It seems to give a comprehensive look at all the forms of various verbs (I can’t be sure how the verbs are chosen for the site; they are mostly irregular verbs).
I guess, overall, not a huge number of verbs are there but I have used the site to help improve my understanding of the uncontracted aorist stem of one irregular verb, namely: ὁράω
I see the stem, which is ἰδ, versus the aorist indicative, εἶδον. And now I know the aorist infinitive, which is ἰδεῖν.
A small find, perhaps, but it is good for me! I’d like to find even more extensive lists of verbs and verb parts, but that will come.
I don’t recommend this website because they have a lot of errors. I used it a few years ago too. The very first verb I clicked on ἀφικνέομαι got the following forms wrong:
IMPERFECT INDICATIVE ἠφικνούμην etc.
PRESENT PARTICIPLES ἀφικνεούμενος etc.
PLUPERFECT INDICATIVE ἠφίγμην etc.
I was almost expecting such a post (and I don’t say that jocularly).
Must be careful indeed. I will try to use the site but carefully and by comparing its information to other sources, and perhaps I may end up not using it so much at all!
I have a list of irregular verbs with the Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary, but it is rather incomplete.
Thanks again for that warning.
EDIT: and your warning is of course important for other beginners like me, as well!
It handles both modern languages and ancient. Scroll down on the home page to find Ancient Languages. In the alphabetical list, find “Greek, Ancient” and click the link. You then can type in the Greek verb you want to see the conjugation for. Νote: the search instructions say to type the infinitive, but actually you should type the first person singular active indicative (the form you normally find in a lexicon).
Thanks for that link, persequor. The site seems very well laid out with information that is easily accessible. So it is great to have access to even more sites on verb conjugations.
I’ve occasionally had the same error message. I expect that it happens if a particular verb is not yet in its database. it does cover quite a few verbs, though.
A little gem for beginner’s Greek is A First Greek Course (C.U.P. 1964) by WL Donaldson. I came on it in browsing a local used-book shop. Fascinated by the title’s claim to be a “course” although a hardcover just 3/8" thick (!) and jacket-pocket sized (5.5" x 8"). Written in 1931, with seven printings through 1964. Comparisons of this book from a bygone era with today’s manuals is something I won’t try. IMO, however, it’s worth a look (at the Internet Archive) for some adults wanting to revise their Greek, or start Greek with someone’s initial help, if they have a grounding in grammar. Actually, the book was written for young folk: “Boys as a rule begin Greek late” after starting Latin (from the preface). I eventually worked through a good hand-full of it. I liked (1) no space is given to explaining grammatical concepts familiar to a youthful Latinist (cases, etc.), nor is any wasted with graphics or cultural sidebars (2) Latin is selectively shown to clarify a word’s meaning or make useful contrasts (3) its statement of Greek grammar is very terse but clear, with some major points highlighted as “Rules” (4) the vocabulary of some 500 Greek words is well chosen and drilled (5) the constructed Greek sentences for reading often held my interest surprisingly well and I came on interesting “authentic” Greek sprinkled in later sections (mostly 5th century BCE to 2 century CE sources; the Lord’s Prayer is there), some bits of humor. Of course, no grammar appendix for later reference or keys to the exercises. Multum in parvo.