|
170
|
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ii.
Future system
|
(future
active and middle) |
532.
Many, if not all, future forms in σ
are in reality subjunctives
of the first aorist. λύ̄σω,
παιδεύσω,
λείψω, στήσω
are alike future indicative
and aorist subjunctive in form. In poetry and in some dialects
there is no external difference between the future indicative
and the aorist subjunctive when the latter has (as often in Hom.)
a short mood-sign (457
D.); e.g., Hom.
βήσομεν,
ἀμείψεται, Ionic
inscriptions ποιήσει. |
533.
The future stem is formed by adding the tense-suffix -σόε-
(-εσόε- in
liquid stems, 535)
to the verb-stem: λύ̄-σω,
I
shall (or will) loose,
λύ̄σομαι;
θή-σω from
τί-θη-μι
place;
δείξω
from δείκ-νῡ-μι
show. |
a.
In verbs showing strong and weak grades (476)
the ending is added to the strong stem: λείπω
λείψω, τήκω
τήξω, πνέω
πνεύσομαι (503),
δίδωμι
δώσω. |
534.
Vowel Verbs. – Verb-stems ending in a short vowel lengthen
the vowel before the tense suffix (α
to η
except after ε,
ι, ρ). Thus,
τῑμάω,
τῑμήσω; ἐάω,
ἐά̄σω;
φιλέω,
φιλήσω. |
a.
On χράω
give
oracles, χράομαι
use,
ἀκροάομαι
hear,
see 487 a. |
b.
For verbs retaining a short final vowel, see 488. |
535.
Liquid Verbs. – Verb-stems ending in λ,
μ, ν, ρ, add -εσο/ε-;
then σ
drops and ε
contracts with the following
vowel. |
φαίνω
(φαν-) show,
φανῶ,
φανεῖς from
φαν-έ(σ)ω,
φαν-έ(σ)εις;
στέλλω (στελ-)
send,
στελοῦμεν,
στελεῖτε from
στελ-έ(σ)ομεν,
στελ-έ(σ)ετε. See
p. 128. |
536.
σ is
retained in the poetic forms κέλσω
(κέλλω land,
κελ-),
κύρσω (κύ̄ρω
meet,
κυρ-),
θέρσομαι (θέρομαι
warm
myself, θερ-),
ὄρσω (ὄρνῡμι
rouse,
ὀρ-). So
also in the aorist. See ἀραρίσκω,
εἴλω,
κείρω,
φθείρω,
φύ̄ρω
in the List of
Verbs. |
537.
Stop Verbs. – Labial (π,
β, φ) and palatal (κ,
γ, χ) stops at the
end of the verb-stem unite with σ
to form ψ
or ξ.
Dentals (τ,
δ, θ) are lost
before σ (98). |
κόπ-τ-ω
(κοπ-) cut,
κόψω,
κόψομαι;
βλάπ-τ-ω (βλαβ-)
injure,
βλάψω,
βλάψομαι;
γράφ-ω write,
γράψω,
γράψομαι;
πλέκ-ω weave,
πλέξω,
πλέξομαι;
λέγ-ω say,
λέξω,
λέξομαι;
ταράττω (ταραχ-)
disturb,
ταράξω,
ταράξομαι;
φράζω (φραδ-) say,
φράσω;
πείθω (πιθ-,
πειθ-) persuade,
πείσω,
πείσομαι. |
a.
When ε or
ο is
added to the verb-stem, it is lengthened to η
or ω
: as βούλομαι
(βουλ-ε-) wish
βουλήσομαι,
ἁλίσκομαι (ἁλ-ο-)
am
captured ἁλώσομαι.
So also in the first aorist
and in other tenses where lengthening is regular. |
538.
Attic Future. – Certain formations of the future are
called Attic because they occur especially in that dialect in
contrast to the later language; they occur also in Homer,
Herodotus, and in other dialects. |
539.
These futures usually occur when σ
is preceded by ᾰ
or ε
and these vowels are not
preceded by a syllable long by nature or position. Here σ
is dropped and -άω
and -έω
are contracted to -ῶ.
When ι
precedes σ,
the ending is ι-(σ)έω
which contracts to -ιῶ. |
a.
