Verb – Leluka medio-passive singular

ObjectivesLearning objectives

• How place names become adjectives by adding an ι to the end of the stem
• The morphology of the Leluka medio-passive (sg)
• The semantics of the stative use of the perfect

VocabularyVocabulary

1 This form of the verb is an Elusa middle subjunctive, on which see 34.1.4.1.

NoteἘφέσιος

The word Ἐφέσιος is very similar to Ἔφεσος. The additional ι turns the name of the city into the name of someone who comes from that city. Likewise, a city like Corinth is Κόρινθος, and a Corinthian is Κορίνθιος. Although this does not work for every place-person combination, the rule is quite productive and will allow you to easily recognize and even produce many place-person combinations that you have not explicitly learned.

MorphologyMorphology: Verb – Perfect/Leluka medio-passive singular

• The Leluka med-psv endings are the same as the Luo endings, but with an uncontracted 2s ending and no theme vowel: -μαι, -σαι, and -ται (see 7.1.4.1)
• As Leluka forms, they have a reduplicated stem

SemanticsSemantics: Verb – Leluka (3 – Present stative)

Verb – Leluka: all 5 parts on one page →Also in Lesson 19.1, Lesson 20.2, Lesson 38.2, Lesson 41.1

In addition to the result perfect and existential perfect readings, Leluka can refer to a present state where a prior causative event is only inferrable. The most common verb in this respect is the verb οἶδα ‘know’ (introduced in 20.2.2). This use is introduced here and is expanded upon in 47.2.3.1.