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Greek Conjugations. 



2 aor. ^ey.Qtyoy, perf. tcixgrya, pres. xg['i;c&, 



2 aor. e^diixov, perf. ^i^gv^a, pres. ^gv^io- 



2 aor. S/.IVKOV, perf. fiif-wxa, pres. fMjnaa. 



This third class has a striking analogy to the IV. Teutonic conju 

 gation, where however d has been changed into o or w ; as, 

 Goth, past sloh, part, slahans, pres. slaha- 



Germ, past schlug, part, geschlagen, pres. schlage. 

 Eng. past sZew, part, slain, pres. sZcy. 



This class includes verbs whose radical vowel «-, v, is made a diph-. 

 thong by Guna in the perfect and present ; as, 



2 aor. ^inid-ov, perf. ninoi^S-a, pres. Ttsl&co. 



2 aor. ehitov, perf. l.B'Onta, pres. J^eLna. 



2 aor. scpvyov, perf. nicpevya, pres. (fEvybi. 



2 aor. srv^ov, perf. riTEvxa, pres. tsvxoj. 



In the first and second examples the radical vowel * is made a 

 diphthong by prefixing £ or o, as in Sanscrit the same vowel is made 

 a diphthong by prefixing a. In the third and fourth examples the 

 radical vowel v is made a diphthong by prefixing s, as in Sanscrit the 

 same vowel is made a diphthong by prefixing a- This mode of form- 

 ing a diphthong out of i or u by prefixing a, is called Guna by the 

 Sanscrit grammarians. 



This fourth class has a striking analogy to the V. and VI. Teutonic 

 conjugations; as, 



Goth, past draih. 

 Germ, past trieh, 

 Eng. past drove, 



CONJUGATION V. 



part, drihans, 

 part, getrieben, 

 part, driven, 



CONJUGATION VI. 



pres. dreiha. 

 pres. treibe. 

 pres. drive. 



Goth, past baug, part, biigans, pres. biuga. 



Germ, past bog, part, gebogen, pres. biege. 



Eng. past bow, part, bowed, pres. bowed. 



In Conj. V. the radical vowel i is made a diphthong in Gothic by 

 prefixing a or e. In Conj. VI. the radical vowel u is made a diph- 

 thong by prefixing a or i. 



The fourth class of Greek verbs, like the V. and VI. Teutonic con- 

 jugations, has the radical vowel usually followed by a single conso- 

 nant and that not a liquid. 