καλέω
call,
τελέω
finish
drop the σ of
καλέσω
καλέσομαι,
τελέσω
τελέσομαι and
the resulting Attic forms are καλῶ
καλοῦμαι,
τελῶ (τελοῦμαι
poetic). |
b.
ἐλαύνω
(ἐλα-) drive
has Hom.
ἐλάω,
Attic ἐλῶ.
– καθέζομαι (καθεδ-)
sit has Attic καθεδοῦμαι.
– μάχομαι (μαχ-ε-)
fight has
Hom.
μαχέσομαι
(and μαχήσομαι),
Attic μαχοῦμαι.
– ὄλλῡμι (ὀλ-ε-)
destroy
has Hom.
ὀλέσω,
Attic ὀλῶ. |
c.
All verbs in -αννῡμι
have futures in -ά(ς)ω,
-ῶ. Thus, σκεδάννῡμι
(σκεδα-) scatter,
poet. σκεδάσω,
Attic σκεδῶ.
Similarly some verbs in -εννῡμι
:
ἀμφιέννῡμι
(ἀμφιε-) clothe,
Epic ἀμφιέσω,
Attic ἀμφιῶ;
στόρνῡμι (στορ-ε-)
spread, late στορέσω,
Attic στορῶ. |
d.
A very few verbs in -αζω
have the contracted
form. βιβάζω
(βιβαδ-) cause
to go usually has Attic βιβῶ
from βιβάσω.
So ἐξετῶμεν
= ἐξετάσομεν
from ἐξετάζω
examine. |
e.
Verbs in -ιζω
of
more than two syllables drop
σ
and insert ε,
thus
making -ι(σ)έω,
-ι(σ)έομαι, which
contract to -ιῶ
and -ιοῦμαι,
as in the Doric
future (540). |
|
|
172 |
|
So
νομίζω
(νομιδ-) consider
makes νομισεω,
νομι-εω,
νομιῶ and
in like manner νομιοῦμαι,
both inflected like ποιῶ,
ποιοῦμαι. So
ἐθιοῦσι,
οἰκιοῦντες from
ἐθίζω
accustom,
οἰκίζω
colonize.
But σχίζω
(σχιδ-) split makes
σχίσω.
νομιῶ etc.
are due to the analogy of the liquid verbs. |
N.
– Such forms in Attic texts as ἐλάσω,
τελέσω,
νομίσω,
βιβάσω are
erroneous. |
540.
Doric Future. – Some verbs, which have a future middle
with an active meaning, form the stem of the future middle by
adding -σεόε-,
and contracting -σέομαι
to -σοῦμαι.
Such verbs (except νέω,
πί̄πτω) have
also the regular future in -σομαι. |
κλαίω
(κλαυ-, 520)
weep κλαυσοῦμαι,
νέω (νυ-, νευ-) swim
νευσοῦμαι
(doubtful), πλέω
(πλυ-, πλευ-) sail
πλευσοῦμαι,
πνέω (πνυ-,
πνευ-) breathe
πνευσοῦμαι,
πί̄πτω (πετ-)
fall πεσοῦμαι,
πυνθάνομαι (πυθ-,
πευθ-)
πευσοῦμαι (once),
φεύγω
(φυγ-, φευγ-)
φευξοῦμαι,
χέζω (χεδ-)
χεσοῦμαι. |
a.
The inflection of the Doric future is as follows: – |
|
|
|
λῡσῶ,
-σοῦμαι |
λῡσοῦμες,
-σούμεθα |
λῡσῶν,
-σούμενος |
λῡσεῖς,
-σῇ |
λῡσεῖτε,
-σεῖσθε |
λῡσεῖν,
-σεῖσθαι |
λῡσεῖ,
-σεῖται |
λῡσοῦντι,
-σοῦνται |
a |
|
|
|
|
b.
These are called Doric futures because Doric usually
makes all futures (active and middle) in -σέω
-σῶ, -σέομαι -σοῦμαι. |
c.
Attic πεσοῦμαι
(Hom.
πεσέομαι)
from πί̄πτω
fall comes
from πετεομαι.
