A Short and Easy Greek Book. [With] Addenda - Edmund Fowle

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ... agreeing with it, they will go together. Then take the Verb. Lastly follow the Accusative Case and the Adjective, if it has one, agreeing with it. But here must be said something about the use of the Greek Article, 6 q To. THE ARTICLE. It has been said (p. 7) that there are in Greek two Articles, the Definite o To, and the Indefinite Tiq n. The following remarks apply to the Definite Article 6 % To: --1. If a Substantive is seen without the Article, it is Indefinite, as iir7roc, a horse; if the Article stands before it, as 6 t-mrog, it is ' the horse; 'as, 6 vtaviag ZzcnroTriv ex, the young man has a master.' 2. The Article however is used, though not necessarily translated in English, before a. Proper names standing alone--i.e. not having any other noun in apposition, as--6 'AAKijSiaSijc, Alcibiades. b. Nouns denoting material, as--6 xpvabg, gold. c. Abstract nouns, as--fi ipiXia, friendship. 3. In construing a sentence, if you see two Substantives in the Nominative Case, take as the Nominative to the Verb the Substantive which has the Article--the other will be the Nominative Case after the Verb tari or iyivero, as the case may be, as--fi vv rifiipa. iykvcTo, the night became day. 4. When the Article stands before both nouns, either may be taken first, as--fi apcrri kdTi To dyadbv, Virtue is the chief good, or the chief good is virtue. 5. When a Substantive, having the Article, has also an Adjective to be taken with it, the proper place for the Article is before the Adjective, as--6 ayadog arjjp, the good man. 6 aviijp ayaObg, meaning the man is good; ayaOog being the Nominative Case after karl understood. 6. The Article used before the Infinitive Mood, or before a Participle, turns it into a noun, as--To ouxppovelv, i.e...."