[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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