conspectus of key Ancient Greek paradigms

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substantives

1. alpha stems (5 paradigms): τέχνη, ἡμέρα, θάλαττᾰ, ναύτης, νεανίας

2. omicron stems (5): ἄνθρωπος, δῶρον, νοῦς, κανοῦν, νεῶς

3. consonant stems (15): ἐλπίς, γέρων, πρᾶγμα, ῥήτωρ, ἀγών, ἀνήρ, τριήρης, γένος, γέρας, ἥρως, πόλις, ἄστυ, ἰχθύς, βασιλεύς, ναῦς

4. adjectives (13): ἀγαθός, ἄξιος, ἵλεως, χρυσοῦς, ἀληθής, εὔελπις, βελτίων, ἡδύς, μέλας, χαρίεις, πᾶς, μέγας, πολύς

5. comparatives (10): ἀγαθός, κακός, καλός, μέγας, μίκρος, ὀλίγος, πολύς, ῥᾴδιος, ταχύς, φίλος

6. participles (8): λύων, λύσας, λυθείς, διδούς, δεικνύς, λελυκώς, τιμῶν, ποιῶν

7. pronouns (13): ἐγώ, αὐτός, ἐμαυτόν, ἐμός, ἀλλήλους, ὁ, ὅδε, οὗτος, ἐκεῖνος, τίς & τις, ὅς, ὅστις

8. adverbs

9. correlatives

verbs

εἰμί, εἶμι, οἶδα

10. εἰμί sum (7): pres. ind., inf., ptc., subj., opt. impv., impf.

11. εἶμι ibo (5): ‘—’

12. οἶδα (7): ‘—’

-ω verbs: λύω

13. λύω present tense stem (10): active & middle/passive, etc.

14. λύω aorist tense stem (ἕλυσα: first aorists) (12): active, middle, and passive

15. λύω perfect tense stem (λέλυκα: first perfects [+ periphrastics]) (28=14x2): act. and m./p.

16. λύω future simple tense (λύσω) (6): active, middle, and passive

contract verbs

17. τιμάω: alpha contract verbs (10): active & middle/passive

18. ποιέω: epsilon contract verbs (10): active & middle/passive

19. δηλόω: omicron contract verbs (10): active & middle/passive

20. irregular contracts 1 (15: ζάω 5, χράομαι 5, and ῥιγόω 5)

21. irregular contracts 2 (10: πλέω 5 + δέομαι 5)

root forms, etc.

22. thematic root aorists: ἔλιπον (10=5x2)

23. athematic root aorists: ἔβην 4, ἔγνων 4, and ἔδυν 4 (12=3x4)

24. second perfects: ἵστημι + δέδοικα (10=2x5)

25. consonant stem perfects: λέλειμμαι κτλ (12=6x2)

-μι verbs: the ‘big four’ & varia

26. δίδωμι pres. (10): active & middle/passive

27. ἔδωκα aor. (12): active, middle, and passive

28. τίθημι pres. (10): active & middle/passive

29. ἔθηκα aor. (12): active, middle, and passive

30. ἵστημι pres. (10): active & middle/passive

31. ἔστησα aor. (16): active (1st and 2nd aor.), middle, and passive

32. ἵημι pres. (10): active & middle/passive

33. εἷκα aor. (12): active, middle, and passive

34. δείκνυμι (10): active & middle/passive

35. ἦμαι, κάθημαι, and κεῖμαι present stem forms (13=3+5+5)

36. φημί and ἠμί present stem forms (6=5+1)

total 364 key paradigms