8: First Aorist Verbs

Question 1

ἀνοίγω

Answer 1

I open

Question 2

ἀποκαλύπτω

Answer 2

I reveal, uncover

Question 3

ἀπολύω

Answer 3

I release, send away; I destroy

Question 4

ἀσπάζομαι

Answer 4

I greet

Question 5

εἰσέρχομαι

Answer 5

I go into, enter

Question 6

ἐκβάλλω

Answer 6

I throw out, I send away, I divorce

Question 7

περιπατέω

Answer 7

I walk

Question 8

περισσεύω

Answer 8

I increase, I provide in abundance

Question 9

συνάγω

Answer 9

I gather together, assemble

Question 10

ὑποτάσσω

Answer 10

I subject

Question 11

αὐτός

Answer 11

he (declines like λόγος)

Question 12

γάρ

Answer 12

for, because (postpositive)

Question 13

ἐπί τὰ ὕδατα

Answer 13

upon the waters

Question 14

ἡμῖν

Answer 14

to us (dat. pl.)

Question 15

πάντα

Answer 15

everything (acc. pl.)

Question 16

πηλός, ὁ

Answer 16

mud-pack

Question 17

ποτε

Answer 17

formerly

Question 18

σοι

Answer 18

to you (dat. sing.)

Question 19

Recite the four characteristics of the First Aorist Verbs

Answer 19

1. The augment as found on the imperfect
2. The sigma-type stem as used by the future
3. an alpha variable vowel
4. personal endings similar to the imperfect

Question 20

Recite

Answer 20

First Aorist Verb Endings

Question 21

How do Aorists translate?

Answer 21

“I… -ed”

Question 22

What are compound verbs?

Answer 22

Verbs that have a prepositional prefix.

Question 23

Where is the augment placed in compound verbs?

Answer 23

• In front of the stem, not the prefix.

- Also, if the prefix ends with a vowel, that vowel is replaced by the augment (except in περι)