April 2008 Archives

Semester 2, Lecture 8: 2nd Aorist

“χαῖρε μαθηταί”


Review and Addenda

Review Imperfect Indictative – See Smyth on the Present and Imperfect Systems of the Verb

  • Read Exegetical Insight—
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Posted by Διδάσκαλος Ἀνδρέας Δρυμὸς Ἀέρος on Apr 03, 2008

Semester 2, Lecture 9: 1st Aorist

“χαῖρε μαθηταί”


Review and Addenda

Review Second Aorist – See Smyth on the 2nd Aorist

  • Definition of Aorist (ἀορίστος) : Undefined aspect usually in past time
    • Basic Definition: Simple Past Tense
    • Alpha privative (negation) examples (atheist, agnostic, amoral, etc.)
    • verb ὁρίζω – determine, appoint, fix, set limits to, define
    • α + ὁριστος = undefined
    • Translate as English simple past tense, e.g. “I ate” “I ran”
    • Indefinite – states only the fact that the action occurred, and nothing else
    • Compare with Imperfect which says something very definite about the action, viz. that its aspect is continuous
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Posted by Διδάσκαλος Ἀνδρέας Δρυμὸς Ἀέρος on Apr 10, 2008

Semester 2, Lecture 10: Aorist and Future Passive

“χαῖρε μαθηταί”


Review and Addenda

Review First Aorist See Smyth on 1st Aorist

  • Exegetical Insight
  • 1st Aorist is the regular form
    • Most Greek verbs follow this pattern
      • The 2nd Aorist alters the Tense Stem from the Present (usually to Verbal Root)
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Posted by Διδάσκαλος Ἀνδρέας Δρυμὸς Ἀέρος on Apr 17, 2008

Semester 2, Lecture 11: Perfect Indicative

“χαῖρε μαθηταί”


Review and Addenda

Review Aorist and Future Passives

  • In English we form passives by using helping verbs, was/were/will be, e.g. ‘you were taken’
    • See Appendix on p. 353
    • This is how we will translate the Aorist and Future passives
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Posted by Διδάσκαλος Ἀνδρέας Δρυμὸς Ἀέρος on Apr 29, 2008