Verb – Elusa middle subjunctive

ObjectivesLearning objectives

The phonology of proclitics when immediately followed by a pause
The morphology of the middle Elusa subjunctive

VocabularyVocabulary

Greek	Gloss	Part of speech	Paradigm
ἡ γνῶσις, -εως	the knowledge	noun	B.a.γ.v
τὸ ἔτος, -ους	the year	noun	B.a.γ.viii
τὸ ψεῦδος, -ους	the lie	noun	B.a.γ.viii
τὸ μέλος, -ους	the part	noun	B.a.γ.viii
προφητεύω σοι περί τινος	(I) prophesy to you (dat) about something/one (gen)	verb	C.a.α
διαλογίζομαί τι	(I) think through something (acc)	verb	C.a.θ

PhonologyPhonology: Enclitic/Proclitic Rule 10

Most of our enclitic and proclitic rules we have seen so far have focused on enclitics. While enclitics are generally more complex, there are important rules with proclitics as well, including this one: proclitics are accented when they appear by themselves or at the end of a clause. Of course, many proclitics, such as the nom masc sg article ὁ, are never found at the end of a clause or by themselves, so this rule would never apply. We do, however, see this in the negator οὔ:

Example 324Accented proclitic at end of clause

Our word to you was not ναὶ καὶ οὔ [yes and no] (2 Cor 1:18)

Because οὔ is found at the end of the clause, it is accented. In John 21:5, οὔ is accented because it is by itself as an answer to a question. While these cases are straightforward, other examples are not. John 7:12 has οὔ beginning a sentence that is part of a dialogue about who Jesus is, and it is then followed by an expansion of what the people think. The negator οὔ is also accented here even though it is not, strictly speaking, by itself. It is, however, immediately followed by a pause, and this is really what the rule is referring to. When a proclitic is immediately followed by a pause, whether it is alone in the sentence or begins or ends it, the proclitic will be accented.

MorphologyMorphology: Verb – Elusa middle subjunctive

The Elusa mid subj adds a σ to the end of the stem and then attaches the normal mid subj endings with lengthened theme vowels (see 30.3.3.1)

Morphology: Verb – Elusa middle subjunctive

	Singular	Plural
1st	γεύ-σ-ωμαι	γευ-σ-ώμεθα
2nd	γεύ-σ-ῃ	γεύ-σ-ησθε
3rd	γεύ-σ-ηται	γεύ-σ-ωνται

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