This practice is for use with section 4.7, “The aorist indicative”

The aorist indicative

After memorizing the first, third and sixth principal parts for the verbs in vocabulary list 1, translate the phrases highlighted like this into Greek. You’ll need to create the form of the aorist tense for the correct person, number and voice.

  1. Euphiletos’ mother died.
  2. Both Euphiletos and his wife went to the funeral ceremony.
  3. Euphiletos’ wife was seen by Eratosthenes.
  4. Euphiletos ordered his wife to make the baby stop crying.
  5. An elderly woman told Euphiletos that his wife was having an affair with Eratosthenes.
  6. She did not do it for money, but because Eratosthenes was her enemy.
  7. Eratosthenes was caught with Euphiletos’ wife.
  8. Was Euphiletos’ case proven convincingly to the jury?

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