Module 1, verbs: mastery

Part A: analyzing Greek texts

The questions in Part A are about this passage adapted from Lysias 1.6:

ἔδοξε γὰρ τῷ Ἐυφιλήτῳ, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, γῆμαι καὶ γυναῖκα ἠγάγετο εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν. τὸν μὲν ἄλλον χρόνον οὕτω διέκειτο ὥστε μήτε λυπεῖν μήτε λίαν ἐπʼ ἐκείνῃ εἶναι ὅ τι ἂν ἐθέλῃ ποιεῖν, ἐφύλαττέ τε καὶ προσεῖχε τὸν νοῦν. παιδίον δὲ αὐτῷ ἐγένετο, καὶ ἐπίστευε ἤδη καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐμαυτοῦ ἐκείνῃ παρέδωκε.

  1. Fully identify the forms of the finite verbs highlighted like this in the selection above. For verbs not included in the vocabulary list for Module 1, refer to the list of additional principal parts below.
  2. Break up the passage above into clauses. Draw a vertical line between clauses, and circle conjunctions or connecting particles.

Additional principal parts for Part A:

  • ἄγω, ἄξω, ἤγαγον, ἦχα, ἦγμαι, ἤχθην
  • διακεῖμαι, -, -, -, -, -
  • προσέχω == προς + ἔχω
  • φυλάττω, φυλάξω, ἐφύλαξα, πεφύλαχα, πεφύλαγμαι, ἐφυλάχθην
  • πιστεύω, πιστεύσω, ἐπίστευσα, πεπίστευκα, πεπίστευμαι, ἐπιστεύθην
  • παραδίδωμι == παρα + δίδωμι

Part B: composing Greek forms

Complete a synopsis in the third person singular of the indicative using a table like this one for the following verbs. If a form does not exist for a particular verb (e.g., a verb is not used in all three voices), put a to indicate that.

  • δείκνυμι
  • ἔχω
  • δίδωμι
  • λαμβάνω
  • ἡγέομαι
  • δύναμαι
Tense, voice  
imperfect active  
imperfect middle  
imperfect passive  
aorist active  
aorist middle  
aorist passive  

Complete the same synopsis for the following verbs in the third person plural of the indicative:

  • ποιέω
  • γίγνομαι
  • βάλλω
  • ὁράω
  • πράττω
  • τελευτάω

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