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Verb · Grammar concept
Verb: Elusa middle subjunctive
Elusa middle subjunctive is a verb topic in Koine (biblical) Greek. This page gathers its forms, paradigms, and function, drawn from the lessons of Reading Greek Deeply.
MorphologyVerb – 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)
| 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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PhonologyEnclitic/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:
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