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GRAMMAR
OF THE
GREEK LANGUAGE
ALPHEUS CROSBY,
PROFESSOK OP THB GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERAHTRB UO
DARTMOUTH COIXEGB.
^SCHTLUS.
TWENTY-FODETH EDITION.
BOSTON:
PHILLIPS, SAMPSON, AND COMPANY.
1859.
"The Language of the Greeks was truly like themselves, it v\:i-
oonformable to their transcendent and universal Genius. • • ♦ * The
Greek Tosgue, from its propriety and universality, is made for all
that is great, and all that is beautiful, in every Subject, and under every
Form of writing'' — Harris's Hermes, Bk. III. Ch. 5.
" Greek, — the shrine of the genius of the old virorld ; as universal
as our race, as Individual as ourselves ; of infinite flexibility, of inde-
fatio-able strength, with the complication and the distinctness of nature
herself; to which nothing was vulgar, from which nothing was exoUid-
ed ; speaking to the ear like Italian, speaking to the niind like English ;
with words lilce pictures, with words like the gossamer film ^f the sum-
mer; at once the variety and picturesqueness of Homer, the gloom and
the intensity of ^schylus ; not compressed to the closest by Tliucydi-
des, not fathomed to the bottom by Plato, not sounding with all its thun-
ders, nor lit up with all its ardors even under the Promethean toonh of
Demosthenes!" — '^"'"•ylg"'" ^tndjj "f ibf. Qreel^ Classic Poets, Gen.
Introd.
Entered according to Act of (Jongress, m the year 1846, by
Alpheus Crosby,
in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of New Hampshire.
CAMBRIDGE:
UNIVERSITY PRESS.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
The following pages are the result of an attempt to supply what
was believed to be a desideratum in the list of Greek text-books ; viz.
a grammar which should be portable and simple enough to be put into
the hands of the beginner, and which should yet be sufficiently scien-
tific and complete to accompany him through his whole course. The
volume from which the elements of a. language are first learned be-
comes to the, student a species of mnemonic tables, and cannot be
changed in the course of his study without a material derangement
of those associations upon which memory essentially depends. The
familiar remark, " It must be remembered that, if the grammar be the
first book put into the learner's hands, it should also be the last to
leave them," though applying most happily to grammatical study in
general, was made by its accomplished author with particular refer-
ence to the manual used by the student.
In the preparation of this work, the routine of daily life has obliged
me to keep constantly in view the wants of more advanced students ;
and, for their sake, an attempt has been made to investigate' the prin-
ciples of the lang-uage more deeply, and illustrate its use more fully,
than has been usual in grammatical treatises, even of far greater size.
At the same time, no pains have been spared to meet the wants of the
beginner, by a studious simplicity of method and expression, and by
the reduction of the most important principles to the form of concise
rules, easy of retention and convenient for citation. Many valuable
works in philology fail of attaining the highest point of utility, through
a cumbrousness of form, burdensome alike to the understanding and
the memory of the learner. They have been the armor of Saul to the
youthful David. I have not, however, believed that I should consult
the advantage even of the beginner by a false representation of the
language, or by any departure from philosophical accuracy of state-
ment or propriety of arrangement. Truth is always better than false-
hood, and science than empiricism.
To secure, so far as might be, the double object of the work, it has
been constructed upon the following plan.
First, to state the usage of the language in comprehensive rules
and condensed tables, to be imprinted upon the memory of the student.
For convenient examples of the care with which brevity and simplicity
have been here studied, the reader will permit me to refer him to the
rules of syntax, as presented to the eye at a single view in T[ 64, and
to the elementary tables of inflection and formation.
Secondly, to explain the usage of the language, and trace its his-
torical development, as fully as the limits allowed to the work, and the
present state of philological science, would permit. The student who
thinks wishes to know, not only lohat is true, but lohy it is true ; and
to the philosophical mind, a single principle addressed to the reason
is often like the silver cord of ^olus, confining a vast number of facts,
which otherwise, like the, enfranchised winds, are scattered far and
wide beyond the power of control.
Thirdly, to illustrate the use of the language by great fulness of
remark and exemplification. In these remarks and examples, as well
as in the more general rules and statements, I have designed to keep
myself carefully within the limits of Attic usage, as exhibiting the
language in its standard form, except when some intimation is given
to the contrary ; believing that the grammarian has no more right
than the author to use indiscriminately, and without notice, the
vocabulary, forms, and idioms of different ages and communities, —
" A party-color'd dress
Of patch'J and pye-ball'd languages."
The examples of syntax, in order that the student may be assured
in regard to their genuineness and sources, and be able to examine
them in their connection, have been all cited from classic authors in
the precise words in which they occur, and with references to the places
where they may be found. In accordance with the general plan of the
work, these examples have been mostly taken from the purest Attic
writers, beginning with .SCschylus, and ending with iEschines. It
was also thought, that the practical value of "such examples mio-ht be
greatly enhanced to the student by selecting a single author, whose
works, as those of a model-u-riter, should be most frequently resorted
to ; and especially, by selecting for constant citation a single work of
this author, which could be in the hands of every student as a com-
panion to his grammar, in which he might consult the passages re-
ferred to, and which might be to him, at the same time, a text-book
in reading, and a model in writing, Greek. In making the choice I
could not hesitate in selecting, among authors, Xenophon, and amono
his writings, the Anabasis. Refelrences also abound in the Etymology
■lilt chieflv in respect to i)Ul'Ull!lf HUtl fll'ilHL'llB ftmiB" ,
The subject of euphonic laws and changes has received a larger
share of attention than is usual in works of this kind, but not larger
than I felt compelled to bestow, in treating of a language,
" Whose law waa heavenly beauty, and-whose breath
Enrapturing music.'*
The student will allow me to commend to his special notice two
principles of extensive use in the explanation of Greek forms ; viz.
the precession of vowels (i. e. the tendency of vowels, in the progress
of language, to pass from a more open to a closer sound ; see §§ 28,
29, 44, 86, 93, 118, 123, 259, &c.), and the correspondence be-
tween the consonants v and or, and the vowels a and s (§§ 34, 46. /S,
50, 56-58,60,63. R.,84, 100.2, 105, 109, 132, 179, 181,200,201,
213, 248./, 300, &c.).
In treating of Greek etymology, I have wished to avoid every thing
like arbitrary formation ; and, instead of deducing one form from an-
other by empirical processes, which might often be quite as well re-
versed, I have endeavoured, by rigid analysis, to resolve all the forms
into their elements. The old method of forming the tenses of the
. Greek verb one from another (compared by an excellent grammarian
to " The House that Jack built "), is liable to objection, not only on
account of its complexity and multiplication of arbitrary rules, but yet
more on account of the great number of imaginary forms which it re-
quires the student to suppose, and which often occupy a place in Bis
memory, to the exclusion of the real forms of the language. To cite
but a single case, the second aorist passive, according to this method,
is formed from the second aorist active, although it is a general rule
of the language, that verbs which have the one tense want the other
(§ 255. /3). Nor is the method which makes the theme the foundation
of all the other forms free from objection, either in declension or in
conjugation. This method not only requires the assistance of many
imaginary nominatives and presents, but it often inverts the order of
nature, by deriving the simpler form from the more complicated, and
commits a species of grammatical anachronism, by making the later
form the origin of the earlier. See §§ 84, 100, 256. V., 265. In
the following grammar, all the forms are immediately referred to the
root, and the analysis of the actual, as obtained from classic usage,
takes the place both of the metempsychosis of the obsolete, and of the
metamorphosis of the ideal.
Those parts of Greek Gramm,ar of which I at first proposed to form
a separate volume, the Dialects, the History of Greek Inflection, the
Formation of Words, and Versification, I have concluded, with the
VI PREFACE.
advice of highly esteemed friends, to incorporate in this ; so that a
single volume should constitute a complete manual of Greek Grammar.
