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Greek Rules and Syntax Flashcards

1
Q

The acute ( ´ ) may stand which syllable(s)

A

ultima, penult, and antepenult

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2
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The circumflex ( ῀ ) may stand over which syllable(s)

A

ultima and penult

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3
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The grave ( ` ) may stand over which syllable(s)

A

ultima

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4
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Periphrastic ptcp construction: present + present =

A

Present

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5
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Periphrastic ptcp construction: imperfect + present =

A

Imperfect

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Periphrastic ptcp construction: future + present =

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Future

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7
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Periphrastic ptcp construction: present + perfect =

A

Perfect

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8
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Periphrastic ptcp construction: imperfect + perfect =

A

Pluperfect

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9
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Conditional: ἐάν + subjunctive / future indicative

A

Future more vivid

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Important Dative Uses:

A

Indirect Object; Interest (Adv. & Disadv.); Reference/Respect; Time (when); Association; Instrument/Means; Cause

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Important Genitive Uses:

A

Possessive; Partitive; Comparison; Subjective; Objective; Time (kind of time)

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12
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κατά with accusative

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Spatial (through, toward); Temporal (at, during); Purpose; Reference/Respect

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13
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Different categories of adverbial (circumstantial) participles:

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Temporal; Means; Manner; Cause; Condition; Concession; Purpose; Result

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14
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Purpose infinitive construction:

A

τοῦ + infinitive; εἰς τό + infinitive; πρὸς τό + infinitive

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Result infinitive construction:

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τοῦ + infinitive; εἰς τό + infinitive; ὥστε + infinitive

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16
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Antecedent time infinitive construction:

A

μετὰ τό + infinitive (“after…”)

17
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Contemporaneous time infinitive construction:

A

ἐν τῷ + infinitive (“while, as, when…”)

18
Q

Subsequent time infinitive construction:

A

πρὸ τοῦ, πρίν, or πρὶν ἤ + infinitive (“before…”)

19
Q

Causal infinitive construction:

A

διὰ τό + infinitive

20
Q

Means infinitive construction:

A

ἐν τῷ + infinitive

21
Q

Conditional: εί + aor. or impf. / aor. or impf. + ἄν

A

past unreal: apodosis asserts what would be true if the protasis was actually true

22
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Conditional: ἐάν + subj. / pres. ind.

A

present general: the conclusion holds true of any time or all time

23
Q

Contraction: ου is formed by…

A

εο, οε, and οο

24
Q

Contraction: ει is formed by…

A

εε

25
Q

Contraction: ω is formed from…

A

almost any combination of omicron or omega with any vowel, except for εο, οε, and οο

26
Q

Contraction: α is formed from…

A

αε

27
Q

Contraction: η is formed from…

A

εα

28
Q

ἔχω + infinitive translates as

A

“to be able”

29
Q

Long vowels

A

α, η, ι, υ, ω

30
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Short vowels

A

α, ε, ι, ο, υ

31
Q

A future liquid contracts as…

A

an ε contract verb and the interlinear σ drops out

32
Q

Liquid consonants

A

λ, μ, ν, ρ

33
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Velar (or palatal) consonants

A

κ, γ, χ

34
Q

The root of an ασσω verb ends in a…

A

velar (κ, γ, χ) Thus, ταράσσω = *ταραχ

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