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Greek, an intensive course

Print Book, English, 1992
2nd rev. ed View all formats and editions
Fordham University Press, New York, 1992
2 volumes (xx, 848 pages) ; 27 cm
9780823213511, 9780823213504, 9780823216635, 9780823216642, 082321351X, 0823213501, 0823216632, 0823216640
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Introduction : The Greek language
The Greek alphabet
Rough and smooth breathing
Long and short vowels
Diphthongs
Iota subscript and adscript
Gamma combined with certain consonants
Classification of consonants
Punctuation and capitalization
Accent
Recessive accent
Persistent accent
Nouns: overview
First-declension nouns (nominative in -η or -ᾱ)
Second-declension nouns
The article
Word order
Verbs: overview
Principle parts
Present indicative active
Imperfect indicative active
Future indicative active
Aorist indicative active
Agreement of subject and verb
Questions
Infinitives and their use
Synopsis
Perfect indicative active
Pluperfect indicative active
Perfect infinitive active
Subjunctive and optative moods present subjunctive active
Aorist subjunctive active
Present optative active
Aorist optative active
Sequence of moods
Purpose clauses
First-declension nouns: concluded
Adjectives of the first and second declensions
Agreement of adjective and noun
Position of the adjective
Conditional sentences
Elision
Passive voice
Genitive of personal agent : Dative of personal agent with the perfect and pluperfect passive ; Dative of means
Substantive use of the adjective
Substantive use of the article
The articular infinitive
Third-declension nouns: consonant stems
The relative pronoun
The independent subjunctive
Partitive genitive (genitive of the divided whole)
Genitive of time within which
Dative of time at which
Accusative of extent of time
Expressions of time compared
Accusative of extent of space
Middle voice
Middle voice of verbs seen thus far
Second aorist active and middle
Principle parts and tense stems: summary
The independent optative
The demonstrative adjective/pronoun ἐϰεῖνος, ἐϰείνη, ἐϰεῖνο, "that"
Conditional sentences with relative protases
Adverbs
Participles
Formation and declension of the active participles
Formation and declension of the middle and passive participles
Summary of the forms of the participle
Attributive use of the participle
Circumstantial use of the participle
The adjective πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν, "all, every; whole"
Contracted verbs: introduction
Contracted verbs with present tense stems in -α-
Contracted verbs with present tense stems in -ε-
The demonstrative adjective/pronoun ὅδε, ἥδε, τόδε, "this"
The demonstrative adjective/pronoun οὗτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο, "this, that"
Demonstrative compared
Subjective genitive
Objective genitive
Dative of manner
Dative of respect
More third-declension nouns
Third-declension adjective
Contracted verbs with present tense stems in -ο-
Verbs with contracted futures
Accusative subject of the infinitive
Result clauses
Compound verbs
The imperative mood
Commands and prohibitions
Forms of the Greek verb
The Greek verb: a summary
Deponent verbs: middle deponents
Passive deponents
Partial deponents
The adjective/pronoun αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό
Temporal clauses
Genitive absolute
-μι verbs
Present system of -μι verbs
Fear clauses
-μι (athematic) verbs: continued
Object clauses of effort
Object clauses of effort and purpose clauses compared
Accusative of respect
Accusative of respect and dative of respect compared
Present participle active and second aorist participle active of the athematic verbs δίδωμι, τίθημι, and ἴστημι
Present participle middle/passive and second aorist participle middle of athematic verbs
Perfect participle active of ἴστημι
The verb δείϰνῡμι, "show"
Supplementary use of the participle
The interrogative pronoun/adjective τίς, τί
The indefinite pronoun/adjective τις, τι
Enclitics summarized
The verb εἰμί, "be"
Dative of the possessor
Adverbial accusative
Personal pronouns
Reflexive pronouns
Possession with personal and reflexive pronouns
The verb φημί, "say, affirm, assert"
γιγνώσϰω, "perceive, recognize, know"
Future optative
Future infinitive
Indirect statement
Retained subjunctive
The adjective πολύς, πολλή, πολύ, "much, many"
The noun ναῦς, νεώς, ἡ, "ship"
The adjective μέγας, μέγάλη, μέγα, "big, great"
Adjectives of the type ἡδύς, ἡδεῖα, ἡδύ, "pleasant"
Comparison of the adjectives
The verb εἶμι, "go, come"
Numerals
Negative pronouns/adjectives
Unattainable wish
The verb ἵημι, "release, hurl, send"
Indefinite relative pronoun : Indirect interrogative pronoun/adjective
Indefinite relatives and direct and indirect interrogatives
Indefinite, relative and interrogative adverbs
Indirect questions
Comparison of adverbs
Irregular comparison of adjectives
The verb οἶδα, "known"
Temporal clauses introduced by μεχοι and ἑως
Temporal clauses introduced by ποιν, "before, until"
Attraction of the relative pronoun to the case of its antecedent omission of the antecedent of the relative pronoun
Verbal adjectives in -τεος, -τεά, -τεον
The impersonal verbs δέι "there is need, must" and χοη, "ought, must"
The impersonal use of δόκέι in the sense "seem best"
Accusative absolute
The verb κέιμάι, "lie, be placed, be set"
Second-declension nouns of the type νόύς, νού, ὁ, "mind"
The third-declension noun ἂστύ, ἂστέώς, το, "town."
Vol. [2]: Appendix
Includes index