Writing Greek and Latin

Week 3

Greek syntax overview

• substantives, predication and the definite article

αγαθος can = "a good man" (substantive)

ο αγαθος can = "good men" (article denotes a class)

η αρετη = "virtue" (article denotes an abstract noun)

τρεχων ανηρ / currens uir (attribution vs predication)

word order with the definite article:

ο τρεχων ανηρ απεθανε

ο ανηρ ο τρεχων απεθανε

ανηρ ο τρεχων απεθανε

ο ανηρ τρεχων απεθανε

τρεχων ο ανηρ απεθανε

• participles overview

morphology (synopsis)

syntax

• aspectual? temporal?

• verb "smashing" or "collapsing" (+ genitive absolute): practice sentences

I saw them and told them what happened.

When he heard the news he fled in fear.

Once I know what's happened I'll tell you.

Tell me what he did once you know.

When the king told us what to do, we obeyed.

• relatives overview

• oς, οιος, οσος: practice sentences

Be like her!

I wish you (pl.) would be like them.

I wish you (pl.) would be the kind of judges to me that you would be to yourselves.

• definite vs indefinite

Euphiletus did what his wife told him to do.

Euphiletus always does what his wife tells him to.

Euphiletus would always do what his wife told him to. (nb oblique optative possible here)

• infinitives overview

• normally aspectual, strictly temporal in indirect speech (week 5)

• articular infinitive

Fearing the Athenians is wrong.

The fact that the Spartans fear the Athenians is wrong.

Doing things like that is wrong.

The fact that he is doing such things is wrong.

I think that doing such things is wrong.

I think that his doing such things is wrong.

I think that your becoming good judges is a good thing.

I think that your becoming the kind of judges to me as you would be to yourselves is a good thing.