To accomplish this object within moderate limits of size and expense,
a very condensed mode of printing has been adopted, giving to the
volume an unusual amount of matter in proportion to its size. I thank
my printers, that, through their skill and care, they have shov?n this
to be consistent with so much tjrpographical clearness and beauty. It
has also been found necessary to reserve for a separate treatise those
parts of the first edition which were devoted to General Grammar,
and which it was at first proposed to include in the present edition as
an appendix. I submit to this necessity with the less reluctance,
because a systematic attention to the principles of General Grammar
ought not to be deferred till the study of the Greek, unless, in accord-
ance with the judicious advice of some distinguished scholars, this
should be the first language learned after our own ; and because the
wish has been expressed, that these parts might be published separ-
ately for the use of those who were not engaged in a course of classical
study.
I cannot conclude this preface without the expression of my most
sincere thanks to those personal friends and friends of learning who
have so kindly encouraged and aided me in my work. Among those
to whom I am especially -indebted for valuable suggestions, or for the
loan of books, are President Woolsey, whose elevation, while I am
writing, to a post which he wdll so much adorn, will not, I trust,
withdraw him from that department of study and authorship in which
he has won for himself so enviable a distinction ; Professors Felton
of Cambridge, Gibbs of New Haven, Hackett of Newton, Sanborn,
my highly esteemed associate in classical instruction, Stuart of An-
dover, and Tyler of Amherst; and Messrs. Richards of Meriden,
Sophocles of Hartford, and Taylor of Andover. Nor can I conclude
without the acknowledgment of my deep obhgations to previous la-
borers in the same field, to the great living, and to the great
DEAD — Eequiescant in pace ! It is almost superfluous that I should
mention, as among those to whom I am most greatly indebted the
honored names of Ahrens, Bemhardy, Bopp, Buttmann, Carmichael
Fischer, Hartung, Hermann, Hoogeveen, Kiihner, Lobeck, Mait-
taire, Matthise, Passow, Rost, Thiersch, and Vigor.
A. C.
Hanover, Oct. 13, 1846
PREFACE TO THE TABLES.
The following tables have been prepared as part of a Greek Gram-
mar. They are likewise published separately, for the greater conven-
ience and economy in their use. The advantages of a tabular ar-
rangement are too obvious to require remark ; nor is it less obvious,
that tables are consulted and compared with greater ease when printed
together, than when scattered throughout a volume.
The principles upon which the Tables of Paradigms have been con-
structed, are -the following : —
I. To avoid needless repetition. There is a certain ellipsis in gram-
matical tables, as well as in discourse, which relieves not only the
material instruments of the mind, but the mind itself, and which as-
sists alike the understanding and the memory. When the student has
learned that, in the neuter gender, the nominative, accusative, and
vocative are always the same, why, in each neuter paradigm that he
studies, must his eye and mind be taxed with the examination of nine
forms instead of three? why, in his daily exercises in declension,
must his tongue triple its labor, and more than triple the weariness of
the teacher's ear? With the ellipses in the following tables, the par-
adigms of neuter nouns contain only eight forms, instead of the twelve
which are usually, and the fifteen which are sometimes, given ; and
the paradigms of participles and of adjectives similarly declined contain
only twenty-two forms, instead of the usual thirty-six or forty-five.
See 1 4.
n. To give the forms just as they appear upon the Greek page,
that is, without abbreviation and without hyphens. A dissected and
abbreviated mode of printing the paradigms exposes the young student
to mistake, and familiarizes the eye, and of course the mind, with
fragments, instead of complete forms. If these fragments were sep-
arated upon analytical principles, the evil would be less ; but they are
usually cut off just where convenience in printing may direct, so that
they contain, sometimes a part of the affix, sometimes the whole affix,
and sometimes the affix with a part of the root. Hyphens are useful
1
VIU PREFACE TO THE TABLES.
in the analysis of forms, but a table of paradigms seems not to be the
most appropriate place for them. In the following tables, the affixes
are given by themselves, and the paradigms are so arranged in col-
umns, that the eye of the student will usually separate, at a glance,
the root from the affix.
in. To represent the language according to its actual use, and not
according to the theories or fancies of the Alexandrine and Byzantine
grammarians. Hence, for example,
1 . The first perfect active imperative, which has no existence in
pure writers, has been discarded.
2. For the imaginary imperative forms Xaza&i, tI&iji, 8ido&i,
Sdxvv&i-i have been substituted the actual forms I'ffuj, tI&u, dldov,
Sily.vv.
3. Together with analogical but rare forms, have been given the
usual forms, which in many grammars are noticed only as exceptions
or dialectic peculiarities. Thus, povXsvhoiaav and /Sovlivonav,
^ovlsvaaig and ^ov).£vasias, i^s^ovlsvxsiaav and e/^s^ovXsvxsaav
(^ 34) ; ^ovXsviaOotaav and ^ovliviaQav, pov'Kiv&drjaav and (iov-
Xsv&sIev (•][ 35) ; stl&rjv and iii&ovv (^ 50) ; ■^s and '^a&a, sas-
xai and 'iaiai (T[ 55).
4. The second future active and middle, which, except as a eupho-
nic form of the first future, is purely imaginary, has been wholly
rejected.
IV. To distinguish between regular and irregular usage. What
student, from the common paradigms, does not receive the impression,
sometimes never corrected, that the second perfect and -pluperfect, the
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 including poetic usage, presents
only about fifty verbs which have the second perfect and pluperfect ;
eighty-five, which have the second aorist active ; fifty, which have the
second aorist and fature passive ; and forty, which have the second
aorist middle ? The gleanings of all the other dialects will not double
these numbers. Carmichael, who has given us most fully the statis-
tics of the Greek verb, and whose labors deserve all praise has
gathered, from all'the dialects, a list of only eighty-eight verbs which
have the second perfect, one hundred and forty-five which have the
second aorist active, eighty-four which have the second aorist passive
and fifty-eight which have the second aorist middle. And, of his
PREFACE TO THE TABLES. IX
catalogue of nearly eight hundred verbs, embracing the most common
verbs of the language, only fifty-five have the third future, and, in
the Attic dialect, only twenty-eight.
To some there may appear to be an impiety in attacking the vener-
erable shade of Tvjitca, but alas! it is little more than a shade, and,
with all my early and long cherished attachment to it, I am forced,
after examination, to exclaim, in the language of Electra,
and to ask why, in an age which professes such devotion to truth, a
false representation of an irregular verb should be still set forth as
the paradigm of regular conjugation, and made the Procrustes' bed
to which all other verbs must be stretched or pruned. The actual
future of TUJrtta is not n5i//o), but TVuirjaoj, the perfect passive is both
TSTVfiiiai and ieiutiuj^uki, the aorists are in part dialectic or poetic,
the first and second perfect and pluperfect active are not found in
classic Greek, if, indeed, found at all, and the second future active
and middle are the mere figments of grammatical fancy. And yet
all the regular verbs in the language must be gravely pronounced
defective, because they do not conform to this imaginary model.
In the following tables, the example of Kiihner has been followed,
in selecting ^ovXbvco as the paradigm of regular conjugation. This
verb is strictly regular, it glides smoothly over the tongue, is not lia-
ble to be mispronounced, and presents, to the eye, the prefixes, root,
and affixes, with entire distinctness throughout. This is followed by
shorter paradigms, in part merely synoptical, which exhibit the dif-
ferent classes of verbs, with their varieties of formation.
From the common paradigms, what student would hesitate, in writ-
ing Greek, to employ the form in -fis&ov, little suspecting that it is
only a variety of the first person dual, so exceedingly rare, that the
learned Elmsley (perhaps too hastily) pronounced it a mere invention
of the Alexandrine grammarians? The teacher who meets with it in
his recitation-room may almost call his class, as the crier called the
Roman people upon the celebration of the secular games, " to gaze
upon that which they had never seen before, and would never see
again." In the secondary tenses of the indicative, and in the op-
tative, 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 Athenseus from a word-hunter {ovo[icno9i^Qag), whose affectation
he is ridiculing, while the three classical examples are all poetic, oc-
X PREFACE TO THE TABLES.
curling, one in Homer (H. V. 485), and the other two in Sophocles
(El. 950 and Phil. 1079). And yet, in the single paradigm of
lujiio), as I learned it in my boyhood, this " needless Alexandrine, "
" Which, like a wounded snalce, drags its slow length along, "
occurs no fewer than twenty-six times, that is, almost nine times as
often as in the whole range of the Greek classics.
