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- April 27th, 2021, 7:33 am
- Forum: Syntax and Grammar
- Topic: Question concerning accentuation in contract verbs
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Re: Question concerning accentuation in contract verbs
Stephen, Thanks for that clear explanation. I was just overthinking (and overlooking) apparently a rather simple morphological observation. This is very helpful Heinrich von Siebenthal has a chart in his Ancient Greek Grammar on uncontracted conjugation of contract verbs, which was helpful to clarif...
- April 26th, 2021, 8:59 pm
- Forum: Syntax and Grammar
- Topic: Question concerning accentuation in contract verbs
- Replies: 3
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Re: Question concerning accentuation in contract verbs
By the way, here's what I've concluded: 1. Contract verbs: contracted syllables are accented if either contracting syllable was accented pre-contraction. i: if contract accent is on the penult or antepenult, it follows general rules. ii: if contract accent is on the ultima, it will always be circumf...
- April 26th, 2021, 11:21 am
- Forum: Syntax and Grammar
- Topic: Question concerning accentuation in contract verbs
- Replies: 3
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Question concerning accentuation in contract verbs
Hi all, I created an account to ask this question, as I have been trying to figure it out; it concerns contract verb accentuation in the imperfect. In multiple sources, it is clarified that if the accent of a contract verb is not on the contracting syllables, it's unaffected by contact rules (which ...