Verbal

§323 aCOMPARISON OF ADJECTIVESComparison by μᾶλλον, μάλιστα.—Instead of the forms in -τερος, -τατος or -ῑων, -ιστος the adverbs μᾶλλον more, μάλιστα most, may be used with the positive; as μᾶλλον φίλος more dea…

§358. 2INFLECTION: PRELIMINARY REMARKS (355-380)Verbal Nouns.—Verbal forms that share certain properties of nouns are called verbal nouns. There are two kinds of verbal nouns. 1. Substantival: the infinitive. N.—The infinitive i…

§472ENDINGS OF THE INFINITIVE, PARTICIPLE, AND VERBAL ADJECTIVEVerbals in -τός, -τή, -τόν either (1) have the meaning of a perfect passive participle, as κρυπτός hidden, παιδευτός educated, or (2) express possibility, as νοητός thinkable, ὁρᾱτ…

§425 cACCENTInfinitives, participles, and verbal adjectives are verbal nouns (358), and hence do not regularly show recessive accent. a. Infinitives.—The following infinitives accent the penul…

§471ENDINGS OF THE INFINITIVE, PARTICIPLE, AND VERBAL ADJECTIVEVerbal Adjectives.—Most of the verbals in -τός and -τέος are formed by adding these suffixes to the verbal stem of the aorist passive (first or second). Thus, φιλητός, -τέος (ἐ-φιλ…

§1003 aPECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF NUMBERThe neuter plural is often used even in reference to a single idea or thought in order to represent it in its entirety or in its details, as τὰ ἀληθῆ the truth. This is very common…

§1052WITH ONE SUBJECTA predicate adjective is often used in the neuter plural (especially with verbal adjectives in -τός and -τέος in Thucydides and the poets): ἐπειδὴ ἑτοῖμα ἦν, ἀνήγετο when (all) was…

§1059WITH TWO OR MORE SUBJECTSThe verbal and the adjective predicate may agree with the first of two subjects as the more important: Βρᾱσίδᾱς καὶ τὸ πλῆθος ἐπὶ τὰ μετέωρα τῆς πόλεως ἐτράπετο βουλόμενος κατ᾽ ἄκρ…

§1488DATIVE OF INTERESTDative of the Agent.—With passive verbs (usually in the perfect and pluperfect) and regularly with verbal adjectives in -τός and -τέος, the person in whose interest an action is do…

§1598EXTERNAL OBJECT (OBJECT AFFECTED)The accusative is rarely found after verbal nouns and adjectives, and in periphrastic expressions equivalent to a transitive verb. (This usage is post-Homeric and chiefly poetical.…

§358. 2INFLECTION: PRELIMINARY REMARKS (355-380)Verbal Nouns.—Verbal forms that share certain properties of nouns are called verbal nouns. There are two kinds of verbal nouns. 1. Substantival: the infinitive. N.—The infinitive i…

§473ENDINGS OF THE INFINITIVE, PARTICIPLE, AND VERBAL ADJECTIVEVerbals in -τέος, -τέᾱ, -τέον express necessity (cp. the Lat. gerundive in -ndus), as δοτέος that must be given, παιδευτέος educandus.

§2149VERBAL ADJECTIVES IN -τέοςVerbal adjectives in -τέος express necessity. They admit two constructions: 1. The personal construction (-τέος, -τέᾱ, -τέον), passive in meaning, and emphasizing the subject. 2. T…

§425 cACCENTInfinitives, participles, and verbal adjectives are verbal nouns (358), and hence do not regularly show recessive accent. a. Infinitives.—The following infinitives accent the penul…

§471ENDINGS OF THE INFINITIVE, PARTICIPLE, AND VERBAL ADJECTIVEVerbal Adjectives.—Most of the verbals in -τός and -τέος are formed by adding these suffixes to the verbal stem of the aorist passive (first or second). Thus, φιλητός, -τέος (ἐ-φιλ…

§1003 aPECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF NUMBERThe neuter plural is often used even in reference to a single idea or thought in order to represent it in its entirety or in its details, as τὰ ἀληθῆ the truth. This is very common…

§1052WITH ONE SUBJECTA predicate adjective is often used in the neuter plural (especially with verbal adjectives in -τός and -τέος in Thucydides and the poets): ἐπειδὴ ἑτοῖμα ἦν, ἀνήγετο when (all) was…

§1488DATIVE OF INTERESTDative of the Agent.—With passive verbs (usually in the perfect and pluperfect) and regularly with verbal adjectives in -τός and -τέος, the person in whose interest an action is do…

§2149. 2VERBAL ADJECTIVES IN -τέοςVerbal adjectives in -τέος express necessity. They admit two constructions: 1. The personal construction (-τέος, -τέᾱ, -τέον), passive in meaning, and emphasizing the subject. 2. T…

§2151VERBAL ADJECTIVES IN -τέοςThe Personal (Passive) Construction.—The personal verbal in -τέος is used only when the verb from which it is derived takes the accusative. The verbal agrees with the subject in ge…

§2152VERBAL ADJECTIVES IN -τέοςThe Impersonal (Active) Construction.—The impersonal verbal stands in the neuter nominative, usually singular (-τέον), rarely plural (-τέᾰ). Its object stands in the case (genitive…

§§2149–2152VERBAL ADJECTIVES IN -τέοςVerbal adjectives in -τέος express necessity. They admit two constructions: 1. The personal construction (-τέος, -τέᾱ, -τέον), passive in meaning, and emphasizing the subject. 2. T…

§355INFLECTION: PRELIMINARY REMARKS (355-380)The Greek verb shows distinctions of voice, mood, verbal noun, tense, number, and person.

§358INFLECTION: PRELIMINARY REMARKS (355-380)Verbal Nouns.—Verbal forms that share certain properties of nouns are called verbal nouns. There are two kinds of verbal nouns. 1. Substantival: the infinitive. N.—The infinitive i…

§1598EXTERNAL OBJECT (OBJECT AFFECTED)The accusative is rarely found after verbal nouns and adjectives, and in periphrastic expressions equivalent to a transitive verb. (This usage is post-Homeric and chiefly poetical.…

§§1966–2152THE INFINITIVEThe infinitive is in part a verb, in part a substantive. a. Many substantives are closely related to verbs, but not all verbs can form substantives. All verbs can, however, form in…