With respect to the manner in which these tables should be used,
so much depends upon the age and attainments of the student, that
no directions could be given which might not require to be greatly
modified in particular cases. I would, however, recommend,
1. That the paradigms should not be learned en masse, but gradu-
ally, in connection with the study of the principles and rules of the
grammar, and with other exercises.
2. That some of the paradigms should rather be used for reference,
than formally committed to memory. It will be seen at once, that
some of them have been inserted merely for the sake of exhibiting
differences of accent, or individual peculiarities.
3. That, in learning and consulting the paradigms, the student
should constantly compare them with each other, with the tables of
terminations, and with the rules of the grammar.
4. That the humble volume should not be dismissed from service,
tiU the paradigms are impressed upon the tablets of the memory as
legibly as upon the printed page, — till they have become so familiar
to the student, that whenever he has occasion to repeat them, " the
words," in the expressive language of Milton, " like so many nimble
and airy servitors, shall trip about him at command, and in well-
ordered files, as he would wish, fall aptly into their own places." '
In the present edition, the Tables of Inflection have been enlarged
by the addition of the Dialectic Forms, the Analysis of the Affixes
the Changes in the Root of the Verb, &c. Tables of Ligatures, of
Derivation, of Pronominal Correlatives, of the Rules of Syntax, and
of Forms of Analysis and Parsing, have also been added. Some
references have been made to sections in the Grammar.
A. C.
Hanover, Sept. 1, 1846.
*** The volume of Tahles contains pp. i, ii, vii -xil, 9-84.
CONTENTS.
TABLES.
I. Tables of Orthogeapht and Orthoepy.
A. At.phabet,
B. Ligatures,
Page.
. 9
10
C. VoCAii EuaaENTS,
Page.
11
II. Tables of Etymology.
Introdactoiy Eemaxks,
A. Tables of Deolension.
I, Affixes of the Three Deden-
sions, ....
n. Analysis of the Affixes, .
in. Nouns of Declension I.
A. Mascoline, tx/aIcss, vawr>j;,
TaiQ^uxs, • • •
B. Feminine, trxidj ^vqos,
Dialectic Forms,
IV. Nouns of Declension II.
A. Masculine and Feminine,
Xoyas, ^iifioSt o^osj voos, veto;,
B. Neuter, itZkov, ^rs^av, ^wo-
ptov, offT&ov, etvwys&iVj .
Dialectic Forms, .
V. Nouns of Declension III.
A. Mute,
1. Labial, yi-^, ipxs-v^,
2. Palatal, xo^a^j aJ'^, ^a-
3. Lingual.
a. Masculine and Femi-
nine, 'jraTsj vrovSj ava^,
Xx^'s, y-Xils,
/3. Neuter, trijfice, ^us,
Tl-jrit^, xs^as, CVS, .
B. Liquid,
T«e, x^'e> • • «, •
1*
12
14
15
16
16
16
16
17
Syncopated, 'jrarn^y avti^f
jKwrjj^, xu/uVf a^voSf «
C. Liquid-Mute,
Sefo^wv, 'Ocrjys, . •
D. Pme.
a. Masculine and Feminine,
i-TT-ZivSj (iovs, y^aus, vauSj
/3. Neuter, ruxi^Sj ckirrv, yi-
Dialectic Forms, .
VI. Irregular and Dialectic De-
clension, ZsvSj OiSiVou?, VXads,
VtoSf vauSf depUf a'TTlo;, tT^tuSj
vn. Adjectives of Two Termina-
tions.
A. Of Declension II., attxosi
dyn^ccos, ...
B. Of Declension III., apptiVf
tuXX^IS, Vl-TTOUS, ffottp^St j«£i-
^aiVj ....
vm. Adjectives of Three Termi-
nations.
A. Of Declensions II. and I.,
ipiXios, ffo(po;j . . •
Contracted, x^^'^-^s, ^i-^rXaeS)
B. Of Declensions III. and I.,
17
17
18
19
19
19
20
21
21
22
22
23
zil
CONTENTS.
C. Of the Three Declensions,
Homeric Forms of troXiJf,
Page.
IX. Numerals, i7s, oVSus, Sw, a/t-
X. Participles, ^ov\i6iavj r/f^aaivj
^BtvaVj Kt^eaiVj > • *
^ovSt %v;, . . ■ •
XI. Substantive Pronouns.
A. Personal, lya, iri, oS, ,
B. Reflexive, IfiavToVj trexu-
vov, la-vToVf • • ■
C. Reciprocal, ix>.»XeaVf .
D. Indefinite, Ssr».cis, " .
Ch. 5. TheVekb.
I. Agreement,
II. Use of the Voices,
A. Active,
B. Middle, .
C. Passive,
III. Use of the Tenses,
Pago
325
327
329
329
332
333
336
337
344
346
347
348
352
353
354
356
358
A. Definite and Indefinite, 360
B. Indefinite and Complete, 364
C. Future, . . 36i
rv. Use of the Modes, . 367
A. Intellective, . . 367
As used in sentences,
I. Desiderative, . 372
n. Final, . . .374
m. Conditional, . 375
rv. Eelative, . . 378
V. Complemeutaiy, 378
B. VoUtive, . . .381
C. Incorporated, . 381
I. Infinitive, . . 385
n. Participle, . 390
in. Verbal in -rics, . S96
Ch. 6. The Paeticle, . 396
A. The Adverb, . .397
B. The Preposition, . 397
C. The Conjunction, . . 400
D. Concluding Eemarks, 40J
BOOK IV. PROSODY.
Ch. 1. QUANTTTT, .
I. Natural Quantity, •
II. Local Quantity,
Ch. 2. Veksification,
A. Dactylic Verse,
B. Anapaestic Verse, ,
C. Iambic Verse, .
D. Trochaic Verse,
E. Other Metres, .
Ch. 3. Accent, .
Indexes,
410
411
414
416
421
423
425
427
428
429
I. General Laws, . . 431
II. Accentual Changes, . 432
Contraction, &c., , 432
Grave Accent, Anastrophe, 433
ProcUtics, Enclitics, . 434
III. Determination of Accent-
ed Sj'Uable, . . 435
In Declension, . , 435
In Comparison, Conjugation, 439
In Particles, . . 440
441
GREEK TABLES.
I. ORTHOGRAPHY AND ORTHOEPY.
Hi. A. The A'lphabet.
i 10-12, 17-22.]
Forma.
Roman
Numeral
Order
Large.
Small.
Letters.
Name
Power.
I.
A
a
a
"Alcpa
Alpha
1
II.
B
/J,6
b
SiJTa
Beta
2
III.
r
y.^
g,n
rajifia
Gamma
3
IV.
A
d
d
AiXTOt
Delta
4
V.
E
£
e
"E ijiXXov
Epsilon
5
71.
Z
Sii
z
Zijra
Zeta
7
VII.
II
V
e
~'Hia
Eta
8
VIII.
^,6
th
OrJTa
Theta
9
IX.
I
I
i
'laxa
Iota
10
X.
K
X
c
Kanna
Kappa
20
XI.
A
X
1
Adfi^Sa
Lambda
30
XII.
M
1"
m
Mv
Mu
40
XIII.
N
V
n
Nv
Nu
50
XIV.
s
1
X
SI
Xi
60
XV.
O
6
"O [iixgov
Omicron
70
XVI.
n
31, rs
P
III
Pi
80
XVII.
p
9. P
r
'Pm
Rho
100
XVIII.
2
a, S
s
Siyfia
Sigma
200
XIX.
T
r,l
t
Tav
Tau
300
XX.
r
V
y
'r ipiXov
Upsilon
400
XXI.
(p
u&at
24^
8ia
OS
oa
et')
ft
5"
%
(St
QM
3
ax
D
JUL
dv
av
^
xav
u
ini
^
xriv
^
a
4
TTJS
dj
av
np
TO
hj
7iv
^
TOV
%}
xal
r
tSv
^ i
iW
vv
M.
XI
•am
VTtO
IT 3.]
OETHOGRAPHY AND ORTHOEPY.
11
H 3. C. Vocal Elements.
