[B-Greek] Third Aorist

Eric Biggs ericb at gracechurchreno.org
Wed Jan 5 11:46:06 EST 2005


Carlton,

Thank you much.

In light of that I see AGW in the aorist, being HGAGON. The root being AGO, 
this augment lengthens the alpha, but then I see the root again which tells 
me it is simply a root change, making it a "second aorist" as opposed to a 
"root/third aorist". If this were not to have the double AG (if you will) 
and still end with the secondary ending -N then it would not be a "second 
aorist" but a "root/third aorist".
Am I right in this example?

....Thank you, regardless if see this correctly or not, for the direction to 
Morphology of the New Testament, Brooks & Winbery (I'm assuming the author 
will be calling it a "root aorist").

Eric Biggs
zealous student
Reno, NV

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Eric,

What some call the "third" aorist is really what I would classify as "root
aorist." The stem in the aorist ends with a vowel (usually lengthened) and 
the
secondary endings are added without a variable vowel (linking vowel). eg. 
the
aorist of GINWSKW is EGNWN. The stem is GNO and the stem vowel lengthens. 
The
augment and the secondary active endings N, S, -, MEN, TE, SAN are added
directly to the stem.

Hope this helps. You might want to see Morphology of the New Testament,
Brooks & Winbery, especially chapter eight where we deal with classes of 
verbs.

Carlton Winbery
Louisiana College




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