Attic ἔπεσον
is derived from 2 aor. ἔπετον
(Dor. and Aeol.) under the
influence of πεσοῦμαι. |
541.
Futures with Present Forms. – The following verbs have no
future suffix, the future thus having the form of a
present: ἔδομαι
(ἐδ-) eat,
πί̄ομαι
(πι-) drink,
χέω (χυ-)
and χέομαι,
pour.
See 529.
5, 8. |
a.
These are probably old subjunctives which have retained
their future meaning. In ἔδομαι
and πί̄ομαι
the mood-sign is short (457
D.). Hom.
has βέομαι
or βείομαι
live,
δήω find,
κήω (written
κείω) lie,
ἐξανύω
achieve,
ἐρύω draw,
τανύω
stretch,
and ἀλεύεται
avoid.
νέομαι
go is
for νεσομαι. |
iii.
first sigmatic aorist system |
(first
aorist active and middle) |
542.
The first aorist stem is formed by adding the tense suffix -σα
to the verb-stem: ἔ-λῡ-σα
I
loosed, λύ̄σω,
λύ̄σαιμι;
ἔ-δειξα I
showed, from δείκ-νῡ-μι.
See 666. |
a.
In verbs showing strong and weak grades (476),
the tense-suffix is added to the strong stem: πείθω
ἔπεισα, τήκω
ἔτηξα, πνέω
ἔπνευσα,
ἵστημι (στα-,
στη-) ἔστησα,
ἐστησάμην. |
N.
– τίθημι
(θε-, θη-) place,
δίδωμι
(δο-, δω-) give,
ἵ̄ημι
(ἑ-, ἡ-) send
have aorists in -κα
(ἔθηκα,
ἔδωκα, ἧκα in
the singular: with κ rarely
in the plural). See 755. |
543.
Vowel Verbs. – Verb-stems ending in a vowel lengthen a
short final vowel before the tense-suffix (α
to η
except after ε,
ι, ρ). Thus,
τῑμάω
ἐτί̄μησα,
ἐάω εἴᾱσα (431),
φιλέω
ἐφίλησα. |
a.
χέω (χυ-,
χευ-, χεϜ-)
pour has
the aorists ἔχεα,
ἐχεάμην (Epic
ἔχευα,
ἐχευάμην) from
ἐχευσα,
ἐχευσαμην. |
b.
For verbs retaining a short final vowel see 488. |
544.
Liquid Verbs. – Verb-stems ending in λ,
μ, ν, ρ lose σ
and lengthen their vowel in
compensation (37):
α to
η (after
ι or
ρ to
ᾱ), ε to
ει, ῐ to
ῑ, ῠ to
ῡ. |
φαίνω
(φαν-) show,
ἔφηνα for
ἐφανσα; περαίνω
(περαν-) finish,
ἐπέρᾱνα for
ἐπερανσα; στέλλω
(στελ-) send,
ἔστειλα for
ἐστελσα; κρί̄νω
(κριν-) judge,
ἔκρῑνα for
ἐκρινσα; ἅλλομαι
(ἁλ-) leap,
ἡλάμην for
ἡλσαμην. |
a.
Some verbs in -αινω (-αν-)
have -ᾱνα
instead of -ηνα;
as γλυκαίνω
sweeten
ἐγλύκᾱνα. So
ἰσχναίνω
make thin,
κερδαίνω
gain,
κοιλαίνω
hollow out,
λιπαίνω
fatten,
ὀργαίνω
be angry,
πεπαίνω
make ripe.
Cp. 30 a. |
b.
The poetic verbs retaining σ
in the future (536) retain it
also in the aorist. |
c.
αἴρω
(ἀρ-) raise
is treated as if its verb-stem
were ἀ̄ρ-
(contracted from ἀερ-
in ἀείρω):
aor. ἦρα,
ἄ̄ρω, ἄ̄ραιμι,
ἆρον, ἆραι, ἄ̄ρας,
and ἠράμην,
ἄ̄ρωμαι, ἀ̄ραίμην,
ἄ̄ρασθαι, ἀ̄ράμενος. |
d.
ἤνεγκα
is used as the first aorist of φέρω
bear.
