- ποίησαι
- ποιῆσαι
- ποιήσαι
Accent quiz
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Accent quiz
The following forms are spelled with the same letters but have different accents:
Stephen C. Carlson, Ph.D.
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Re: Accent quiz
What they mean, of course, depends considerably on contextual indicators, which are absent here; but contextual indicators, of course, would give the game away.Stephen Carlson wrote:The following forms are spelled with the same letters but have different accents:What do they mean?
- ποίησαι
- ποιῆσαι
- ποιήσαι
ποίησαι: aor. 2 sg. imptv., roughly, "do (it) for yourself"
ποιῆσαι: aor. act. inf., roughly, "to get (it) done"
ποιήσαι: aor. 3 sg. opt., roughly, "may/might get (it) done"; in older Attic, one might see ποιήσειε(ν)
οὔτοι ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς πάντα θεοὶ θνητοῖς ὑπέδειξαν,
ἀλλὰ χρόνῳ ζητέοντες ἐφευρίσκουσιν ἄμεινον. (Xenophanes, Fragment 16)
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
ἀλλὰ χρόνῳ ζητέοντες ἐφευρίσκουσιν ἄμεινον. (Xenophanes, Fragment 16)
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)