dim. A. C. , 132 Dactylic Trim. do. 133 Anapaestic Dim. do. 134 Dactylic Trim. H. C. 135 Paeonic Dim. Ac. 136 Antispastic Dim. Ac. 137 Dactylic Dim. Ac. pure. 138 Antispastic Dim. Ac. Preceding in the same way with the second Olympic ode of ; Pindar, it will be as follows : l 1. Periodicus, or circulating dimeter. 2. Ionic Dim. Cat. 3. Paeonic Dim. H. C. 4. Choriambic Dim. Cat. 5. Iambic Dim. Brachy CataJeetie. 6. Dochmiac — and so on of the others. Note. In the choruses of the dramatic writers, and the odes of Pindar, each line of the antiatrophe is the same kind of verse, and often, though not always, the same order of syllables with the corresponding line of the preceding strophe. §301. ACCENTS. In the proper modulation of speech, it is necessary that one syllable in every word should be distinguished by a tone or ele- vation of the voice. On this syllable the accent is marked irj the Greek language. This elevation of voice does not length- en the time of the syllable ; so that accent and quantity are con- i sidered by the best critics as perfectly distinct, but by no means 34 398 accents. § 30L inconsistent with each other. These can be of no use to us now, as far as regards the pronunciation of the language, how- ever useful in this respect they -may have been to those by whom it was spoken. Still, however, the study of these is use- ful in two repects ; they serve to distinguish between words which are spelled alike but have different significations. This difference was doubtless marked in the language as originally spoken by a different intonation, which, by the different marks called accents, it was intended to convey to the eye. Thus,' in English, the words desert, and desert', though spelled with the same letters, differ both in sound and meaning ; and this is marked by the accent. So in Greek, o'(xw£ and 6p.w£, spelled with the same letters, differ in meaning ; and the difference of the accent would doubtless lead the Greek to express this by a difference of tone which is now lost. Scapula has given a list of more than four hundred words which are thus distinguished. The accents also indicate, in many cases, the quantity of one or more syllables of a word. . The accents in form are three ; the acute ('), grave ( y ), and circumflex (" ). Strictly speaking, however, there is in reality but one accent, the acute, which is placed over a vowel to mark the emphatic syllable. When the accent ismarked on a diph- thong, it is placed over the -subjunctive vowel ; as, £ad Casus. The accent is placed over one of the last three syllables. only 3 and words are denominated accordingly Oxyions, when accented on the final syllable ; as, dso£. Paroxytons, when accented on the penult ; as, dvQgfoirov* Proparozytons, when accented on the antepenult; as, av$^og. The two last kinds are called harytons, because the final syl- lable is not accented ; for every syllable that is not accented, is called grave ^Gagvs) ; but the grave accent is never marked, as such, upon a syllable.- In the structure of a sentence, when any oxyton is followed by another word in continued discourse, the grave is used in- stead of the acute ; as, 6sog fyifiv : but the word is still consider- ed an oxyton. When two syllables, the first of which is accented, are con- tracted into one, the circumflex is used to denote that an acute or accented syllable, and a grave or unaccented, are united ; as, cpiXs'w, as if, (cpaog). So also a?, vuv, ouv, vg, Sgvg pwfe, vaus, ovg, i, vau- riXo£, jxwgiwv. 2. Nouns in siov, denoting a place ; as, Auxsfbv. 3. Nouns in uvtj j as, (Jixaiootfvyi. 4. Nouns in ia, if derived from Adjectives in o£ ; as, ]£ ; as, Xj0w5tj£. 10. Verbal adjectives in sog ; as, y^autfrios. 11. Comparatives in iwv ; as, /3sX are considered as form- ing' one syllable ; as, dvwysw v, tfoXswc. n. If the final syllable be short, then 1. In dissyllables the penult, if short, has the acute accent ; as, .rirttre ; if long, the circumflex; as, x s H a ) 5outfa, (sing.) 2. In polysyllables the antepenult has the acute ; thus, avd^w- #05, oivQgwifoi) T\>ntT0[kSv ) j5ov. II. IN VERBS. 1. Monosyllables, being long, are circumflexed ; as, w, sTg, (p%, St) for g§*]. 2. A long syllable after the characteristic is circumflexed, 1st In the active and middle voice, in the first future of liquid verbs ; and in the second future of all verbs. 2d. In the passive voice, in the subjunctive of the aorists, and in the subjunctive of the present of verbs in jxi ; thus, otctspw, tftfsgsTg, tftfsgsw, (firsgZv, flVsjoufMii — § 307. ENCLITICS. Enclitics (from iyxkivw) are so denominated, because, like the Latin que, they lean or rest their accent upon the preceding word as forming a part of it, and have no emphasis on them- selves. They are 1. f^ou, fjisu, jxq/, jui, — tfou, Csu, cW, tfs,— ^-ou, oF, ?, — fw'v, v/v, (rtp/v, — (fywe, (ftps, (fcpsag, (ftpiV/, tf3^i x in the indicative present, except in the 2d person sing. 3. ITij, tfou, tfw, #&£, tfodsv, -tots, not interrogative. 4. Ts, ?s, xs, xsv, vuv, #££ |dt, to/. RULES. I. Enclitics throw back their accent on the last syllable of the preceding word when its antepenult has the acute accent, or its penult, the circumflex ; as, av&gwitog sffn — ?X^/xoi, cTw.aa- jaou oSfi. - Note 1. In this case the acute accent is always used, though the en- clitic may have a circumflex. Note 2. When the precedisg word ends in a double consonant, and will not easily coalesce with the enclitic following, ihe accent remains unchanged ; as } bfxrj\i^ [aov. II. If the preceding word has any accent on the final sylla- ble or the acute accent on the penult, the monosyllable enclitic loses its accent ; as, ayatag /xs dvyg gwtfs &xP° s i a burden. Some writers conceive that a large proportion of the Greek language may be traced to the following words, called duads^ from their consisting of two letters each ; viz. aw, I breathe ; Iw, J exist ; 5'w, / send ; ow> J hear ; ii«, I pour. But these ap- pear to be refinements of later periods, and unknown when the language was in its infancy. The internal evidence of derivation concurs with the testi- mony of writers, in general, to prove that the Greek language came originally from the east. The Scythians, or Pelasgi, moving gradually westward, ap- pear to have formed settlements in the northern regions of Greece, afterwards called Macedonia. From hence they ex- tended towards the south and west; occupying also Italy, Sicily, and the adjacent islands. Of their language, as it dif- fered from the parent Hebrew, we can say very little with cer- tainty; but the resemblance of many Greek and Hebrew words leaves no room to doubt of the derivation. From the best information, it appears that the most ancient dialect of Greek, which, of course, bore the strongest resem- blance to the Scythian original, was the (1.) ^EOLIC. This dialect was spoken by the inland and western inhabit- ants of Greece, and extended to Peloponnesus, Sicily, and Italy. A settlement of iEolians being formed in Asia Minor, the iEolic dialect was spoken there also ; and it was used in Lesbos f and other islands in the Archipelago. Our informa- tion, as to its nature, is derived chiefly from grammarians, who represent it as a rough, strong dialect, delighting in such com- binations of sounds as /3f6£ov, for £o'5ov, a rose ; wftfs, for wfs, ht excited; oVffara, for ojjjj.a '-< o o ■IP mmm . HIIHi Mil