I. Vowels, Sibiple and Cobipound.
Simple Vowels.
Diphthongs in i.
Diphthongs in v.
[§5 24-28.]
Class I. II. III. IV. V
A O S U I
Orders. Sounds. Sounds. Sounds. Sounds. Sounds.
I Short, 1. d
*■)
n
El
V
[Proper, 5. dv ov sv
[Improper, 6. dv av tjv
II. Consonants.
[Long, 2. d
; Proper, 3. di
[ Improper, 4. d
o
ta
01
to
V
V
ill
ill
[§§49-51.]
A. Consonants associated in Classes and Orders.
Class m.
Linguals.
Class I. Class II.
Orders. Labials. Palatals.
1. Smooth Mutes, rt a t
2. Middle Mutes, ^ y S
3. Rough Mutes, q) x ^
4. Nasals, n y v
5. Double Consonants, ip ^ I
B. Additional Semivowels.
k g a
CONSONANTS (Second Akrakgement).
C Smooth, jt, K, T.
( Mutes, < Middle, (3, y, 8.
{ Rough, q>, X-, *•
Semivowels, {L^^f^^^'/;.^.^'?'^
Double Consonants, yj, |, ^.
Single Consonants,
nasal .
III. Breathings.
r§ 13.]
Rough Breathing, or Aspirate ( ' ).
Smooth or Soft Breathing ( ' ).
12 TABLES. [fl 4-
II. ETYMOLOGY.
^ 4. Remarks. I. To avoid needless repetition, alike burdensome
to teacher and pupil, and to accustom the student early to the application
of rule, the tables of paradigms have been constructed with the fbllovping
ellipses, which will be at once supplied from general rules.
1. In the paradigms of declension, the Voc. sing, is omitted whenever
it has the same form with the Nom., and the following cases are omitted
throughout (see § 80) ;
a.) The Voc. plur., because it is always the same with the Nom.
(S.) The Dat. dual, because it is always the same with the Gen.
y.) The .3cc. and Voc. dual, because they are always the same with
the Nom.
c5.) The j3cc. and Voc. neut.^ in all the numbers, because they are al-
ways the same with the Nom.
2. In the paradigms of adjectives, and of words similarly inflected,
the Neuter is omitted in the Gen. and Dat. of all the numbers, and in the
J^om. dual ; because in these cases it never differs from the Masculine
(§ 130. @).
3. In the paradigms of conjugation, the Isi Pers. dual is omitted
throughout, as having the same form with the 1st Pers. plur., and the 3d
Pers. dual is omitted whenever it has the same form with the 2d Pers.
dual, that is, in the primary tenses of the Indicative, and in the Subjunc-
tive (§ 212. 2). For the form in -fisS-ov, whose empty shade has been so
multiplied by grammarians, and forced to stand, for idle show, in the rank
and file of numbers and persons, see § 212. N.
4. The compound forms of the Perfect passive subjunctive and
optative are omitted, as belonging rather to Syntax than to inflection
§234,637).
II. The regular formation of the tenses is exhibited in the table (IT 28),
which may be thus read ; " The tense is formed from the root by
affixing ," or, " by prefixing and affixing (or, in the nude
form, )." In the application of this table, the forms of the root
must be, distinguished, if it has moie than a single form (§ 254).
III. In the table of translation (IT 33), the form of the verb must, of
course, be adapted to the number and person of the pronoun ; thus, lam
planning, tkou art planning, he is planning, &c. For the middle voice,
change the forms of " plan into the corresponding forms of » delib-
erate ; and, for the passive voice, into the corresponding forms of " he
planned. "
IV. The Dialectic Forms, for the sake of distinction, are uniformly
printed in smaller type. In connection with these forms, the abbrevia-
r„^,f„!i'«^"?<„^;.„•!T':J'fc™^I^.^•A.^'-^'>i""eUtt., Attic;
BcEot. and B., Bosotic ; Comm., Common ; Dor. and D Doric • En and
E , Epic; Hel., Hellenistic; Ion. and I., Ionic; Iter, aad It Itprativi.-
O., Old ; Poet, and P., Poetic. " "' "''rative ,
V. A star f) in the tables denotes that an affix or a form is wanting
Parentheses are sometimes used to inclose unusual doubtful n r
supplementary forms. In ITIT 29, 30, the k and & of the tense's'io'n''' Z
dropped in the second tenses (§ 199. II.), are separated by a hvnhoS fl'„^
the rest of the affix. ?=» Hyphen from
fl 5, 6.]
DECLENSION.
13
A. Tables of Declension.
U 5, I. Affixes of the Three Declensions.
Dec. I.
Deo. II.
De(
.III.
Masc. Fem.
M. F. Neut.
M. F. Neut.
Sing. Nom.
as, tjg
a, 7j
f OS \ OV
9 \ *
Gen.
ov
ag, m
{ ov
OS
Dat.
?? V '
9
I
- Ace.
ttV, 11V
ov
V,IX
V
Voc.
a, ri
s' \ ov
*
*
Plur. Nom.
at,
01 1 a
fS 1 a
Gen.
wv
USV
mv
Dat.
ais
ois ^
or{v)
Ace.
as
ovg a
as
a
Voc.
ai
01 a
sg
a
Dual Nom.
a
(0
e
Gen.
aiv
oiv
oiv
Dat.
aiv
oiv
oiv
Ace.
S
m
£ '
Voe.
a
at
s
IT 6. II. Analysis of the Affixes.
[The figures in the last column denote the declensions.]
Flexible Endingi
Connecting Towels. | ]
Dec. I.
Dec. n.
Dec. m.
Sing. Nom.
«W
*
Gen.
aM
*
Dat.
«W
*
Aee.
«W
*
Voc.
«-('))
o(s)
#
Plur. Nom.
a
*
Gen.
a
»
Dat.
a
«
Ace.
a
*
Dual Nom.
a
»
Gen.
a
»
<:. Fern. 1, *. Neut. 2,1/; 3, ».
(o^-) Off. 2 and Mase. 1, o.
I.
V, «. Neut. 3, «.
m
ig. 1 and 2, s. Neut, a,
av.
{iai). 3, aX. 1 and 2, i;.
{vg) as. Neut. a.
3, oiv.
14
TABLES.
■FIRST DECLENSION.
[n'j'-s-
fl 7. HI. Nouns of the First Declension.
A. Mascuuhe.
i, Steward, i, sailor, o, son of Atreus. »', Mercury.
S. N. zautae vavxm 'Aigildrjg
AiQilSov
Argils J]
'AtquStiv
'AzgslSrj
ArguSai
'Axgs'iSav
jy.Totfiiaig vaviccig 'AigelSctig ' Egfiiaiq^t'Egjicug d. rooGgvov,
A. zafi'iag vavTug AigilSug Eg^sug, Egjiag raSgvd
D-vr f- '- 3- r^- «^ '- 'r^ ^ iJ, ro)6gva
.S\.Tauia vavia ArgsiOa Egusa, Egua . ^ J' ,'.
. TCtiitatv vavraiv Azguoaiv Eg/isaiv, Egfiaiv -y J' ,-
B. FliaUINlKE.
IN.
TK/itaf
vavxrig
G.
TUflloV
vaviov
D.
zajila
vavxrj
A.
V.
xafilav
xajxla
vavxTjV
vavxa
N.
G.
xafiiai
xotaiiav
vavxai
ravxcov
S, Mercury.
S, north wind.
Egfiiag,
Egfir]g_
l^oggag
Eg/xiov,
"Egiiov
^og^a •
[Egnia,
'^Egfijj^
§oggq
'Egfiittv,
'Egfiijv
^oggav
Egiisa,
'^BfV
^ogga
'Egfiiai,
' Eg^tu
0, Goiryas.
'Egfjecov,
'Egfimv
N. rw6gvag
c
V
, shadow.
T}, door.
ri, tongue.
»5, honor.
ri, mina
S.
N.
aula
■&VQtt
yXaaau
xiiij
(ivda.
(iva
G.
axtag
&vgSg
/XcSaar}g
xinng
(ivdug.
(ivag
D.
axia
■&vga
yXataarj
xifiy
livda,
(iva^
A.
axidv
&vgav
yXaaaav
Ttflfjv
fivaSv,
fivav
P.
