Lesson 8 Flashcards
What do both of these mean? What is the name of this position?
ὁ σοφὸς ἄνθρωπος
ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ σοφός
the wise man
bound position
(This is called bound position or attributive position. The article makes a tight unit, binding the adjective to the noun. The function is to identify a particular one or ones. Which man? The wise man.)
What do both of these mean? What is the name of this position?
ὁ ἄνθρωπος σοφός
σοφὸς ὁ ἄνθρωπος
The man is wise.
unbound position
(This is called unbound position or predicate position. The adjective makes an assertion about the noun rather than serving to identify it.)
Translate the following. Pay attention to the position of the adjective.
ὁ ἄνθρωπος μῶρος
The person is foolish.
Translate the following. Pay attention to the position of the adjective.
μῶρος ὁ ἄνθρωπος
The person is foolish.
Translate the following. Pay attention to the position of the adjective.
ὁ μωρος ἄνθρωπος
the foolish person
Translate the following. Pay attention to the position of the adjective.
ἡ ὁδὸς τοῦ βασιλέως
the road of the king
Translate the following. Pay attention to the position of the adjective.
ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως ὁδός
the road of the king
Translate the following. Pay attention to the position of the adjective.
οἱ ἰατροὶ καλοί
The doctors are noble.
Translate the following. Pay attention to the position of the adjective.
τὸ ποίημα χαλεπόν
The poem is difficult.
Translate the following. Pay attention to the position of the adjective.
τὸ ποίημα τὸ χαλεπόν
the difficult poem
Translate the following. Pay attention to the position of the adjective.
χαλεπὸν τὸ ποίημα
The poem is difficult.
We have seen αὐτός used alone (except in the nominative)as a pronoun (him, her, it). We have seen ὁ αὐτός meaning “the same.” We come now to the third and last use of αὐτός…
himself, herself, itself, themselves (emphatic)
Emphatic αὐτός, ή, ό emphasizes an expressed or implied noun or pronoun. It never functions by itself but only to underline something else that is understood in a sentence. How do you know a nominative form of αὐτός is emphatic?
Whenever you see a nominative form of αὐτός without an article, it is emphatic.
With αὐτός, position is all important. What do each of the following indicate?
- Alone, not modifying anything:
- In bound position, with article:
- In unbound position:
- Alone, not modifying anything: as pronoun (him, her, it them, etc.)
- In bound position, with article: the same
- In unbound position: emphatic (himself, herself, etc.)
Translate. Label the use of αὐτός in the following sentence.
τὸν αὐτὸν μῦθον ἀναγιγνώσκει.
He reads the same (bound) story.
