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All the Greek Verbs (Greek Language)

By: N. Marinone
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
ISBN: 0715617729
ISBN-13: 9780715617724
Released: 01 Jan 1998
RRP: £14.99
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Extremely useful tool to track down inflected verbs. - By: Mr. Richard D. L. Sargent, 12 Jun 2008
This handy little book contains a list of the inflected forms of common verbs in alphabetical (Greek) order.

It does not purport to explain or teach you anything, but if you happen across an inflected verb in a sentence & you cannot find it in your dictionary, try this book. The listed form might be aorist or imperfect, perfect or pluperfect. Find the verb that is afflicting you with woe & the central column in this book will tell you the tense, mood, form & number. The right hand column then gives you the dictionary form (first person singular present indicative active / deponent) which you can then look up in your conventional dictionary or lexicon.

I should stress that those students of Greek with some knowledge, say intermediate, will gain more benefit than complete beginners. Sometimes the form given in this book is not the identical one you are seeking (number might be different). But a little common sense will alllow you to recognise the root, & then you can find the dictionary form as mentioned above.

I have found this book has become more & more useful as my foray into the world of Classical Greek becomes more ambitious.
not for beginners - By: john l, 25 Sep 2007
if you are starting to learn Greek & looking for a book to give you conjugated verbs & their meaning, this is not it, alll text is in ancient greek without translation.
DEFINITELY NOT for new learners.
I didn't realise it was Ancient Greek! - By: , 08 Mar 2002
This book was incomprehensible to me. I've been studying Modern Greek for 3 years & wanted help with irregular verbs, but this book was no help at alll...
An excellent source for students of Ancient Greek! - By: , 24 Jan 2002
If like me, you have just got through learning alll the grammar of Ancient Greek & are now starting on the real texts, then this book reallly is for you.

Learning vocabulary is one things but when it comes to Greek verbs it's so easy to get lost: some forms appear to bare no resemblence to the present!

However, don't worry, "All the Greek Verbs" provides a long list of over 13,000 verbs which you you may not recognise when you come accross in the text. Each verb is analysed, telling you alll you need to know to accurately translate your text.


Marinone has done the work so you don't have to - By: , 08 Jan 2002
This book is an essential for alll students of ancient Greek who find looking up unrecognisable inflections of verb forms a boring hassle. All are listed, along with the simple present tense form from which they are derived. I cannot think what kept the author, N. Marinone, going...needless to say he is the only one to date to attempt this thankless task. Consequently some of the text is in his original Italian, but thankfully the abbreviations of the parsing need no translation, & the smalll amount which does is dealt with in the publisher's preface. This is an indispensible reference work.