Perfect Imperative Active?

Greek Learning Greek
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I found two versions of this rarely used one.

One is on the wiktionary:

λέλῠκε λελῠκέτω λελῠ́κετον λελῠκέτων λελῠ́κετε λελῠκόντων

One is in the Appendix of Hansen & Quinn:

perfect participle active + present imperative active of “εἰμι”

I wonder are both one correct?

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Here is what Smyth says:

  1. Imperative.—The usual form of the first perfect imperative is periphrastic: λελυκὼς ἴσθι, ἔστω, etc. No classical Attic writer uses the simple forms.

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Smyth+grammar+697&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0007

We discussed the periphrastic perfect forms in the thread on the perfect subjunctive (active).

Smyth’s Greek Grammar is a comprehensive and authoritative grammar of ancient Greek. It has been posted on-line. However, the on-line version is not easy to use. The hard copy is easier but you still have to know what you’re looking for.

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0007

The answers to some of your questions can probably be found somewhere in your Hansen and Quinn textbook. I don’t have a copy; maybe someone who does can point you to the right section.

But don’t be discouraged from asking questions!

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thank you!

I also have the feeling that maybe I am asking too many questions, but that PDF is really hard to use (I am very shortsighted), and I did not find the answer in Hansen & Quinn or from Google.

I will not ask that many questions in the future.

Sorry about the disturbance.

Btw, I am trying to make grammar sheets my own, in a more clear way. (put everything in order and in tables!)

that appendix in H&S really makes me dizzy.

I will share my works after finishing it.

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Please continue to ask as many questions as you’d like. That is what this forum is for.

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Yes, don’t be embarrassed to ask as many questions as you want. That’s what this site is for.

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Thank you all!