N.
axial
&vgai,
ylwaaai
xijial
fivdat,
piai
G.
axtwv
■&vgav
yXtoaaav
Xl/iWV
fivawv.
fivm
D.
axiaig
■&vgaig
yXaaaaig
xifiatg
[ivdaig,
/ivatg
A.
axtdg
&vgag
yXaaaag
xi[iag
/ivdag.
jivag
D.
N.
axia
&vga
yXaaaa
XI fid
l^vda,
fiva
G.
axiatv
&vgaiv
yXioaaaiv
Tifiaiv
fivdaiv.
fivaiv
^ S. Dialectic Fokms.
S. N.
G.
cSsj Ion. vs ' TxfiitiSj fio^tis.
9iSj Dor, as ' vocuTccSt 'Ar^Ei'Saff.
Old, a * IvTtoTa^ fitjTiSTu.
aj Ion. J) • {TKi^t ^v^yj'
K, Ion. J) • Ep. a^yj^Ejt], Kviffffn.
J?, Dor. a • .o(pcx,.
Z"^
A^)
SeSjSa_;^;xa
dBdioet^ec.
Pk.
h
ilXr)p,xot.
u>.V }g, vavitj,
AiQflSrig, ATQu8r)v, 'AtqcISi], yXolaarjg, yloiaarj, ti^tj, Tifirjg, ri/j'^v '
CH. 2.] FIRST DECLENSION. 127
but la/Aiag, rajiia, axid, axtag, &VQa, ■d'vgav (^ 7), ISici, idea
X$^ttt, need, x^°^i color.
l^OTE. Long a likewise remains in the pures, ro^, grass, aroti, porch, yva,
field, s-ixucc, gourd, Kit^vd, walnut-tree, sAaa, olive-tree, 'NxvtriKKa, Nausicaa; in
the words, ocXuXei, war-cry, Wi^^a, day after a feast, itK.a.^a,'K&, trap-spring,
ysvva^ds, noble; and in some proper names, particularly those which are Doric
or foreign ; as, 'AvS^o^sSa, A^J^a, ^i^of.tn>-ix, Atav't^as, "TXaj, 2yXX«f • and it
became jj after ^ or go in the words K^tj, nech, ko^vi, maiden, Kojpri, cheek, aS-a^tj,
pap, fori, stream ; in some proper names, as Tjijns • and in compounds of /a-
T^saj, to measure, as yicafi-iT^ns (§ 92. 2). In some words, usage fluctuates
between long or short x and n ; as, 'A^da-rx; Cyr. vi. 1.31, 'A^xrxtis lb. v. 1.
4, -^sTvei and •priUn, w^viji.va. and w^vfjLtvi.
§ 94. Contracts. A few nouns, in which the character-
istic is a or t, and feminine adjectives in -ta and -ojj, are con-
tracted ; as, jUi'KK jUVH, 'Eofiiag '/i^^trjg, ^ogsiig ^oqgag (g being
here doubled after contraction), avyja avxij, Jig-tree, xgy^"
Xgva^, SiTtlotj diTilri. For the rules, see §§ 33, 36, 37 ; for the
paradigms, U^ 7, 18.
DIALECTIC FORMS.
§ Uo. 1. In the affixes of this declension, Ihe Doric dialect retains
throughout the original a ; while in the singular, the Ionic has tj in most of
those words in which the Attic and Common dialects have long x, and even in
some in which they have short a:, particularly derivatives in -iix and -otS.
(^ 44) ; thus, Dor. tj/zx, rifjixs, Ttftx, Ttfj-xy Ion. ax,ir\, irxtTJ;, fficiri, )KAa»o. The Epic dual forms
in nj'/t, which alone are used by Homer, arise from a mere poetic doubling of
' (§ 48).
2. Some proper names in -as have the Gen. sing, in Herodotus, after the
analogy of Dec. I.; as, 'K^aTras, K^aitnu viii. 122, but Kja/Voi/ i. 6; JUttsoi
iv. 160 ; KXso^/SjorEs) v. 32. The Gen. plui'. forms ^s/rriuv (Hdt. i. 94) and
irujsiav (Id. ii. 36), if genuine, may be referred to the Ionic insertion of s
(§48.1).
3. The old Dat. plur. in -cin is common in the poets of all classes, and in
Ionic prose. So, even in Plato, S-saTri Leg. 955 e.
4. For the Epic Gen. in -a9-sv, see § 91. For the Epic Datives in -o^j and
o9-;, and the old Dat. in -«, see §§ 89, 90. For the Doric and iEolic forms
of the Ace. plur., see § 45. 5.
5. Contracts in -ovs from -oos occur in Homer, though rarely ; as, vovs
X. 240 (elsewhere was). In words in -so;, -nv, he sometimes protracts the ■
to It (§ 47. N.), and sometimes employs synizesis (§ 30).
III. The Third Declension.
tFor the afliiea and paradigms, see §§ 85, 87; WS, 6, 11- 16.]
§ 1 00. In this declension, the Nominative, though regard-
ed as the theme of the word, seldom exhibits the root in its
simple, distinct form. This form must therefore be obtained
from the Genitive, or from some case which has an open af-
fix (^§ 79, 82. s).
Remaeks. 1. Special attention must be given to the euphonic changes
which occur in those cases winch have eithei- chse affixes, or no affixes ; that
is in the Nominative and Vocative singular, the Dative plural, and the Ac-
130 THIRD DECLENSION. [bOOK II.
cusatiye singiilar in -v. For these changes, see in general §§ 51, 55, 57-
59, 63.
2. The flexible ending of the Ace. sing, in this, as in the other two de-
clensions, seems to have been originally ». But the » was so extensively
changed into a in accordance with § 63. E., that the a became the prevailing
affix, and was often used even after a vowel. It will therefore be understood
that the affix is a, if no statement is made to the contrary. "When the affix
is V, the root receives the same changes as in the theme (§ 110).
Words of the third declension are divided according to the
characteristic, into Mutes, Liquids, Liquid-Mutes, and Puees.
A. Mutes.
[IT 11.]
§101. Labials and Palatals. These are all either
masculine or feminine, and in none is the Voc. formed except
yvvrj (N. y).
Notes, a. For the ■^ and ? in the theme and Dat. pi., see § 51.
/3. In 3-j;|, the root is ^^tx- In those cases in which ^ remains, S- be-
comes r, according to § 62. In « aXiww«|, -exoj, fox, the last vowel of the
root is lengthened in the theme. Compare § 112. a,.
y. Tt/m, woman, wife, which is irregular in having its theme after the form
of Dec. I., and also in its accentuation, is thus declined : S. K. yvv^, G. yv-
VKmas, D. yvvatKif A. yvjia7xx, V. yvvxi • P. N. yvvxTxl^j G. yuvxtxay, D. yv-
vtn^/, Ai yi^vxTxas • D. N. ynvaTxs, G. yvveciKoTv. The old granmiarians have
also cited from Comic writers the forms, A. yum, P. N. yi/yxi, A. yumi, ac-
cording to Dec. I.
§ I®3. Masculine and Feminine Linguals. These
lose their characteristic in the theme and Dat. pi. (§ 55), in the
Ace. sing., when formed in v (§§ 63. E., 100. 2), and in the
Voc. (§ 63).
Notes, a. If a palatal is thus brought before o-, it unites with it in ^
(§ 51), as (etvxxrs, avctxi) eiyx^ (^ 11), « (vvkts^ vu^, night ; if to the end
of a word, it is dropped (§ 63), as (Ji\a.xT, ayxx) xva.. This distinct Voc,
however, is used only in addressing a god ; otherwise, S ayaS, (or, by frequent
crasis, uya,^,
jS. For the change of o when brought before the affixes s and y, or to the
end of a word, see §§ 112. «,. 113. 3.
y. Barj'tones in -;; and -vs fonn the Aco. sing, in both a, and v, the latter
being the more common affix ; as, x^-i'S (1 11)> « %'S> strife,, i, fi c^yi;, bird;
Ace. ;^;a^/ra: and x'^S'^ (j^ the name of a goddess, the form in -a is always
used, and sometimes, also, in poetry ; but, otherwise, the form in -i>, yet see
H. Gr. iii. 5. 16), 'i^it and poet. £{;?», apiy and poet. o^yi9-x. So also, xXils
(T 11)> " ysXsj;, laughter, and the compounds of trai;, foot; thus. Ace. xXiTia.
and xUTv, yiXara. and yiXay, Oj'S/VoSss and O'ih'mvy (^ 16), SiVaSo! and S/.
vDvv (^ 17). Add i'i^us, love. Ace. 'i^Dira and rare poetic form hm. So
iT«rs, when resolved by the poets into traiV, may have Ace. vei'iy, Ap. Rh.
