Verb + adjective
A participle has tense and voice like a verb, and case, number and gender like an adjective.
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Read present participles as adjectives, nouns and adverbial clauses.
A participle has tense and voice like a verb, and case, number and gender like an adjective.
Present active: , (third-declension type). Present middle/passive: , -, - (like ).
'the one who believes'; 'those who hear'.
'while saying, saying'. It describes the subject and the time of the main verb.
A present participle usually happens at the same time as the main verb, whatever its tense.
The participle of is just the endings: 'being'.
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λέγων
ταῦτα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐνθυμηθέντος ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος κυρίου κατʼ ὄναρ ἐφάνη αὐτῷ λέγων· Ἰωσὴφ υἱὸς Δαυίδ, μὴ φοβηθῇς παραλαβεῖν Μαρίαν τὴν γυναῖκά σου, τὸ γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ γεννηθὲν ἐκ πνεύματός ἐστιν ἁγίου· Matt 1:20
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λύω
present middle/passive participle · dative singular neuter
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νικῶν
τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ νικῶν τὸν κόσμον εἰ μὴ ὁ πιστεύων ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ; 1John 5:5
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Who or what is the subject of εἰσελεύσεται?
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| Case | masculine | feminine |
|---|---|---|
| singular | ||
| nominative | λύων (nominative ending) | λύουσα (nominative ending) |
| genitive | λύοντος (genitive ending) | λυούσης (genitive ending) |
| dative | λύοντι (dative ending) | λυούσῃ (dative ending) |
| accusative | λύοντα (accusative ending) | λύουσαν (accusative ending) |
| plural | ||
| nominative | λύοντες (nominative ending) | λύουσαι (nominative ending) |
| genitive | λυόντων (genitive ending) | λυουσῶν (genitive ending) |
| dative | λύουσι(ν) (dative ending) | λυούσαις (dative ending) |
| accusative | λύοντας (accusative ending) | λυούσας (accusative ending) |
| Case | neuter |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| nominative | λῦον (nominative ending) |
| genitive | λύοντος (genitive ending) |
| dative | λύοντι (dative ending) |
| accusative | λῦον (accusative ending) |
| plural | |
| nominative | λύοντα (nominative ending) |
| genitive | λυόντων (genitive ending) |
| dative | λύουσι(ν) (dative ending) |
| accusative | λύοντα (accusative ending) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
| Case | masculine | feminine |
|---|---|---|
| singular | ||
| nominative | λυόμενος (nominative ending) | λυομένη (nominative ending) |
| genitive | λυομένου (genitive ending) | λυομένης (genitive ending) |
| dative | λυομένῳ (dative ending) | λυομένῃ (dative ending) |
| accusative | λυόμενον (accusative ending) | λυομένην (accusative ending) |
| plural | ||
| nominative | λυόμενοι (nominative ending) | λυόμεναι (nominative ending) |
| genitive | λυομένων (genitive ending) | λυομένων (genitive ending) |
| dative | λυομένοις (dative ending) | λυομέναις (dative ending) |
| accusative | λυομένους (accusative ending) | λυομένας (accusative ending) |
| Case | neuter |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| nominative | λυόμενον (nominative ending) |
| genitive | λυομένου (genitive ending) |
| dative | λυομένῳ (dative ending) |
| accusative | λυόμενον (accusative ending) |
| plural | |
| nominative | λυόμενα (nominative ending) |
| genitive | λυομένων (genitive ending) |
| dative | λυομένοις (dative ending) |
| accusative | λυόμενα (accusative ending) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | ὤν (nominative form) | οὖσα (nominative form) | ὄν (nominative form) |
| genitive | ὄντος (genitive form) | οὔσης (genitive form) | ὄντος (genitive form) |
| dative | ὄντι (dative form) | οὔσῃ (dative form) | ὄντι (dative form) |
| accusative | ὄντα (accusative form) | οὖσαν (accusative form) | ὄν (accusative form) |
| plural | |||
| nominative | ὄντες (nominative form) | οὖσαι (nominative form) | ὄντα (nominative form) |
| genitive | ὄντων (genitive form) | οὐσῶν (genitive form) | ὄντων (genitive form) |
| dative | οὖσι(ν) (dative form) | οὔσαις (dative form) | οὖσι(ν) (dative form) |
| accusative | ὄντας (accusative form) | οὔσας (accusative form) | ὄντα (accusative form) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
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they were astonished , .
One word is glossed for you (you haven’t learned this word yet): ἐξεπλήσσοντο “they were astonished”.
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One word is glossed for you (you haven’t learned this word yet): ἄρτι “presently”.
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Sources for this lesson: SBLGNT text CC BY 4.0; MACULA Greek CC BY 4.0 (tokens, parses, english glosses); Berean Interlinear glosses public domain (context_gloss); Dodson lexicon CC0 (vocab gloss).