18: Liquid Verbs

Question 1

αἴρω

Answer 1

I raise, lift; carry, remove

Question 2

ἀπαγγέλω

Answer 2

I announce, report

Question 3

ἀποκρίνομαι

Answer 3

I answer (direct object in the dative case)

Question 4

ἀποκτείνω

Answer 4

I kill

Question 5

ἀποστέλλω

Answer 5

I send out

Question 6

ἐγείρω

Answer 6

I raise

Question 7

κρίνω

Answer 7

I judge; I condemn

Question 8

σπείρω

Answer 8

I plant

Question 9

ἄγγελος, ὁ

Answer 9

angel, messenger

Question 10

ἀπόστολος, ὁ

Answer 10

apostle; emissary

Question 11

ἄφθαρτος, -η, -ον

Answer 11

incorruptible

Question 12

δόξα, -ης, ἡ

Answer 12

glory

Question 13

κρίσις, -εως, ἡ

Answer 13

judgement

Question 14

λίθος, ὁ

Answer 14

rock

Question 15

What are the Liquid Verbs?

Answer 15

Verbs that end in λ, μ, ν or ρ.

Question 16

Recite Liquid Verbs Principle Parts

Answer 16

These may change.

Question 17

What makes Liquid Verbs different?

Answer 17

The added sigma in future and aorist forms is dropped.

Question 18

What changes in the Future tense of liquid verbs as compensation for the sigma?

Answer 18

The ultima has the syllabic force.

When the stem has an iota, it is dropped. (αίρω - αρῶ)

When the present has two lambdas, one is dropped. (αποστέλλω - αποστελῶ)

Question 19

What changes in the aorist tense of the liquid verbs as compensation for the dropped sigma?

Answer 19

The stem is expected to change somehow and/or drop the theta in aorist passive form.

Question 20

What paradigm do the active liquid verbs follow in the future tense?

Answer 20

Present Tense

Question 21

What paradigm do the active liquid verbs follow on the First Aorist tense?

Answer 21

Regular First Aorist but they drop the added sigma before the declension.