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For the perfect active a periphrasis of the aorist participle & ἔχω is sts. used; στήσᾱς ἔχω I have placed, ἐρασθεὶς ἔχω I have loved.

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Unattainable wish is expressed by a past indicative with εἴθε or εἰ γάρ (neg. μή). The imperfect is used for present time, aorist for past.

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Present & Perfect Participles are sts. used as attributives, nearly as adjectives— aeger et flagrāns animus, his sick and passionate mind.

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Double Consonants.—These are ζ, ξ, and ψ. ζ is a combination of σδ (or δς). ξ is written for κς, γτ, χτ; ψ for πς, βς, φς. GG 21

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Forms of Agreement: Noun in Apposition or as Predicate Adjective with its Noun Relative with its Antecedent Finite Verb with its Subject

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N BEFORE CONSONANTS: ν before κ, γ, χ, ξ becomes γ-nasal l: ἐγκαλέω bring a charge for ἐν-καλεω, ἐγγράφω inscribe for ἐν-γραφω GG 92

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The genitive to denote quality occurs chiefly as a predicate. ἐὼν τρόπου ἡσυχίου being of a peaceful disposition Hdt. 1.107 GG 1320

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οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε, ἠγέρθη γὰρ καθὼς εἶπεν· He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Matthew 28:6

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Dum & quoad, until, take Pres./Imperf. Sub. when intention/expectancy: exspectās fortasse dum dīcat, you are waiting perhaps for him to say

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Active voice participles (except perfect & aor. pass.) have stems in ντ. Masc. & neut. follow 3rd declension, fem. follows 1st. GG 301

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Crasis: In crasis, the first word (as less important) loses its accent: τἀ̄γαθά for τὰ ἀγαθά, τἀ̄ν for τὰ ἐν, κἀ̄γώ for καὶ ἐγώ. GG 173

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The Latin comparative adj. is regularly formed by adding -ior (neuter -ius), the Superlative by adding -issimus (-a, -um) to the stem AG 124

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The gender in the singular and in the plural may not be the same: e.g. ὁ σῖτος grain, τὰ σῖτα; ὁ δεσμός chain, τὰ δεσμά chains GG 281