Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek / Edition 2

by James Morwood

Overview

The Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek gives clear, concise, and easily understood explanations of all the key points of Classical Greek grammar. With additional features such as a glossary of grammatical terms, a vocabulary list covering all the Greek words found in the main text, study tips, and practice exercises to help develop knowledge and gain confidence, this invaluable resource ensures that students have all the support they need to complement their language learning. The Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek also offers hundreds of example sentences illustrating grammatical points, an explanation of literary terms, and a guide to how Classical Greek was pronounced. The first book of grammar dedicated to Classical Greek for students in almost a century, this handy reference will replace existing Greek grammars and help students bring this ancient language to life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195218510
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/10/2003
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	236,081
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.88(h) x 0.84(d)

About the Author

James Morwood is Fellow at Wadham College, Oxford and Grocyn Lecturer for the Literae Humaniores Faculty.

Table of Contents

	Preface	v
	Acknowledgements	vi
	Glossary of grammatical terms	vii
	Abbreviations	xvii
	The Greek alphabet and its pronunciation	1
	The history of the pronunciation of Greek	7
	Reference Grammar
	Nouns, adjectives and pronouns	10
	Number and gender	10
	Cases	10
	The definite article	24
	Nouns	25
	Adjectives	32
	Adverbs	45
	Pronouns	46
	Correlatives	51
	Numerals	53
	Prepositions	56
	Verbs	60
	Verbs in [omega]	62
	Verbs with a 2nd aorist	69
	Root aorists	71
	Contracted verbs	73
	Verbs in [mu iota]	80
	Irregular verbs	93
	Top 101 irregular verbs	98
	More principal parts	110
	Constructions
	The definite article	122
	Relative clauses	127
	Time, place and space	131
	Participles	136
	Pronouns	144
	Sequence of tenses and moods	152
	Indirect statement	154
	Subordinate clauses in indirect statement	159
	Direct and indirect questions	161
	Commands, exhortations and wishes	168
	Indirect commands	170
	Because	172
	Purpose clauses	174
	Result clauses	177
	[characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] - on condition that	179
	Verbs of fearing and precaution	180
	Conditional sentences	183
	Conditional sentences in indirect statement	188
	Impersonal verbs	190
	The gerundive	193
	Indefinite clauses	195
	Time clauses	197
	[characters not reproducible]	199
	Verbs of preventing, hindering and denying	201
	The negatives	204
	Particles	207
	[characters not reproducible] - words easily confused	214
	Some tips	218
	Appendices
	Accents	222
	Dialect	227
	Homeric dialect	227
	Herodotus' Ionic dialect	228
	New Testament Greek	229
	The dual	232
	Some literary terms	234
	Vocabulary	241
	Greek - English	241
	English - Greek	255
	Index of Greek words	264
	Index	267