εἶπα
is rare for εἶπον
(549). |
545.
Stop Verbs. – Labial (π, β, φ)
and
palatal (κ, γ, χ)
stops at the end of the
verb-stem unite with σ
to form ψ
or ξ.
Dentals (τ,
δ, θ) are lost before
σ (cp.
98). |
πέμπ-ω
send ἔπεμψα,
ἐπεμψάμην; βλάπτω
(βλαβ-) injure
ἔβλαψα; γράφ-ω
write ἔγραψα,
ἐγραψάμην;
πλέκ-ω weave
ἔπλεξα,
ἐπλεξάμην;
λέγ-ω say
ἔλεξα;
ταράττω
(ταραχ-) disturb
ἐτάραξα, ἐταραξάμην;
poetic ἐρέσσω
(ἐρετ-) row
ἤρεσα; φράζω
(φραδ-) tell
ἔφρασα, ἐφρασάμην;
πείθ-ω
(πιθ-, πειθ-,
ποιθ-) persuade
ἔπεισα. |
a.
On forms in σ from stems in
γ see
516. |
iv.
second aorist systm |
(second
aorist active and middle) |
546.
The second aorist is formed without any tense-suffix and
only from the simple verb-stem. Only primitive verbs (372)
have second aorists. |
547.
(I) Ω-Verbs. – Ω-verbs make the second
aorist by adding ο/ε-
to the verb-stem, which
regularly ends in a consonant. Verbs showing vowel
gradations (476)
use the weak stem (otherwise there would be confusion with the
imperfect). |
λείπω
(λιπ-, λειπ-) leave
ἔλιπον,
-ἐλιπόμην;
φεύγω (φυγ-,
φευγ-) flee
ἔφυγον;
πέτομαι fly
ἐπτόμην
(476
a); λαμβάνω
(λαβ-) take
ἔλαβον. |
548.
a. Vowel verbs rarely form second aorists, as the
irregular αἰρέω
seize (εἶλον,
529.
1), ἐσθίω
eat (ἔφαγον),
ὁράω
(εἶδον). ἔπιον
drank (πί̄νω)
is the only second aorist in prose from a vowel stem and having
thematic inflection.
|
b.
Many ω-verbs with stems ending in
a vowel have second aorists formed like those of μι-verbs.
These are enumerated in 687.
|
549.
Verbs of the First Class (499) adding a thematic vowel to
the verbstem form the second aorist (1) by reduplication (494),
as ἄγω lead
ἤγαγον,
and εἶπον
probably for ἐ-Ϝε-Ϝεπ-ον;
(2) by
syncope (493), as
πέτομαι
fly ἐπτόμην,
ἐγείρω
(ἐγερ-) rouse
ἠγρόμην, ἕπομαι
(σεπ-) follow
ἐσπόμην, imperf.
είπόμην from
ἐ-σεπομην,
ἔχω
(σεχ-) hare
ἔσχον; (3) by using
α for
ε (476
b) in poetic forms (480), as
τρέπω
turn ἔτραπον;
(4) by metathesis (492), as poet.
δέρκομαι
see ἔδρακον.
|
550.
(II) Μι-Verbs.
– The stem of the second aorist
of μι-verbs is the verb-stem without any thematic
vowel. In the indicative active the strong form of the stem,
which ends in a vowel, is regularly employed. The middle uses
the weak stem form.
|
ἵ-στη-μι (στα-,
στη-) set, second aorist
ἔστην, ἔστης,
ἔστη, ἔστητον,
ἐστήτην, ἔστημεν,
ἔστητε, ἔστησαν;
middle ἐ-θέ-μην
from τίθημι
(θε-, θη-) place,
ἐ-δό-μην
from δίδωμι
(δο-, δω-) give.
|
551.
Originally only the dual and plural showed the weak forms,
which are retained in the second aorists of
τίθημι, δίδωμι,
and ἵ̄ημι:
ἔθεμεν, ἔδομεν,
εἷμεν
(ἐ-έμεν), and in
Hom.
βάτην
(also βήτην)
from ἔβην
went.
Elsewhere the weak grades have been displaced by
the strong grades, which forced their way in from the singular.