CH. 2.] MUTES. LIQUIDS. 131
4. 697. In oxytones, the accent served to prevent the lingual from faUing
away.
§ 103. Neutee Linguals. In these, the characteristic
is always t, which, in the theme, is commonly dropped after
fid, but otherwise becomes g or g (§ 63) ; as, ad/ia, qoclj?, xsgug,
iinctg (IT 11), liSog (TT 22), from the roots awfiaT-, qxor-, mguT-,
ijTiui-, sidoT-,
KoTE. The T is also dropped in fiiXi, /.tiXtros, Itmtey ; in yaXa, yx^^ccxrog^
milk, which also drops » ; and in yovuy yoyaros, knee, and Sa^u, Sagaros, spear,
which then change x to [/(compare § 113). In the poetic ii)ja{, tj/ixroi,
day, r is changed' into ^ after fiia ; and in i/'Swj, li'SxTos, water j and itku^j trua..
TO,-, filA, r is changed into j, and a. into a. See § 123. y.
§ 1 ®4. Contract Linguals. A few linguals drop the
characteristic before some or all of the open affixes, and are
then contracted ; thus, KkuSig (nAEtsj) King, xXuSag [xluag)
x'k€ig' xiguTog xsgaog KEgcog, xigvcja xe'gaa xsga (IT 11) ; to jsgag,
prodigy, P. N. xigara Tigu, G. xigiiiwv jsguiv ' o ;fg(«s, skin,
5. D. xgaijl Ofpwt) ;igbt (in the phrase ev XQv)- ^°i ^^ Homer,
from o Idgcog, sweat, o ysXmg, laughter, o egoig, love, S. D. Idgw,
yilta, 'ig(o, for ISgaJxi, &c. ; A. ldg&, yiXa, for iSgmia {ISgaa),
yikooTa. Compare §§ 107, 119, 123. a.
Note. In the following words, the contraction is confined to the root :
ro oZs, uTos, ear (^ 1 1), contracted from the old oZus, ouarcs (§ 33. y).
TO oiXexp, bait, Gen. osXsxtos, diXyjro;,
TO ffTEx^, contr. ffTn^t tallow, Gen. cTtaTos, ffrnros.
TO ip^sccQ, well, Gen. {f^eaToe (a or a), (p^nTos (§ 37. 1 ).
Remark. Those linguals in which a liquid precedes the
lingual will be treated as a distinct class (§ 109).
B. Liquids.
[IT 12,]
-§ 10£». Masculine and Feminine L/quids. In these,
except iilg, salt, sea (in the singular, only Ionic and poetic), the
characteristic is always either v or g. For the changes in the
theme and Dat. pi., see §§ 57-59. When the characteristic
is J', it depends upon the preceding vowel whether the v or the
g is changed in the theme ; as follows.
1.) If an £ or vowel precede, the g is changed ; as in
hltrjv, -svog, daifiutv, -ovog (IT 12) ; o [iriv, ftijvog, month, 6 xsi/icov,
-avog, storm, viinter.
Except xTus, xTi/os, cornb, the numeral its, his, o>f« (T 21), and the lonio
/liis (as from root ,«£»-, yet Gfni^^tnios) for //.ni, month (Hdt. ii. 82).
2.) If a precede, in nouns the g is changed, but in adjectives
132 THIRD DECLENSION. LIQUIDS. [bOOK II.
the V ; thus, b ndv, Ilavoc, Pan, 6 naiav, -avog, pcBan ; but
fislag, -avos (IT 19), TaXug, -avoc, wretched.
3.) If t or V precede, the v is changed; as in gig, qivog
(TT 12), dsXcplg, -jyo?, dolphin, 6 ^oQwg, -vvog, Phorcys.
Notes, a. The v remains in fjtoiruv, ~vv6s, wooden tower ; and most words
in -IS and -us have a second, but less classic form, in -ii and -vs ; as, pis anil
pU, ^iXcpU and ^eX^/v, ^o^kus and Oc^»uy.
/3. In the pronoun tIs, (t 24), the v of the root t/v- is simply dropped in
the theme. Yet see § 152. /3.
Eejiakk. Vocative. In the Voc. of 'AjroXX^v, -mos, Apollo, n»«iSa»,
-Ztos, Neptune, and i curri^, -«jo;, saviour, the natural tone of addi'ess has
led to the throwing back of the accent, and the shortening of the last sylla-
ble ; thus, "AtoXXov, TVoau^ov, crairi^.
§ 106. Syncopated Liquids. I, In a few liquids of fa
miliar use, a short vowel preceding the characteristic is syn-
copated in some or most of the cases ; as follows.
1.) In these three, the syncope takes place before all the open terminations :
avTi^, man (^ 12). For the insertion of the S, see § 64. 2.
Kum, dog (^ 12), which has, for its root, ;cki>»-, by syncope, xnv-. In this
word, the syncope extends to the Dat. plur.
x^/as, lamb's (^ 12), which has, for its root, i^tv-, by syncope, ajj-. The
Nom. sing, is not used, and its place is supplied by aifivos.
2.) These five are syncopated in the genitive and dative singular:
';ra.T'/i^, father, and fjcriTyi^, mother (^ 12).
« B-vyaTijp, daughter, G. ^ayt^n^as ^uyarpos, D. S-wyxTEfii &yyaTg(.
91 yoLirrriP, stomach, G. yxtrTi^os yxcrr^os, D. yaffri^i yecffr^i.
ri Anf^nrvi^, Ceres, G. Ajj^wjitejos ^^fctir^as, D. A^i^u^rE^j Ajf^jjrgi • a]so,
A. AfJfA^TE^a A^fltlTQCC.
Notes, cc. In these words, the poets sometimes neglect the syncope, and
sometimes employ it in other cases than those which are specified.
fi. For the Dat. pi., see § 59. TairTiij has not only ycLar^im (Dio Cass.
54. 22), but also in Hipp, ya.irr'n^i'i-
§ 1©T. II. In comparatives in -av, the v is more frequently
syncopated before « and t, after which contraction takes place ;
as, fiil^ovu (fitl^oa) (UEi'JcD, f/il^ovig (/jil^oEg) fiii^ovg, fiu^ovag
(fidQoag) fid£ovg (^ 17). Compare §^ 104, 119, 123. oc.
Note. A similar contraction is common in the Ace. of 'An-oXXft/v, Apollo,
and Ilflo-E/Sajv, Neptune; thus, 'AtcXXuvx, ('AsroXXiya) 'AtoXXoi (iii. 1. 6);
Tliirtit^itx, Uoiriiia. See, for both the uncontracted and the contracted forms,
PI. Crat. 402 d, e, 404 d, 405 d. So, likewise, o xumm, -Zios, mixed drink ;
Ace. xvxsMva, and, rather poetic, xuKtZ (». 316 ; xvkziu A. 624) ; ri y>.riX^h
-uMs, pennyroyal ; Ace. yX.^x'^ia, y^tix" C^^- ^"^^ 874) ; and by a like
syncope of j, o ix'"^, ichor ; Ace. ix^^cc and (only E. 416) i^oi.
5) 108. Neuter Liquids. A few nouns, in which g is
CH. 2.] HQTJID-MUTES. PURES. 133
the characteristic, are neuter. They are, for the most part,
confinfed to the singular, and require, in their declension, no
euphonic changes of letters.
Note. Iu saj, spring^ and the poetic ^esa^, hearty contraction talces place
in tlie root; thus, N. sa^, poetic «p, G. ea^as, commonly ^gay, D. eaig/, com-
monly «ji • N. »sa{, in Homer always x?{, D. x Jj;.
