A Grammar of the Greek Language, Part First: A Practical Grammar of the Attic and Common Dialects, with the Elements of General Grammar |
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... tenses of the Greek verb one from another , is liable to objec- tion , not only on account of its complexity and multipli- cation of arbitrary rules , but yet more on account of the great number of imaginary forms which it requires the ...
... tenses of the Greek verb one from another , is liable to objec- tion , not only on account of its complexity and multipli- cation of arbitrary rules , but yet more on account of the great number of imaginary forms which it requires the ...
Page viii
... tenses is exhibited in the table ( § 278 ) , which may be thus read ; " The tense is formed from the root by affixing and affixing " " or , " by prefixing - . " . In the application of this table , the forms of the root must be ...
... tenses is exhibited in the table ( § 278 ) , which may be thus read ; " The tense is formed from the root by affixing and affixing " " or , " by prefixing - . " . In the application of this table , the forms of the root must be ...
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... Tense , 132 · C. Case , 75 C. Mode , 134 D. Terminations , 76 D. Number and Person , 135 E. Euphonic Changes , 78 CH . 9 ... Tenses , 202 CH . 5. NUMERALS . I. Adjectives , II . Adverbs , III . Substantives , CH . 12. ROOT OF THE VERB ...
... Tense , 132 · C. Case , 75 C. Mode , 134 D. Terminations , 76 D. Number and Person , 135 E. Euphonic Changes , 78 CH . 9 ... Tenses , 202 CH . 5. NUMERALS . I. Adjectives , II . Adverbs , III . Substantives , CH . 12. ROOT OF THE VERB ...
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... tenses of the indicative , and in the optative , this form does not occur at all ; and , in the remaining tenses , there have been found only five examples , two of which are quoted by Athenæus from a word - hunter ( övoμarodńgas ) ...
... tenses of the indicative , and in the optative , this form does not occur at all ; and , in the remaining tenses , there have been found only five examples , two of which are quoted by Athenæus from a word - hunter ( övoμarodńgas ) ...
Page xiii
... second aorist and future , and the third future belong as regularly to the Greek verb , as the first tenses bearing the same name ; when , in point of fact , the Attic dialect , even PREFACE TO THE TABLES . xiii Inflection,
... second aorist and future , and the third future belong as regularly to the Greek verb , as the first tenses bearing the same name ; when , in point of fact , the Attic dialect , even PREFACE TO THE TABLES . xiii Inflection,
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