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§290ADJECTIVES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSIONSContracted Adjectives.—Most adjectives in -εος and -οος are contracted. Examples: χρῡ́σεος golden, ἀργύρεος of silver, ἁπλόος simple (feminine ἁπλέᾱ). SINGULAR N. V. (χρῡ́σεοσ) χρῡ…

§310DECLENSION OF PARTICIPLESContracted Participles.—The present participle of verbs in -αω, -εω, -οω, and the future participle of liquid verbs (401) and of Attic futures (538) are contracted. τῑμῶν honouring…

§227CONTRACTS (FEMININES AND MASCULINES)Contracts in ᾱ or η from εᾱ or αᾱ have the circumflex in all the cases: nominative feminine -ᾶ, -ῆ, masculine -ᾶς, -ῆς. Hdt. has μνέαι, μνεῶν, μνέᾱς, γῆ and γεῶν, Ἑρμῆς, Βορῆς. Hom…

§235CONTRACTED SUBSTANTIVESStems in εο and οο are contracted according to 50, 51. εα in the neuter becomes ᾱ (56). SINGULAR ὁ νοῦς mind ὁ περίπλους sailing around τὸ ὀστοῦν bone (νοο-) (περιπλοο-) (ὀστεο-) N…

§263STEMS IN SIGMA (ες, ας, οσ)Stems in sigma are contracted where ς falls out between the vowel of the stem and the vowel of the ending (120). Thus, γένος race, gen. γενε(σ)-ος γένους, dat. γενε(σ)-ι γένει, cp.…

§266STEMS IN οςἡ αἰδώς shame is the only ος stem in Attic. It is inflected in the singular only. Nom. αἰδώς, Gen. αἰδοῦς (αἰδό-ος), Dat. αἰδοῖ (αἰδό-ι), Acc. αἰδῶ (αἰδό-α), Voc. αἰδώς. Hom. and I…

§267STEMS IN ω(ϝ)Stems in ωϝ have lost vau and appear as ω stems. This ω contracts with the case endings in the dative and accusative singular and in the nominative and accusative plural. Stems in …

§268STEMS IN ι AND υMost stems in ι and some stems in υ show the pure stem vowel only in the nominative, accusative, and vocative singular. In the other cases they show an ε in place of ι and υ, and -…

§270STEMS IN ι AND υStems in ι and υ vary with stronger stems, of which ε in the cases other than nom., acc., and voc. sing. is a survival. Thus: a. ι, υ, as in πόλι-ς, πῆχυ-ς. b. ει, ευ, which before…

§273STEMS IN ι AND υContraction.—ἰχθῦ (once) for ἰχθύε and ἰχθῦς for ἰχθύες occur in comedy. ἰχθῦ is not a legitimate contraction, as υ cannot contract with ε (51 c). ἰχθῦς (for ἰχθύες) is the accus. …

§276STEMS IN ευ, αυ, ουSubstantives in -εύς preceded by a vowel may contract in the gen. and acc. sing. and pl. Thus, ἁλιεύς fisherman has gen. ἁλιέως or ἁλιῶς, acc. ἁλιέᾱ or ἁλιᾶ, gen. pl. ἁλιέων or ἁλι…

§376STEMSAccording to the ending of the verb-stem, ω-verbs are termed: 1. Vowel (or pure) verbs: a. Not contracted: those that end in υ or ι, as λῡ́-ω loose, παιδεύ-ω educate, χρῑ́-ω anoint…

§§385–399I. (B) VOWEL VERBS: CONTRACTED VERBSVerbs in -αω, -εω, -οω are contracted only in the present and imperfect. The principles of contraction are explained in 49-55. τῑμάω (τῑμα-) honour, ποιέω (ποιε-) make, and δηλόω (…

§424 cACCENTTo this general rule there are exceptions. a. Enclitics.—All the forms of φημί say, and εἰμί am, except φῄς and εἶ. b. Imperatives.—(1) The second person sing. of the second aorist…

§460 aTENSE-SUFFIXES, THEMATIC VOWEL, MOOD-SUFFIXESιη is used as follows (in all other cases -ῑ-):— a. In contracted verbs in the singular, rarely in the dual and plural. -ῑ- appears in the dual and plural, rarely in the singular. …

§461 bTENSE-SUFFIXES, THEMATIC VOWEL, MOOD-SUFFIXESa. In the 1 aor. opt. act. of ω-verbs the endings -ειας, -ειε, and -ειαν are more common than -αις, -αι, -αιεν. b. In the aor. opt. passive of all verbs and in the opt. of μι-verbs…

§522III. LIQUID AND NASAL STEMSContracted Verbs and Some Verbs in -ιω, -υω.—a. Verbs in -αω, -εω, -οω, which for convenience have been treated under the first class, properly belong here, ι̯ (y) having been lost…

§§611–613FIRST CONJUGATION OR VERBS IN ΩVowel Verbs contracted.—Vowel verbs that contract have verb-stems ending in α, ε, ο, with some in ᾱ, η, ω.

§§635–657CONTRACT VERBSVerbs in -αω, -εω, -οω contract the final α, ε, ο of the verb-stem with the thematic vowel -όε (-ώη) in the present and imperfect tenses. Thus, τῑμάω τῑμῶ, ποιέω ποιῶ, δηλόω δηλῶ; …