Thus, ἔγνον,
ἔφῠν
in Pindar
(= ἔγνω-σαν,
ἔφῡ-σαν),
which come from ἐγνων(τ),
ἐφῡν(τ) by
40.
So Hom.
ἔτλᾰν,
ἔβᾰν. Such 3 pl. forms are rare in the dramatic poets.
|
a.
For the singular of τίθημι,
δίδωμι, ἵ̄ημι,
see 755; for the imperatives,
759; for the infinitives,
760.
|
552.
No verb in -ῡμι
has a second aorist in Attic
from the stem in υ.
|
553.
The difference between an imperfect and an aorist depends formally
on the character of the present. Thus ἔ-φη-ν
said is called an ‘imperfect’ of
φη-μί
:
but ἔ-στη-ν
stood is a ‘second aorist’ because it shows a
different tense-stem than that of ἵστημι.
Similarly ἔ-φερ-ον
is ‘imperfect’ to φέρω,
but ἔ-τεκ-ον
‘second aorist’ to τίκτω
because there is no present τεκω. ἔστιχον
is imperfect to στίχω,
but second aorist to στείχω.
Cp. 546
D.
|
note
on the second aorist and second perfect |
554.
a. The second aorist and the second perfect are usually
formed only from primitive verbs (372). These tenses are formed
by adding the personal endings (inclusive of the thematic or
tense vowel) to the verb-stem without any consonant
tense-suffix. Cp. ἔλιπο-ν
with ἔλῡ-σ-α,
ἐτράπ-ην
with ἐτρέφ-θ-ην
(τρέπω turn),
γέ-γραφ-α
with λέλυ-κ-α.
|
b.
The second perfect and second aorist
passive are historically older than the corresponding first
perfect and first aorist.
|
c.
τρέπω
turn is the only verb that has three first aorists and
three second aorists (596).
|
d.
Very few verbs have both the second
aorist active and the second aorist passive. In cases where both
occur, one form is rare, as
ἔτυπον (once in poetry),
ἐτύπην
(τύπτω strike).
|
e.
In the same voice both the first and
the second aorist (or perfect) are rare, as ἔφθασα,
ἔφθην
(φθάνω anticipate).
When both occur, the first aorist (or
perfect) is often transitive, the second aorist (or perfect) is
intransitive (819); as
ἔστησα
I erected, i.e.
made stand, ἔστην
I stood.
In other cases one aorist is used in prose, the
other in poetry: ἔπεισα,
poet. ἔπιθον
(πείθω persuade); or they occur in different dialects, as Attic
ἐτάφην,
Ionic ἐθάφθην
(θάπτω bury); or one is much later than the other, as
ἔλειψα,
late for ἔλιπον.
|
v.
first (κ) perfect
system |
(first
perfect and pluperfect active) |
555.
The stem of the first perfect is formed by adding -κα
to the reduplicated
verb-stem. λέ-λυ-κα
I have
loosed, ἐ-λε-λύκη
I had
loosed. |
a.
The κ-perfect
is later in origin than the second perfect and seems to have
started from verb-stems in -κ,
as ἔ-οικ-α
( = fέ-Ϝοικ-α)
from εἴκω
resemble. |
b.
Verbs showing the gradations ει,
ευ : οι, ου : ι, υ (476)
have ει,
ευ; as πείθω
(πιθ-, πειθ-) persuade
πέπεικα
(560).
But δέδοικα
fear has
οι (cp.
564). |
556.
The first perfect is formed from verb-stems ending in a
vowel, a liquid, or a dental stop (τ,
δ, θ). |
557.
Vowel Verbs. – Vowel verbs lengthen the final vowel (if
short) before -κα,
as τῑμά-ω
honour
τε-τί̄μη-κα,
ἐά-ω permit
εἴᾱ-κα,
ποιέ-ω make
πε-ποίη-κα,
τίθημι (θε-,
θη-) place
τέ-θη-κα,
δίδωμι (δο-,
δω-) give
δέ-δω-κα. |
558.
This applies to verbs that add ε
(485).
For verbs that retain a short final vowel, see 488.
(Except σβέννῡμι
(σβε-) extinguish,
which has ἔσβηκα.) |
559.
