I would be really pleased if you could tell me what are the rules to follow when a preposition meets the ε of the imperfect's temporal augment, as to what letter drop, when does it contract and so on?
Thanks a lot
Rodrigo
Imperfect and verbs with prepositions in Attic
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Re: Imperfect and verbs with prepositions in Attic
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τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;
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While there are a few, rare verbs where the preposition became so attached to the verb stem that it is augmented, in general only the verb stem can get the augment. So, ἀποκατέβην.GreekGeek2 wrote:I was wondering what the augment and reduplication is of words like απο-κατα-βαινω, which is made from two prepositions and a verb. Does it become απεκατεβην or αποκατεβην or απεκαταβην or somethings else?
William S. Annis — http://www.aoidoi.org/ — http://www.scholiastae.org/
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;