When I was an undergrad, I damaged a professor’s book. It was my first 3000-level Greek class and I was overwhelmed, so he loaned me a syntax guide. Before he gave it to me, he made sure that I knew that he adored that book and expected it back in good condition. I managed to crack the spine and several pages detached. I returned the damaged book and just felt horrible about the whole situation. I didn’t mean to damage it, it must have happened in my backpack.
It was a thick paperback, if it said anything on the cover then it must have been something like “Greek verbs.” The sheets were thin and tissue-like (Bible paper). It was around the size of a Loeb Classical Library book - very small, but much thicker than any LCL so it was like a tiny brick. It had a super weak spine like a thrift paperback. The covers were taupey or maybe grey.
It was the sort of verb guide where you could look up any verb or participle that you didn’t recognize, and it would tell you the principle parts of it. It was by alphabetical order of the unknown word, so it was extremely helpful. There was very little or maybe no English in it at all. The bits not in Greek may have been in a different language, maybe Italian (?), but I’m not entirely sure of that. It was an extensive though very bare bones sort of reference book.
It was just… really old and had no business being a paperback. Can anyone help me find out more about it? It may be out of print, but if I knew the editor or the actual title I could keep an eye out for it. If this doesn’t really jump out to anyone, then could you all please recommend something comparable? It must be extensive and suitable for undergrad/postgrad work (either I’ll keep it if the prof has already replaced it or I’ll mail it over as amends).
