AND ADJECTIVES IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
When preparing work for this course (homework or classwork) the following information should be used as the abbreviations for verbs, nouns, and adjectives when needed.
VERBS:
To identify a verb, in addition to the stem, there are five different grammatical features that must be noted: Tense, Voice, Mood, Person and Number. Each of these has different possibilities:
| Tense | Voice | Mood | Person | Number |
| Present | Active | Indicative | First | Singular |
| Future | Middle | Subjunctive | Second | Plural |
| Imperfect | Passive | Imperative | Third | |
| lst Aorist | Optative | |||
| 2nd Aorist | ||||
| lst Perfect | ||||
| 2nd Perfect | ||||
| 1st Pluperfect | ||||
| 2nd Pluperfect |
Thus a Present Active Indicative lst Person Singular can be coded by abbreviating the specific tense, voice, mood, person and number. See the following:
PAI 1PS = Present Active Indicative -- lst Person Singular
PAI 2PS 2nd Person Singular
PAI 3PS 3rd Person Singular
PAI 1PP lst Person Plural
PAI 2PP 2nd Person Plural
PAI 3PP 3rd Person Plural
Some other abbreviations with Verbs in the Indicative:
FAI = Future Active Indicative IAI = Imperfect Active Indicative
1AAI = lst Aorist Active Indicative 2AAI = 2nd Aorist Active Indicative
PftAI = Perfect Active Indicative PIPftAI = Pluperfect Active Indicative
[Note: Other forms (Subjunctive, Imperative and Optative Moods, and
Participles) will be given later in the Course]
NOUNS & ADJECTIVES:
In addition to the root, there are four components used in identifying a Greek noun or adjective: Noun or Adjective; Declension; Case; and Number. Below are the options for each of these:
| Noun or Adjective | Declension | Case | Number |
| Noun = N | First = 1 | Nominative = N | Singular = S |
| Adjective = A | Second = 2 | Genitive = G | Plural = P |
| Third = 3 | Dative = D | ||
| Accusative = A | |||
| Vocative = V |
Thus the following are options for the First Declension nouns:
lDN NS = lst Declension Noun Nominative Singular
lDN GS = lst Declension Noun Genitive Singular
lDN DS = lst Declension Noun Dative Singular
lDN AS = lst Declension Noun Accusative Singular
IDN NP = lst Declension Noun Nominative Plural
IDN GP = lst Declension Noun Genitive Plural
IDN DP = 1st Declension Noun Dative Plural
lDN AP = lst Declension Noun Accusative Plural
Thus the following are options for the First Declension adjectives:
IDA NS = lst Declension Adjective Nominative Singular
IDA GS = lst Declension Adjective Genitive Singular
IDA DS = lst Declension Adjective Dative Singular
IDA AS = lst Declension Adjective Accusative Singular
IDA NP = lst Declension Adjective Nominative Plural
IDA GP = lst Declension Adjective Genitive Plural
IDA DP = Ist Declension Adjective Dative Plural
IDA AP = lst Declension Adjective Accusative Plural
Some Examples of Other Declensions:
2DN NS = 2nd Declension Noun Nominative Singular
3DN NS = 3rd Declension Noun Nominative Singular
2DA NS = 2nd Declension Adjective Nominative Singular
3DA NS = 3rd Declension Adjective Nominative Singular
Return to Greek course home page.
Return to Librarian's home page.