Liquid Verbs. – Many liquid verbs have no perfect or
employ the second perfect. Examples of the regular formation are
φαίνω
(φαν-) show,
πέφαγκα,
ἀγγέλλω (ἀγγελ-)
announce,
ἤγγελκα. |
a.
Some liquid verbs drop ν;
as κέκρικα,
κέκλικα from
κρί̄νω
(κριν-) judge,
κλί̄νω
(κλιν-) incline.
τείνω
(τεν-) stretch
has τέτακα
from τετṇκα. |
b.
Monosyllabic stems change ε
to α;
as ἔσταλκα,
ἔφθαρκα from
στέλλω
(στελ-) send,
φθείρω
(φθερ-) corrupt. |
N.
For α we
expect ο; α is
derived from the middle (ἔσταλμαι,
ἔφθαρμαι). |
c.
All stems in μ and
many others add ε (485);
as νέμω
(νεμ-ε-), distribute
νενέμηκα,
μέλω (μελ-ε-) care
for μεμέληκα,
τυγχάνω (τυχ-ε)
happen
τετύχηκα. |
d.
Many liquid verbs suffer metathesis (492)
and thus get the form of vowel verbs; as βάλλω
(βαλ-) throw
βέβληκα;
θνῄσκω (θαν-) die
τέθνηκα;
καλέω (καλε-,
κλη-) call
κέκληκα;
κάμνω (καμ-) am
weary κέκμηκα;
τέμνω (τεμ-) cut
τέτμηκα.
Also πί̄πτω
(πετ-, πτο-) fall
πέπτωκα.
See 128
a. |
|
|
177 |
|
560.
Stop Verbs. – Dental stems drop τ,
δ, θ before -κα;
as πείθω
(πιθ-, πειθ-,
ποιθ-) persuade
πέπεικα,
κομίζω (κομιδ-)
carry κεκόμικα. |
vii.
second perfect system |
(second
perfect and pluperfect active) |
561.
The stem of the second perfect is formed by adding α
to the reduplicated verb-stem: γέ-γραφ-α
I have written (γράφ-ω). |
562.
The second perfect is almost always formed from stems ending
in a liquid or a stop consonant, and not from vowel stems. |
a.
ἀκήκοα
(ἀκούω hear)
is for ἀκηκο(Ϝ)-α
(ἀκοϜ-
= ἀκου̯-, 43). |
563.
Verb-stems showing variation between short and long vowels (476)
have long vowels in the second perfect (ᾰ
is thus regularly
lengthened). Thus, τήκω
(τακ-, τηκ-) melt
τέτηκα,
κρά̄ζω (κραγ-)
cry
out κέκρᾱγα,
φαίνω (φαν-) show
πέφηνα
have
appeared (but πέφαγκα
have
shown), ῥήγνῡμι
(ῥαγ-, ῥηγ-, ῥωγ-,
477
c) break ἔρρωγα. |
a.
εἴωθα
am
accustomed ( =
σε-σϜωθ-α)
has the strong form ω
(cp. ἦθος
custom,
123);
Hom.
ἔθω (Attic
ἐθίζω
accustom). |
564.
The second perfect has ο,
οι when the
verb-stem varies between α,
ε, ο (478,
479)
or ι, ει,
οι (477
a): τρέφ-ω
(τρεφ-, τροφ-,
τραφ-) nourish
τέτροφα,
λείπω (λιπ-,
λειπ-, λοιπ-) leave
λέλοιπα,
πείθω (πιθ-,
πειθ-, ποιθ-) persuade
πέποιθα
trust. |
565.
Similarly verbs with the variation υ,
ευ, ου (476)
should have ου; but
this occurs only in Epic εἰλήλουθα
( = Att. ἐλήλυθα);
cp. ἐλεύ(θ)-σομαι.
Other verbs have ευ,
as φεύγω
flee πέφευγα. |
566.
After Attic reduplication (446)
the stem of the second perfect has the weak form; ἀλείφω
(ἀλειφ-, ἀλιφ-) anoint
ἀλήλιφα. |
567.
