Greek to Me

by Story, J. Lyle

• ISBN13: 9781591602224
• ISBN10: 159160222X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Xulon Pr

Table of Contents

About This Book	vi
An Introduction to the Greek Alphabet	1	(5)
Alphabet, Diphthongs, Syllables, Breathing
The Verb, Present Tense (First Principal Part)	6	(9)
Nouns of the second declension (ανθρωπoσ, δωρoν), word order, case(s)	15	(11)
Nouns Of The First Declension, The Article, Adjectives - Form And Use	26	(14)
Prepositions, the present middle/passive, personal and impersonal agency, deponent and compound verbs, the negative ou, present infinitives	40	(13)
Verb ``To Be,'' Personal Pronouns, Intensive Pronouns	53	(12)
The imperfect active, middle/passive, imperfect of ειμι, neuter plural subject with singular verb, demonstrative pronouns	65	(16)
Future active and middle - not passive - (the second principal part), future of the verb ``to be,'' common irregular verbs, reflexive and reciprocal pronouns, lexicon use	81	(15)
Meaning of the aorist tense (third principal part) first aorist active and middle, aorist infinitives, deponent and compound verbs in the first aorist, second aorist active and middle, the second aorist of common irregular verbs	96	(16)
The perfect tense -- active, middle/passive (fourth and fifth principal parts), perfect infinitives, the second perfect, irregular verbs	112	(12)
The aorist passive (sixth principal part), the future passive	124	(10)
The third declension, review of the &lamba;uω system	134	(12)
Present participles, attributive and predicate, forms and use	146	(12)
Aorist participles, attributive and predicate, genitive absolute, supplementary participle	158	(14)
Perfect participles, periphrasis, special uses of genitive, dative, and accusative cases	172	(10)
The meaning of the subjunctive mood, present subjunctive of ειμι, present and aorist subjunctives, form and tense of the subjunctive, conditional sentences	182	(15)
Infinitives -- forms and usage	197	(13)
Contract verbs, rules of contraction, present indicative of contract verbs and principal parts	210	(9)
Liquid verbs -- future and aorist declension of πασ, πoλuσ, and μεγασ, numerals, nouns and adjectives of the third declension	219	(13)
Interrogative, indefinite, and relative pronouns, deliberative questions, indefinite relative clauses, adverbs	232	(10)
The imperative mood - forms, meaning, and the negative imperative, the optative mood - forms, meaning, and use, the use of ou and μη with questions and strong denials	242	(15)
The -μι verbs -διδωμι, τιθημι, the verb γινωσκω, the article before μεν and δε	257	(13)
More -μι verbs (αφιημι, απoλλuμι, δεικνuμι, and ιστημι), the verb oιδα, the pluperfect (past perfect) tense, the verb δuμαμαι	270	(12)
Possessive adjectives, comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs	282	(9)
Appendix	291	(2)
Paradigms	293	(25)
Vocabulary - Greek to English	318	(19)
Index of Subjects	337