Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Alphabet and Pronunciation
- 2. Writing Greek Letters, Accents, Diacritical Marks, and Punctuation
- 3. Present and Future Active Indicative, Present Active Indicative of the Verb “to be,” and Particles
- 4. Contract Verbs, Present and Future Active Indicative, and Future Indicative of Liquid Verbs
- 5. Second Declension, the Definite Article, and Prepositions
- 6. First Declension and the Definite Article
- 7. Adjectives, Demonstrative Pronouns, and Comparison
- 8. Personal Pronouns, Relative Pronouns, and Reflexive Pronouns
- 9. First Aorist Active Indicative
- 10. Verbal Roots, Principal Parts, and Second Aorist Active Indicative
- 11. Present Middle and Passive Indicative, Future Middle Indicative, and Future Indicative of the Verb “to be”
- 12. Imperfect Active Indicative and Imperfect of the Verb “to be”
- 13. Imperfect Middle and Passive Indicative and First and Second Aorist Middle Indicative
- 14. Third Declension Nouns and Adjectives: Part 1
- 15. Third Declension Nouns and Adjectives: Part 2
- 16. Perfect and Pluperfect Active, Middle, and Passive Indicative
- 17. Aorist Passive and Future Passive Indicative
- 18. Present and Aorist Participles
- 19. Aorist Passive Participle, Perfect Participle, Adverbial Participles, Genitive Absolute, and Periphrastic Constructions
- 20. The Athematic Conjugation (-μι verbs): Part 1 – The Indicative Mood
- 21. The Athematic Conjugation (-μι verbs): Part 2 – δείκνυμι, ϕημί, and Participles
- 22. Subjunctive Mood and Conditional Sentences
- 23. The Infinitive
- 24. Imperative Mood
- Appendix 1. Principal Parts of the Greek Verb
- Appendix 2. Summary of Paradigms
- Summary of Vocabulary to Be Memorized
- Subject Index
- Index of Greek Words Discussed
- Lexicon of Greek Words in Texts for Translation
20. - The Athematic Conjugation (-μι verbs): Part 1 – The Indicative Mood
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Alphabet and Pronunciation
- 2. Writing Greek Letters, Accents, Diacritical Marks, and Punctuation
- 3. Present and Future Active Indicative, Present Active Indicative of the Verb “to be,” and Particles
- 4. Contract Verbs, Present and Future Active Indicative, and Future Indicative of Liquid Verbs
- 5. Second Declension, the Definite Article, and Prepositions
- 6. First Declension and the Definite Article
- 7. Adjectives, Demonstrative Pronouns, and Comparison
- 8. Personal Pronouns, Relative Pronouns, and Reflexive Pronouns
- 9. First Aorist Active Indicative
- 10. Verbal Roots, Principal Parts, and Second Aorist Active Indicative
- 11. Present Middle and Passive Indicative, Future Middle Indicative, and Future Indicative of the Verb “to be”
- 12. Imperfect Active Indicative and Imperfect of the Verb “to be”
- 13. Imperfect Middle and Passive Indicative and First and Second Aorist Middle Indicative
- 14. Third Declension Nouns and Adjectives: Part 1
- 15. Third Declension Nouns and Adjectives: Part 2
- 16. Perfect and Pluperfect Active, Middle, and Passive Indicative
- 17. Aorist Passive and Future Passive Indicative
- 18. Present and Aorist Participles
- 19. Aorist Passive Participle, Perfect Participle, Adverbial Participles, Genitive Absolute, and Periphrastic Constructions
- 20. The Athematic Conjugation (-μι verbs): Part 1 – The Indicative Mood
- 21. The Athematic Conjugation (-μι verbs): Part 2 – δείκνυμι, ϕημί, and Participles
- 22. Subjunctive Mood and Conditional Sentences
- 23. The Infinitive
- 24. Imperative Mood
- Appendix 1. Principal Parts of the Greek Verb
- Appendix 2. Summary of Paradigms
- Summary of Vocabulary to Be Memorized
- Subject Index
- Index of Greek Words Discussed
- Lexicon of Greek Words in Texts for Translation
Summary
In previous lessons, most of the verbs we have studied have ended in -ω in the first-person singular. This large family of verbs is called the thematic conjugation because the endings are attached to the verbal stem by means of a thematic vowel (e.g., ο/ε in the present tense). It is also called the ω conjugation.
A second major conjugation is called the athematic conjugation because no thematic vowel is used. Athematic verbs are also called -μι verbs because the first-person singular ends with -μι (e.g., εἰμί).
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- New Testament GreekAn Introduction, pp. 176 - 183Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011