C. Liqtjid-Mtjtes.
[¥ 13.]
§ 100. All nouns of this class are either masculine o
feminine. The characteristic of the class is vt, except in the
feminines Safiaq, -aqzog, vnfe, ^Xfiivg, -iv&oc, worm., nt'iQivg, -iv-
^0?, carriage-basket, and TiQwg, -vvdog, Tiryns. The t or t9^
is affected as in simple Unguals (§ 102). When, by the drop-
ping of T, V is brought before'; in the theme, it depends upon
the preceding vowel whether the v or the ? is changed (§§ 57,
58), according to tlie following rule : If an O vowel precede, the
S is changed ; otherwise, the v.
Thns, Xsajji, -flvroff, ^£vo^a/v, -wuros (^ 13), o "^^oiH-ajv, -avrosj dragon; but
yiyds, -avTos (^ 13), o ificasj -ecvros, thong, o ^ifzasis, -svros, the Simots, oukvvs,
•uvTos, showing.
Notes, a. Except oSo«, -o»to;, tooth (^ 13 ; yet Ion. SSiit Hdt. vi. 107),
and participles from verbs in -eo/ar, as, ^avs, Vovros (^ 22), from ^i^a3(/,t, to give,
(3. Some Latin names received into the~Greek have -ns in the theme, instead
of -SIS ', as, l^X'/ifiTii, -svTflff, Clematis, OiaXfjs, -sutos, Valens.
y. If the characteristic is -»9--, the v remains before ; (§ 58. /3). In SkiKkj
(^ 13), the 5 is simply dropped in the theme.
Bkmases. 1. A few proper names in -«;, -xyros, form the Voc. after the
analogy of the theme ; that is, v becomes a, and is then contracted ; thus,
"ArXaf, -avTfls, V. Q'KrXu.vr, "ArXai', ^'ArXaa:) "ArXa- TloXySa/^i^f, Y.
TLoXvoifioi.
2. Nouns and adjectives in -uu -ivro;, preceded by o or ?;, are usually con
tracted j as, o •yrXccKotts ^Xxxov;, cdke^ G. •vXajcozyros 'jeXcixoZvrcs ' Tjfi^sis
•nfjcTi;, honored^ F. rtijt.riiff i, -si. So, likewise, in Att. writers, the plural
compounds i/i'irXtcii, ixrXix Cyr. vi. 2. 7, wsfiVXios lb. 33. In like manner
"Xia PI. Phsedo, 95 a, N. pi. from "Xius, -u», contr. from 'Ixxos, -»».
-Tt^xas (by some written w^ao?), h vr^xsTa, to b*^Sov (sr^aov), mild. In this
adj., forms fi'om r. w^a-, of Deo. II., and from r. v^xs-, of Dec. III., are
blended (see ^ 20). Ion. «s ^. 372, 'ci/ci Ar. Lys. 95, &/i/is A. 59, Sapph.
93 (13), Theoc. 8. 25 ; vZ: Cor. 16, vZy A. 418, U. 99 (.^Z. ?), »^ E. 219
CH. 5.] PERSONAL. 157
»;■» 5. 88 : cii Ar. Lys. 1188, Sapph. 1. 13, tu'hi E. 485, «ii Cor. 2; o-ss
A. 396, Hdt. i. 8, itbTi, T. 137, o-sS T. 206, Hdt. i. 9, iri9-£r A. 180, Eur
Ale. 51, TioTo 0. 37, 468, tsDj Theoo. 2. 126, teo?s Theoo. 11. 25 ; tci A.
28, Hdt. i. 9, nh S. 619 (not in H.), Hdt. v. 60 (Inscr.), Ar. Av. 930, t/v
Theoc. 2. 11, Find. 0. 10. 113 ; ti Theoe. 1. 6, ru Theoo. 1. 56, Ar. Eq.
1225 ; i/iiis Hdt. vi. 11, ifci; Ar. Ach. 760, tlfcfiis A. 274, Sapph. 95 (17),
Theoo. 5. Ill ; i/iiay H. 159, Hdt. iii. 50, iftiim A. 348, iftftiuv Ale. 77 ;
i/ut or Sfiir, Soph. Ant. 308, tl/i/mi A. 249, Theoo. 1. 116, il/n/ii Z. 77, uft.//,'
K. 551 ; up'sn! li. 75, Hdt. i. 53, u/^i, Ar. Lys. 87, S/i/is lb. 1076, u/i/j,i Y.
412, Find. 0. 8. 19, Theoo. 5. 145, Soph. Ant. 846 ; irtpST A. 336, .xi (§ 290).
§ 276. Eemaek. As verbs in .^, Hdt. H. 90,
&c. Late 2 A. M. Ft. (r. ij^a-, § L'l'7) a^vii/iDics, Auth.
tiiufi'tjo), to slay, strip, poet., F. iix^i^aj, A. 191, A. kx^ilx P. 187, and
rim^ifx, Anacr., Pf. P. mi^nr/ixt. Soph. Aj. aS, itiix^Uhi, iEscli. Cho. 347.
Primitive, hxi^u &. 296, 2 A. ijvx^av. Soph. Ant. 871, 1 A. M. Uti^x/^tit,
E. 43.
'i^u (or X^u) and jSfi^iu (r. l^y-, pty- § 262, 1^ S-), to do, poet, and Ion.
.Ssch. Sept. 231, O. 214, F. sj|. Some read Ti/^ii, as Pres., N. 707.
See, also, xi/^tu (§ 223).
§ 9 7 8. y. Affixed to a Vowel.
^a;'»ii>, and poet, fixirxa (§ 279 ; r. /3oi-), to jfo, F. ^Ktrcfjut,!, 2 A. e'/Sn
(t 57 ; see § 227, 242. b, 251. 4), Pf. ^iZma. (see § 238. a). Poet, and
Ion., F. ^nru, I will cause to go, Eur. Ipli. T. 742, 1 A. ifSno-m, Hdt. i. 46.
In composition, Pf. P. (iiCajLtsu and p>i€xirfitxt (§ 221. a), A. P. Ka.S->]v. For
(inffis, &ic., see ^ 185. s. Kindred forms, [Idai in Dor. Ik^uvtks Th. v. 77 ;
Ep. e,iiioj, V. 22, /3;?»/i;, H. 213, /iiUiri^ N. S09 ; Ion. ;3ie«««j, Hipp.;
the common causative jiiSx-^ai ; and apparently the Ep. Pres. used as Fut.
(§ 200. b) fiU/ixi, I shall walk, live, 0. 194, X. 431, PI. fiufii (AO(r(Lect and of/.iiifAOf/.ai (§ 2^1. a), A. P. iuft.oir^t]» and
afiodfiV' Pres. P^. ofiovvTzs Hdt. i. 153 ; late F. ofAoo-at, Anth.
ofito^yvufAi (o/ifljy-), to KJipe o^, poet. E. 416, F. ofio^^&tf A. ftl^afl^cs, Eur.
Or. 219, A. P. ufio^x^m, Ar. Vesp. 560, A. M. dif^to^^ecfiViv, 2. 124. Collat.
ifio^yd^aiy HonS. Mere. 361, late fto^yvUfci.
fl^lyai, to stretch out, and Ep. o^syvu^;, A. 351, F. o^i^&/, A. a/ge^a, A. P.
u^i^Sviv, Pf. P. eo^iypceci, Hipp., o^i^^iyfAOCij 11. 834,
o^vufit (r. fl^-), to roMsei F. o^-rw (§ 56. /3), A. iSgfra, 2 Pf. intrans., as Pres.,
o^wga. Ep., F. M. o^ovff.a.1, T. 140, 2 A. w^fl^av (^ 194. 3), 2 A. M. ^ygfl^jjv,
M. 279 (see § 185. S, g) ; from r. o^e-, Impf. o^iofim, B. 398, Pf. P. ^^a'^e-
^a; (§ 191. 2), T. 377, jSwfi/. o^a^ijTOii M. 271. Kindred, chiefly poet., H^o-
fictt, o^iVUj l^oSuvaiy e^ouof • Lat. oripr,
•rra^vuficti (r. ^ra^-j, to sneeze, 2 A. %-n-ra,^ov, 2 A. P. 7*^. •ttxpsis, Hipp.
trro^vDfzt, iTTo^ivvvfAi, and ffr^uyvum (r. (r ?, xa.) •jri^^ ffaXs^ou cvfiSavXsvuy r^v ye {TgaTflV
B!r/ir_;^;«(rojW£v, ' for the present,' Mem. iii. 6. 10. See § 320. 3.
