OP THE TENSES OF THE GREEK VEEB. 483 



_ , { not iffTshxa, from (ttsXiw 1. Fut. 



2r£X/.» makes -J , , „ ~ a -c <. 



i but i(Tra.X'Aa. irom ara.'Ku Z. r Ut. 



In the same manner, mva, xtsivoj, xet^a, <rint^i>), &c. &c. 



4. On the other hand, although the 2d Preterite, or Perfect 

 middle, generally follows the analogy of the 2d Future, yet it 

 sometimes, too, observes that of the 1st. Thus, 



^ , f not IffTriKa, from (tto.'Kw 2. Fut. 



2T£?iX(y makes -{ , , , „ ~ ^ t? ^ 



I but go-ToXa irom (rrsX<y 1. r'ut. 



In the same manner, Tuvca, ursivso, xei^a, ffTni^ta, &c. 



Nay, from e in the penult, there often arises o in the 1st 

 Preterite, or Perfect active. Thus, vimf^cpa,, XiXo^^a, xsxXoqia, 

 hloiKu, from iTi^.ita, "Kiyta, xT^swra, htda, &c. And this seems 

 of old to have been still more frequent, and to have extended 

 also to the Passive voice. Thus, (AifA^o^dcti, -Trim^Scci, in the old 

 or iEolic dialect from i^ippi) {i e. (^ei^a) and •^i^Sa- 



5. In the same manner, although the 1st Aorist generally 

 follows the analogy of the 1st Future, yet it also seems, parti- 

 cularly in the more early periods of the language, to have 

 sometimes followed that of the 2d Future. Thus, x,iu, ^yio-— 



so uma, ijviyxa, or rinetna., aKivccf^svoi, Ixria,, &C. 



Since, then, there are in the Greek Verb two Futures, and 

 two Preterites, each of which Preterites follows the analogy of 

 either Future ; and, since there are two Aorists, and that the 

 1st Aorist also follows the analogy of either Future, — query, — 

 Would it not, from these facts, be rather probable than other- 

 wise, that the 2d Aorist should also follow the analogy of 

 either Future ; that, as from rua-ai there is formed erua-oi/, so 

 from ru-^a there should be formed i7v4>o> ? and, if this were 



admitted, 



