Greek 102, Spring 2010 Brian Lanter, T.A.

INTRODUCTION TO ATTIC GREEK SKILLS SET – GREEK 101 After Greek 101, you should be able – with a little review to bring your Greek knowledge back to the surface of your consciousness – to do the items listed below. Use the list as a personal checklist to guide your review. See if you can both write and recite out loud an example of each category. Ask yourself, "Can I . . . ?" PRINCIPAL PARTS G

Give the present, future and aorist principal parts of verbs, including: G uncontracted vowel-stem verbs: lu/w G regular epsilon contract verbs: poie/w G consonant-stem verbs with predictable stem changes: pra&ttw, nomi/zw, gra&fw, ktl. G the five paradigmatic -mi verbs: ti/qhmi, di/dwmi, i3hmi, i3sthmi, dei/knumi

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Augment compound verbs which begin with a two-syllable prepositional prefix that ends in a vowel (page 114) CONJUGATIONS

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Conjugate any uncontracted -w verb in the indicative: G present active: lu/w G present middle or passive: lu/omai G imperfect active: e1luon G imperfect middle or passive: e0luo/mhn G future active: lu/sw G future middle (rarely passive): lu/somai G first aorist active, sigmatic: e1lusa G first aorist active, liquid: e1krina G first aorist middle but not passive, sigmatic: e0lusa&mhn G first aorist middle but not passive, liquid: e0krina&mhn G second aorist active: e1lipon G second aorist middle but not passive: e0lipo/mhn

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Conjugate any epsilon contract verb in the indicative: G present active: poie/w G present middle or passive: poiou=mai G imperfect active: e0poiou=n G imperfect middle or passive: e0poiou/mhn G future active: krinw~ G future middle or (rarely) passive: krinou=mai

"Can I . . . ?" G

Conjugate the five paradigmatic -mi (athematic) verbs in the indicative: G present active: ti/qhmi G present middle or passive: ti/qemai G imperfect active: e0ti/qhn G imperfect middle or passive: e0tiqe/mhn G second aorist active: e1qhka G second aorist middle but not passive: e0qe/mhn G athematic second aorists of -w verbs: e1gnwn

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Conjugate ei0mi/ (sum) in the indicative: G present G imperfect G distinguish forms of ei0mi/ from forms of ei]mi (page 376)

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DECLENSIONS Decline the definite article G Explain why the definite article is your friend

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Decline first and second declension nouns: a!nqrwpoj, dw~ron, qea&, gnw&mh G Explain how to tell if a first declension noun will have alpha or eta in oblique endings G Decline masculine first declension nouns: stratiw&thj, neani/aj

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Decline first and second declension adjectives: a)gaqo/j, a)gaqh/, a)gaqo/n

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Decline third declension nouns, including: G labial, velar and dental stems: klw&y, klwpo/j; fu/lac, fu/lakoj; xa&rij, xa&ritoj G masculines with stem in -nt-: ge/rwn, ge/rontoj G neuters with stem in -t-: pra~gma, pra&gmatoj G stems in liquids: dai/mwn, dai/monoj G irregular stems in -r- (syncopated): path/r, patro/j; a)nh/r, a)ndro/j G stems in -s-: ge/noj, ge/nouj G stems in -i- or -u-: po/lij, po/lewj; i9ppeu/j, i9ppe/wj

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Decline third declension adjectives, including: G stems in -s- (two-termination): a)lhqh/j, a)lhqe/j G stems in -n- (two-termination): sw&frwn, sw~fron G stems in -u-: h9du/j, h9dei=a, h9du/ G stems in -nt-: pa~j, pa~sa, pa~n

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Decline the demonstrative adjectives and intensive pronoun: ou[toj, e0kei=noj, o3de, au0to/j

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"Can I . . . ?" G G

Decline the interrogative and indefinite pronouns: ti/j, ti/ and tij, ti Recognize the personal pronouns (page 165)

ADVERBS G G

Form adverbs from adjectives Use neuter adjectives as adverbs

VOCABULARY G G

Recognize the vocabulary from the first 25 units in Mastronarde Know the core meanings of prepositions and the cases they govern

SYNTAX G

List the main functions of the cases: G nominative (list one use) G genitive (list three uses) G dative (list six uses) G accusative (list five uses) G vocative (list one use)

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Explain the difference between predicate position and attributive position Explain when to negate with ou0 and when to negate with mh/ Recognize the accusative subject of infinitive in indirect discourse Explain the difference between result clauses with infinitives and with finite verbs Explain the significance of aspect in translating the imperfect and aorist tenses Explain the usage of the vivid historical present and the gnomic aorist Explain how the case, number and gender of a relative pronoun is determined

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SKILLS SET – GREEK 102 After Greek 102, you should be able to do the additional items listed below. Tell yourself, "I will be able to . . . " PRINCIPAL PARTS G

Give all of the principal parts of about 80 verbs CONJUGATIONS

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Conjugate any verb in the: G perfect (all voices, ca. 6.5% of finite verb usage1): G perfect active (fourth principal part): le/luka G perfect middle or passive (fifth principal part): le/lumai G aorist passive (sixth principal part) (ca. 1.5% ? of finite verb usage): e0lu/qhn

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Recognize any verb in these relatively low frequency tenses: G pluperfect, all voices (ca. 0.8% of verb usage): e0lelu/kh, e0lelu/mhn G future perfect passive (less than 0.1% of verb usage): lelu/somai G future passive: luqh/somai

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Recognize the mood of verbs in all moods other than the indicative: G subjunctive mood (ca. 6% of finite verb usage): lu/w, lu/wmai G optative mood (ca. 3% of finite verb usage): lu/oimi, luoi/mhn G imperative mood (ca. 4% of finite verb usage): lu=e, lu/ou

DECLENSIONS G

Recognize the forms of the "Attic" declension: new&j, new&

PARTICIPLES G G

Form the participle of any verb in any tense or voice (ca. 30% of all verb-based forms!) Know which declensions each participle uses

VERBALS G

Recognize verbal adjectives in -toj and -teoj

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Usage figures are from Anne Mahoney, "The forms you really need to know," The Classical Outlook, Vol. 81 No. 3, Spring 2004, 101-105. Based on a computer analysis of the entire Perseus corpus. 4

"I will be able to . . . " VOCABULARY G

Recognize all the words in Mastronarde

SYNTAX G

Explain the principal uses of participles G List the characteristics and basic meaning of the genitive absolute

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List the independent uses of the moods other than the indicative: G subjunctive (list four) G optative (list two) G imperative (list one)

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List some of the dependent uses of the subjunctive and optative G Explain the concept of "sequence of moods"

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Recognize and identify the nine major classes of conditional clauses Recognize temporal clauses with e9wj and pri/n and temporal clauses in conditions Recognize object clauses with verbs of effort and verbs of fearing Recognize the dative of agent without a preposition Explain the concept of "attraction" of case Explain the difference between verbals in -toj and -teoj

METER & SCANSION G G G

Explain the basis of Greek poetic meter Identify long and short syllables Scan verses in the anapestic tetrameter catalectic meter (page 265)

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