§ 441. Eemaeks. a. This rule applies especially to the Ace. neut.
of adjectives, both sing, and plur. ; as. To a^^^aTov, formerly, i. 1.6. Ta
filv . ., Ta Ti, partly , ., partly, iv. 1. 14, v. 6. 24. Mixgov I'^iipvyt vo fxM
x-ttTa-ffiT^ccSmnt i. 3. 2. Tuxov, perhaps, vi. 1. 20. To Xflicrflw, henceforth,
ii. 2. .'^. Ei' Tivas fiiyoi ^v to trajfix (puirn j) T^o(pyi j) ufAtporz^tt PI. Gorg.
524 b. TiJtroyTflv ya^ -^T^viht -TTt^i^v )3a(r/Xeys i. 8. 13. ©y/iflE/SeiTTSgo/ SI
woXii iv. 5. 36 (cf. § 419). See especially § 162.
/3. A strict analysis would refer the adverbial Ace. in part to the Ace. of
effect (§ 432), in part to th^t of specification (§ 437), and in part to that of
extent (§ 422. ill.).
F. The Vocative.
§ 442. Role XXV. The Compellative
of a sentence is put in the Vocative (§§ 329. N.,
340. a) ; as,
^^ixQ^i Koi n^o^evE, . > ovx 'IffTt Ti ^oiiTrty Clearchus and ProxenuSf
you know not what you rfo, i. 5, 16. ^A ^ccvfiua-ieoraTt eiv^ ^iuts, O most
wonderful Tnan, iii. 1. 27.
§ 4:^3» Eekajsks. a. Ttie siffn of address, in Greek, as in otbier
languages, is commonly S.
/?. The term of respectful address to a company of men is avS^sj, witii
whicli may be likewise connected a more specific appellation ; thus,
'O^ars fAvj a ai'S^Es, you see, ge?itlemen, iii. 2. 4. "AcJ^e? trr^xriarxii /»h
^ixv/Ltei^tTB, fellow-soldiers, do not wonder, i. 3. 3. ^fl wvS^s? "Exx^ves ii. 3. IS.
il ai/Sf £? cr^ecrnyoi xx) Xo^oiyoi iii. 1 . 34.
OH. 2.] ATJECTIVE. AGREEMENT. 305
CHAPTER II.
SYNTAX OF THE ADJECTIVE.
I. Agreement of the Adjective.
^444. Rule XXVI. An Adjective agrees
with its subject in gender, number, and case.
The word adjectme is here used in its largest sense (§ 73). Thus, Ilafa.
^tiiro; fiiyx; oty^iaiv ^n^i'eav rr X n ^ tj s t ^ if^rge park full of wild beasts, L 2,
7> Ta> vrai^i ufiipoTs^tkiy both the children, \, \. 1. Ai *\uvtKa'i •jroXus
. . ^s'SofASvat lb. 6. TovSs Tov T^flwav lb. 9. "E^&iu 0 ^^ ^ B'ios £w) TO ffv'K^.afi^a.vuv akXnXotv l^eiijirtff
a^tfAivej vovroa T^a.-^oivm tr^os to ^ttuxuXustv «XA.«$Xa* Mem. ii. 3, 18.
See § 444. ^.
Note. In speaking of persons vaguely j or generally , or simply as persons,
the masculine gender often takes the place of the feminine^ both in pronouns
and in other substantive words which admit it; thus, Bhv oJs t ou xi^^
. r= irij it);Tgi3 ("■' OfiTXaiy Soph. CEd. T. 1184. Ovol ya^ xetxus •^d(r xovTt
tcTiros ^v TSxrj ^ootryiyviTutt Id. El. 770. "H ffTU^oi euira f^oirxos oiix avi^iTat
TixTovTBLS a,XKous \_=^ TtXTOVtrav aXXflvJ EuT, Andr. 711. ^pvi\yiXv6£ffi9
us if^t xoiTct?L£Xsi/^fit£vat a^tX^cti ts xct) aSeX^ioa?' xa.) ccvf^ia) TotrecuTeHf StTT
eTvsci ev Tij oixla Tunrx^ce.ffxott^ix.a. tous \>.tuS&^ovs > * • ^oiT'.t^ov ^ev oZv
liTTiv, ^ %aiKpa.TSSj Toug olxiiovs wi^io^ay d^oXXvfitivevsj dovvaTov o\
ToffovTovs TQi .vis ufii uvctt t) to7s rinXivn^Koin, I am confident t/iat
there is something for the dead. Id. Phsedo, 63 c, "Eh^i r) il^uv, he seemed to
[say something] have reason or to be in the right, Id. Amat. 133 c.
y. An indefinite form . of expression is sometimes employed for a definite ',
thuSj Ei euv Tt; Tovrats v(p'i^ii tecvrov, if therefore one gives himself up to these
[= if I give myself up], Cyr. vii. 5. 44. Bouy^tmtr^en, ^us ns robs elvS^as
a-rtX^, to counsel, how one [=^ we] shall drive off the men, iii. 4. 40. "Kaxov
fixti Tin [= a-oi] Ar. Ean. 552, E/' fziv rts i^ vif^as oL^tivcti, if one permits
[= you permit] us to depart, iii. 3. 3.
CH. 4.] RELATIVE. 337
E. Relative.
§510. I. Relatives refer to an antecedent either as defi-
nite or as indefinite ; and are, hence, divided into the definite
and the indefinite relatives.
Remarks. 1. In the logical order of discourse, the antecedent, according
to its name, precedes the relative, but this order may be inverted, whenever
the perspicuity, energy, or beauty of the sentence is promoted by the change.
2. IsDEFiNrrE RELATIVES are formed, either from the definite relatives by
adding t)s or a particle (commonly -fi»), or from the simple indefinites by pre-
fixing as (in the shortened form o'-) ; thus, oirns or « a/, whoever, Wdim, of
what kind soever, ovoros, how much soever, o^ot£, whensoever. See §§ 153,
317, 328.
§SSO. II. The DEFINITE KELATiVE is often used for
the indefinite,, as a simpler and shorter form ; and the indefi-
nite sometimes takes the place of the definite, giving, however,
a somewhat different turn to the expression. Thus,
5 f la^it i^ikavras xivSvtisusi9, toutous xtut a^^ovras ivoiu, whomsoever he
saw willing to incur danger, these he both made rulers, i. 9. 14. ^'Exatov lea.tra.
aatx, xavffifca, sa^atv vi. 3. 19 (cf. Kjxiuv cc-rasra ora £vT£'y;^;avo/£y xxuiftfiai
lb. 15 ; and, "E^awrav -roitTas o^oirovs IcreXccf^Savi to xi^as vi. 5. 5).
'Of are §£ rwc Titrirxips^yovs a^iir orfTaii,
aXXai Se ip^^^vv £•^£19, aXXw errrav, UxXai ei^Tous ■jrottlv, ' for one man to boil
meat, for another to roast it, &o.,' Cyr. viii. 2. 6. Murnvris Ss ravryiv riiv
ti/As^av, yyaSa l^ 'A&fjyuv, . . ^oXinv-
ovrec 'xa,^ ccvroTs [i. e. toTs ©ugituj-i] H. Gr. i. 5. 19; 0/ f/\v ToXiriuofAivot h
TccTs •ffo.r^lffi Kcd'yofious rihvTttt Mem. ii. 1. 14.
^ O 6 1 • Remarks, 1 . If the reflexive action is di7'ect or prominent,
the reflexive pronoun is commonly employed ; more frequently with the active
voice (if in use), but often with the middle"; as, ^'Ekuvos a.^i j^flyr»6, ^oXif ^liffrai-
ea.; zva^irofjiSv Tas T£