The formative Greek grammar - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 Excerpt: ...perfect tense and in the paulo-post future. General Orthographical Principle.--Two consecutive syllables in one word cannot both begin with an aspiration. If, in the formation of an inflection, an aspirated syllable is to be prefixed or subjoined to an aspirated syllable of the root, the first mute loses its aspiration. As ervdrjv 1 aor. pass, from dvco, formed by changing, rai of ridvrai into drjv. See Rule for the Formation of the First Aorist Passive. Hence, 1. If the verb begins with an aspirate mute, the reduplication cannot be made by a repetition of the initial consonant of the verb. In this case the corresponding smooth mute is used for the reduplication. As redep.eCcap.ai perf. pass, from dep.ewa, not dedepieC(op.ai. Hence, 2. If a verb begins with p, the reduplication cannot be effected: since, if the initial consonant were repeated with the aspiration, the general orthographical principle above stated would be violated; and if it were repeated without the aspiration, the word would begin Augment--Reduplication. 41 with p, which is contrary to a rule given in page 3. Therefore the reduplication does not take place when the verb begins with p. Observation.--A further consequence of this principle will be seen under the rules for the Formation of the Imperative Mood of Verbs in i. Note.--In all cases where the verb does not admit of the reduplication, the augment (if the verb is susceptible of an augment) is prefixed to the tenses which commonly use the reduplication. When the verb begins with two consonants, the simple augment is prefixed instead of the reduplication, unless the first of the two consonants is a mute and the second a liquid. As ifibevyp.hos perf. part, from fibevcrcrop.ai, the two initial consonants of the verb being both mutes; but...