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eo becomes ou. oe becomes ou. oo becomes ou. | eo becomes ou. oe becomes ou. oo becomes ou. ee becomes ē.
ee becomes ē. ē. ea becomes ē. ē. eō becomes ō. ō. oa becomes ō. | ē. ea becomes ē. ē. eō becomes ō. ō. oa becomes ō. ō. ao becomes ō.
ō. oa becomes ō. ō. ao becomes ō. ō. ei. a. oi | ō. ei . . . . . . oi . oi
These top lines represent a phonetic drill for vowel contractions, showing how two vowels combine into a single long vowel or diphthine in Greek verbs.
| English (translated from Latin) | English (translated from Greek) |
|---|---|
| 1. On the endings of verbs. | On the endings of verbs. original: Περὶ Τῆς τῶν ῥημάτων καταλήξεως |
| How many verb endings are there? Three: in omega original: ω with a grave accent term: barytone | verbs where the final syllable does not have the primary accent, such as typtō original: τυπτω, which means "I strike"; in omega with a circumflex accent term: circumflex |
| How many accidents term: accidents | the grammatical properties or categories that belong to a word belong to a verb? Eight: moods, voices original: genera / διαθέσεις, species, figures, numbers, persons, tenses, and conjugations. |
| How many voices are there? Three: active, passive, and middle. | How many voices are there? Three: active, passive, and middle. |
| How many tenses are there? Six: present, past imperfect, past perfect, past more-than-perfect term: pluperfect | a tense describing an action completed before another past action, indefinite term: aorist |
| How many conjugations are there? Thirteen: six of the barytones, three of the circumflex verbs, and four in mi. | How many conjugations? Thirteen: six of the barytones, three of the circumflex verbs, and four of those ending in mi. |
| The first conjugation of the barytones is characterized by the letters beta, pi, phi, or pt; such as leibō original: λείβω (I pour), leipō original: λείπω (I leave), graphō original: γράφω (I write), typtō original: τύπτω (I strike); and in the case of... | The first conjugation of the barytones is by the letters beta, pi, phi, or pt; such as leibō, leipō, graphō, typtō; and in the case of... |