Verb - τ, δ, θ endings

MorphologyVerb - τ, δ, θ endings

• Dental consonants drop out before a σ, e.g. ᾄδω ‘sing’ in Luso (ᾄδσω → ᾄσω), and in Elusa (ἔᾳδσα → ᾖδσα → ᾖσα)
• In Leluka, τ and δ normally drop out like they do before σ, but θ sometimes displaces the κ, e.g. ἐλήλυθ-κα → ἐλήλυθα
• Before psv θ, dentals normally shift to a σ, e.g. ἐβαπτίζ-θην → ἐβαπτίσθην

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SemanticsVerb – Leluka (6 – Completed past event)

Scholars have noted that there are a handful of examples where Leluka appears to be identical to the Aorist in meaning. Given the history of Greek, this should come as no surprise – the Leluka form eventually becomes the past-perfective form (like the Aorist) in later varieties of Greek. Given this, there had to be some stage in which the two forms overlap, and we see this already in the NT, though this use is rare:

• (402) Leluka as completed past event (overlapping with Aorist)
• καὶ ἦλθεν καὶ εἴληφεν
• And he came and took from the right hand of the one sitting on the throne

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