NT 500 Greek I- Chapter 17 Contract Verbs

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NT 500Greek I- Chapter 17Contract Verbs

• Samuel Lamerson
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Present Active Indicative

• Present tense stem Connecting Vowel Primary
  active personal endings
• lu o men luvomen

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Contract Verbs

• Contract verbs are verbs whose stems end in
  alpha, epsilon, or omicron.
• The final vowel is called the contract vowel

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Contract Vowels

• Contract verbs follow the standard rule for
  verbs, BUT when the final stem vowel comes into
  contact with a connecting vowel, the two vowels
  contract.
• When they join, they form a different vowel or a
  diphthong.

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Contract Verbs

• Contract verbs are categorized according to
  their final stem vowel.
• All alpha stems behave alike, as do all epsilon
  ending stems and all omicron ending stems.

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Rules of Contract Verbs

• Lamersons Simple Rules
• Epsilon is easy and beaten by everyone
• Alpha is an aggressor and beats some of the other
  vowels (like the epsilon)
• Omega is the overcomer and takes on any and all
  comers

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Rules of Contract Verbs

• 1.
• ou is formed from eo, oe, and oo

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Rules of Contract Verbs

• 2. 
• ei is formed from ee

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Rules of Contract Verbs

• 3. 
• w is formed from almost any combination of o or
  w, except for rule 1

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Rules of Contract Verbs

• 4. 
• a is formed from ae

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Rules of Contract Verbs

• 5.
• h is formed from ea

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Rules of Contract Verbs

• 6.
• Miscellaneous
• oi lt oei plhroiV lt plhoeiV
• plhroi lt plhroei

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Rules of Contract Verbs

• 7.
• Contraction of diphthongs
• If the contract vowel and the first vowel are the
  same, one of them drops off.
• eei gt ei poieeV gt poieiV
• oou gt ou plhroousi gt plhrousi

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Rules of Contract Verbs

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• Contraction of diphthongs
• B. If the contract vowel and the first vowel of
  the diphthong are different, they contract.
• If the second vowel of the diphthong is an iota,
  it subscripts if possible.
• If it is an upsilon, it drops off
• aei gt a/ ajgapaei gt aJgapa/
• eou gt ou poieousi gt poiousin

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Rules of Contract Verbs

• 8.
• Contract verbs contract as if true personal
  endings are those visible in the present active
  indicative
• 1 sg ajgapaw gt aJgapw
• 2 sg ajgapaeiV gt ajgapa/V
• 3 sg ajgapaei gt ajgapa/
• 1 pl ajgapaomen gt ajgapwmen
• 2 pl ajgapaete gt ajgapate
• 3 pl ajgapaousi gt ajgapwsi(n)

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Paradigms

• -avw
• ajgapw (aw)
• ajgapa/V (aeiV)
• ajgapa/ (aei)
• ajgapwmen (aomen)
• ajgapate (aete)
• ajgapwsi(n) (aousi)

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Paradigms

• -evw
• poiw (ew) poieiV (eeiV)
• poiei (eei)
• poioumen (eomen)
• poieite (eete)
• poiousi(n) (eousi)

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Paradigms

• -ovw
• plhrw (ow)
• plhoiV (oeiV)
• plhroi (oei)
• plhroumen (oomen)
• plhroute (oete)
• plhrousi(n) (oousi)

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Primary Active ending
1s -w
2s -eiV
3s -ei
1p -omen
2p -ete
3p -ousi(n)
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Master Verb Chart

• Tense Aug/ Tense Tense Conn. Personal 1st
  Sing Redup Stem Form. Vowel Endings
  Paradigm
• Present act pres o/e prim act luvw

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Assignment

• Workbook-
• Complete Parsing section 1-5
• Complete warm-up section a-h
• Complete translation section 1-5
• Study Vocab 4-18
• Read ch. 18