Apart from the variations in 563-566
the vowel of the verb-stem remains unchanged: as γέγραφα
(γράφω write),
κέκῡφα
(κύ̄πτω stoop,
κῡφ-). |
568.
The meaning of the second perfect may differ from that of
the present; as ἐγρήγορα
am
awake from ἐγείρω
wake
up, σέσηρα
grin from
σαίρω
sweep.
The second perfect often has the force of a present; as πέποιθα
trust (πέπεικα
have
persuaded). See 819. |
569.
Aspirated Second Perfects. – In many stems a final π
or β
changes to φ
: a final κ
or γ
changes to χ.
(φ and χ
here imitate verb-stems in φ
and χ,
as τρέφω,
ὀρύττω.) |
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κόπτω
(κοπ-) cut
κέκοφα,
πέμπ-ω send
πέπομφα,
βλάπτω (βλαβ-)
injure
βέβλαφα,
τρί̄βω (τρῑβ-)
rub τέτρῐφα,
φυλάττω (φυλακ-)
guard -πεφύλαχα;
τρέφ-ω (τρεφ-) nourish
τέτροφα;
ὀρύττω (ὀρυχ-)
dig ὀρώρυχα. |
570.
Most such stems have a short vowel immediately before the
final consonant; a long vowel precedes ε.γ.
in δείκ-νῡ-μι
δέδειχα,
κηρύ̄ττω (κηρῡκ-)
-κεκηρῡχα,
πτήσσω (πτηκ-)
ἔπτηχα.
τέτριφα and
τέθλιφα
show ῐ
in contrast to ῑ
in the present (τρί̄βω,
θλί̄βω).
στέργω,
λάμπω do
not aspirate (ἔστοργα,
poet. λέλαμπα). |
571.
The following verbs have aspirated second perfects: ἄγω,
ἀλλάττω,
ἀνοίγω,
βλάπτω,
δείκνῡμι,
διώκω (rare),
θλί̄βω,
κηρύ̄ττω,
κλέπτω,
κόπτω,
λαγχάνω,
λαμβάνω,
λάπτω, λέγω collect,
μάττω,
μείγνῡμι,
πέμπω, πλέκω,
πρά̄ττω,
πτήσσω,
τάττω, τρέπω,
τρί̄βω,
φέρω (ἐνήνοχα),
φυλάττω.
ἀνοίγω or
ἀνοίγνῡμι
has two perfects: ἀνέῳχα
and ἀνέῳγα.
πρά̄ττω do
has πέπρᾱγα
have
done and fare (well
or ill), and (generally
later) πέπρᾱχα
have
done. |
572.
Second Perfects of the μι-form.
– Some verbs add the
endings directly to the reduplicated verb-stem. Such
second perfects lack the singular of the indicative. |
ἵστημι
(στα-, στη-) set,
2 perf. stem ἑστα-
: ἕστα-μεν,
ἕστα-τε,
ἑστᾶσι, inf.
ἑστά-ναι;
2 plup. ἕστα-σαν
(417).
The singular is supplied by the forms in -κα;
as ἕστηκα.
These second perfects are
enumerated in 704. |
573.
Stem Gradation. – Originally the second perfect was
inflected throughout without any thematic vowel (cp. the perfect
middle), but with stem-gradation: strong forms in the singular,
weak forms elsewhere. -α
(1 singular) was introduced
in part from the aorist and spread to the other persons.
Corresponding to the inflection of οἶδα
(794)
we expect πέποιθα,
πέποισθα,
πέποιθε,
πέπιστον,
πέπιθμεν,
πέπιστε,
πεπίθατι (from
πεπιθṇτι).
Traces of this mode of
inflection appear in Hom.
γεγάτην
(from γεγṇτην,
35
b) γέγαμεν
from γέγονα;
ἔϊκτον,
ἐΐκτην, ἐϊκώς
from ἔοικα;
ἐπέπιθμεν;
μέμαμεν from
μέμονα;
πέπασθε (for
πεπαθτε
̂ πεπṇθτε) from
πέπονθα
(other examples 704,
705).
So the masc. and neut. participles have the strong forms, the
feminine has the weak forms (μεμηκώς,
μεμακυῖα as
εἰδώς,
ἰδυῖα). |
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