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Verb: Luso participles and infinitives

Luso participles and infinitives is a verb topic in Koine (biblical) Greek. This page gathers its forms, paradigms, and function, drawn from the lessons of Reading Greek Deeply.

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MorphologyVerb – Luso participles and infinitives

  • Luso ptcps (found 13 times in the NT) combine σ with the -ων endings (see 18.2.3.1; compare to the -ας endings of Elusa ptcps in 27.1.3.1)
  • The act masc sg ptcp form is found 9 times
  • Relevant NT forms:
  • act: σώσων (gen σώσοντος)

fromLesson 52.1

Paradigms for this concept

-η (regular) B.a.α.i-ος, -ου B.a.β.i-ος, -ον A.a.γ-μ, ν endings C.a.ια-δ, θ, ζ endings C.a.θ

Taught in these lessons

Lesson 52.1 Verb – Luso participles and infinitives

Related verb topics

Accusative subject infinitivesactive imperativeAorist -μιAorist optativeAorist passiveAorist passive subjunctiveAorist sigmaticAorist thematicComplementizers & verbal constructionsDative subject

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