GlennDean wrote:I had always thought that when a Greek word had multiple forms (for example present active indicative.2p and present active imperative.2p) it could only have two forms, one in the indicative and one in the non-indicative. But then I came across this word which seems to have three forms: the word is agapate (how do I make this so it shows in Greek?):
present active indicative.2p agapa + e + te (ae contracts to a)
present active subjuntive.2p agapa + h + te (ah contracts to a)
present active imperative.2p agapa + e + te (ae contracts to a)
I'm assuming whether you are asking whether the same form has more than two different parsings. There are a number of verb forms that have three different parsings:
- λύῃ could be
- 3d sg. pres. act. subj.
- 2d sg. pres. mid. ind.
- 2d sg. pres. mid. subj.
- λύσῃ could be
- 2d sg. fut. act. ind.
- 3d sg. aor. act. subj.
- 2d sg. aor. mid. subj.
As for the first word, there is also a rare noun λύη meaning "dissolution," so λύῃ could also be a dative singular for a fourth parsing.
GlennDean wrote:How do I display Greek letters in my posts?
You need a Greek "keyboard" and set your input language to Greek (EL). I use the one that comes standard with Windows.
Stephen
Stephen C. Carlson, Ph.D. (Duke)
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Theology, Uppsala