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Verb: κεῖμαι, κάθημαι
κεῖμαι, κάθημαι is a verb topic in Koine (biblical) Greek. This page gathers its forms, paradigms, and function, drawn from the lessons of Reading Greek Deeply.
MorphologyVerbs – κεῖμαι, κάθημαι
- Both κεῖμαι and κάθημαι are only found with imperfective aspect (the Luo and Eluon forms)
- The Luo and Eluon of κεῖμαι and κάθημαι lack theme vowels
- The Luo 2s form of κεῖμαι has the original -σαι ending, while κάθημαι has the contracted form -ῃ
- The Luso of κεῖμαι and κάθημαι follow the mid pattern, e.g. κείσομαι and καθήσομαι (which looks like the psv Luso because of the θη in the stem)
| Singular pres/impf | Plural pres/impf | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | κεῖ-μαι/ἐκεί-μην | κεί-μεθα/ἐκεί-μεθα |
| 2nd | κεῖ-σαι/ἔκει-σο | κεῖ-σθε/ἔκει-σθε |
| 3rd | κεῖ-ται/ἔκει-το | κεῖ-νται/ἔκει-ντο |
| Singular pres/impf | Plural pres/impf | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | κάθη-μαι/ἐκαθή-μην | καθή-μεθα/ἐκαθή-μεθα |
| 2nd | κάθ-ῃ/ἐκάθη-σο | κάθη-σθε/ἐκάθη-σθε |
| 3rd | κάθη-ται/ἐκάθη-το | κάθη-νται/ἐκάθη-ντο |
fromLesson 39.2
SyntaxVerb – Infinitive (4 – Subject of another predicate)
Syntacticians have noticed that infinitive clauses have many similarities to nouns, such as both being able to serve as direct object:
fromLesson 39.2
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