[B-Greek] Re: MI Verbs

Clwinbery at aol.com Clwinbery at aol.com
Fri Apr 4 00:15:57 EST 2003


In a message dated 4/3/03 2:59:19 PM, thomasmerry at juno.com writes:

>I have been researching -MI verbs and would appreciate any sources or
>comments.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Thomas Rohm
Thomas, any good grammar of Greek will cover the MI verbs. Two things to 
remember about these verbs to remember, They are mostly non-thematic in the 
present (lexical form) and they often reduplicate in the first principle part 
using an iota.  Thus the verb stem is different from the stem of the first 
principle part. The basic stem of DIDWMI is DO, the O often lengthening to W. 
Hence the future is DWSW, adding the sign of the future, S. At least two of 
these verbs form the aorist active by using KA instead of SA. The middle and 
other forms, however, use the basic verb stem.

Carlton Winbery
Louisiana College


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