[B-Greek] what's the inf. of AGAPAW?
Maurice A. O'Sullivan
mauros at iol.ie
Thu Mar 13 12:07:49 EST 2003
At 02:44 13/03/2003, David Lew wrote:
>My question is that according to the contracting rule, the AGAPAW drops W
>first when forming its inf., and then adds EIN to the stem AGAPA-, and the
>ending letter A of the stem meets the forming ending EIN, after
>contracting comes AiN with a circumflex. So the inf. of AGAPAW should be
>AGAPAiN. But why the lexicon tells me a AGAPAN?
David:
The answer to this query lies (a) in a more complete table of vowel
contractions and (b) an exploration of the original form of -AW verbs.
If you go to the Perseus site:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0007
you will be able to consult the on-line version of Smyth's Greek Grammar.
So far, it is indexed only by book section, so you need to enter in the "go
to" box:
( I suggest in this order )
522 -- on the origin of contracted verbs
20 -- for an explanation ( in "a" ) of semi-vowels -- this will in turn
explain the "genuine" and the "spurious" entries for >a< + >ei< in
59 -- the _full_ table of vowel contractions.
Let me know, off-list, if that meets all your questions.
Regards,
Maurice
Maurice A. O'Sullivan [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros at iol.ie
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