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Banger from Sihler.
February 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Banger from Sihler.
Our final example is βέβασαν “they had taken their stand” (Iliad II 17.286), corresponding to the perfect βεβάᾱσι “they stand, are somewhere” (contracted: βεβᾶσι).
Formation attached.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
To be continued…
Formation attached.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
To be continued…
February 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Our final example is βέβασαν “they had taken their stand” (Iliad II 17.286), corresponding to the perfect βεβάᾱσι “they stand, are somewhere” (contracted: βεβᾶσι).
Formation attached.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
To be continued…
Formation attached.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
To be continued…
Our next example is ἐπέπιθμεν (Iliad II 2.341), corresponding to the perfect πεποίθαμεν "we believe, trust".
Formation attached.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
Note the zero-grade root in the pluperfect
∷ o-grade in the perfect
∷ e-grade in the present (πείθ-ο-μεν "we convince").
Formation attached.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
Note the zero-grade root in the pluperfect
∷ o-grade in the perfect
∷ e-grade in the present (πείθ-ο-μεν "we convince").
February 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Our next example is ἐπέπιθμεν (Iliad II 2.341), corresponding to the perfect πεποίθαμεν "we believe, trust".
Formation attached.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
Note the zero-grade root in the pluperfect
∷ o-grade in the perfect
∷ e-grade in the present (πείθ-ο-μεν "we convince").
Formation attached.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
Note the zero-grade root in the pluperfect
∷ o-grade in the perfect
∷ e-grade in the present (πείθ-ο-μεν "we convince").
① The first formation of the pluperfect simply uses secondary endings with the perfect stem.
Only dual and plural forms are found, and in Epic Greek.
[In Vedic too the athematic endings are used, e.g. 3sg अज॑गन् á-ja-gan “he went”, 2du अमु॑मुक्तम् á-mu-muk-tam “you two freed”.]
Only dual and plural forms are found, and in Epic Greek.
[In Vedic too the athematic endings are used, e.g. 3sg अज॑गन् á-ja-gan “he went”, 2du अमु॑मुक्तम् á-mu-muk-tam “you two freed”.]
February 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
① The first formation of the pluperfect simply uses secondary endings with the perfect stem.
Only dual and plural forms are found, and in Epic Greek.
[In Vedic too the athematic endings are used, e.g. 3sg अज॑गन् á-ja-gan “he went”, 2du अमु॑मुक्तम् á-mu-muk-tam “you two freed”.]
Only dual and plural forms are found, and in Epic Greek.
[In Vedic too the athematic endings are used, e.g. 3sg अज॑गन् á-ja-gan “he went”, 2du अमु॑मुक्तम् á-mu-muk-tam “you two freed”.]
Languages in which #PIE 1sg stative ending *-h₂e has been “retouched” with the primary eventive marker *-i (as in *-mi, *-ti, & others), per Sihler:
① Latin -ī (e.g. vīdī "i saw")
< -ei (as in epigraphic ꜰᴇᴄᴇɪ "i did")
< *-ai < *-h₂e-i
② OCS вѣдѣ “i know”
< *woyd-h₂e-i
① Latin -ī (e.g. vīdī "i saw")
< -ei (as in epigraphic ꜰᴇᴄᴇɪ "i did")
< *-ai < *-h₂e-i
② OCS вѣдѣ “i know”
< *woyd-h₂e-i
February 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Languages in which #PIE 1sg stative ending *-h₂e has been “retouched” with the primary eventive marker *-i (as in *-mi, *-ti, & others), per Sihler:
① Latin -ī (e.g. vīdī "i saw")
< -ei (as in epigraphic ꜰᴇᴄᴇɪ "i did")
< *-ai < *-h₂e-i
② OCS вѣдѣ “i know”
< *woyd-h₂e-i
① Latin -ī (e.g. vīdī "i saw")
< -ei (as in epigraphic ꜰᴇᴄᴇɪ "i did")
< *-ai < *-h₂e-i
② OCS вѣдѣ “i know”
< *woyd-h₂e-i
The singular form in #Greek in which the PIE 2sg primary ending *-si is found as such is Homeric ἐσσί “you are”!
It'a a product of analogy, formed at a point in time when intervocalic *s was still not lost, i.e. the intermediate step in PIE *h₁ési > *ἔσι > εἶ (Attic). The stem …
It'a a product of analogy, formed at a point in time when intervocalic *s was still not lost, i.e. the intermediate step in PIE *h₁ési > *ἔσι > εἶ (Attic). The stem …
February 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The singular form in #Greek in which the PIE 2sg primary ending *-si is found as such is Homeric ἐσσί “you are”!
It'a a product of analogy, formed at a point in time when intervocalic *s was still not lost, i.e. the intermediate step in PIE *h₁ési > *ἔσι > εἶ (Attic). The stem …
It'a a product of analogy, formed at a point in time when intervocalic *s was still not lost, i.e. the intermediate step in PIE *h₁ési > *ἔσι > εἶ (Attic). The stem …
