A Greek Grammar for Colleges is written by Herbert Weir Smyth. This book teaches you Greek letters, sounds, syllables, accent and grammar. Moreover you will learn Inflection, formation of words and language syntax.
Following are the few topics covered in this Greek Grammar book.- Letters, Sounds, Syllables, Accent
- The Letters
- The Alphabet
- Vowels And Diphthongs
- Breathings
- Consonants
- Table Of Consonant Sounds
- Ancient Greek Pronunciation
- Vowel Change
- Table Of The Chief Vowel Grades
- Compensatory Lengthening
- Shortening, Addition, And Other Vowel Changes
- Euphony Of Vowels
- Contact Of Vowels And Hiatus
- Contraction
- Table Of Vowel Contractions
- Synizesis
- Crasis
- Elision
- Aphaeresis (Inverse Elision)
- Euphony Of Consonants
- Doubling Of Consonants
- Consonants With Consonants
- Stops Before Stops
- Stops Before M
- Consonants Before N
- N Before Consonants
- Consonants Before S
- Before Consonants
- Consonants With Vowels
- Consonants Before I And E
- Aspiration
- Various Consonant Changes
- Final Consonants
- Movable Consonants
- Syllables And Their Quantity
- Quantity Of Syllables
- Accent: General Principles
- Accent As Affected By Contraction, Crasis, And Elision
- Anastrophe
- Change Of Accent In Declension, Inflection, And Composition
- Proclitics
- Enclitics
- Marks Of Punctuation
- Inflection
- Parts Of Speech
- Declension
- General Rules For The Accent Of Nouns
- Case Endings Of Nouns
- Substantives
- First Declension (Stems In A_)
- Feminines
- Masculines
- Contracts (Feminines And Masculines)
- Second Declension (Stems In O)
- Table Of The Union Of The Case Endings With The Stem Vowel
- Contracted Substantives
- Attic Declension
- Third Declension
- Ormation Of Cases: Nominative Singular
- Accusative Singular
- Vocative Singular
- Dative Dual And Plural
- Accusative Plural
- Accent, Stem Formation, Quantity, Gender
- Stems In A Labial (P, B, Ph) Or In A Palatal (K, G, Ch)
- Stems In A Dental (T, D, Th)
- Masculines And Feminines
- Neuters With Stems In T And In A_T Varying With As
- Stems In A Liquid (L, R) Or A Nasal (N).
- Stems In A Liquid (L, R) Or A Nasal (N)—Concluded
- Stems In Er Varying With R
- Stems In Sigma (Es, As, Os)
- Stems In Os
- Stems In Ô(W)
- Stems In I And U
- Stems In Eu, Au, Ou
- Stems In Oi
- Cases In -Phi(N)
- Irregular Declension
- List Of The Principal Irregular Substantives
- Adjectives
- Adjectives Of The First And Second Declensions
- Adjectives Of The Consonant Declension
- Consonant And Vowel Declension Combined
- Declension Of Participles
- Adjectives Of Irregular Declension
- Adjectives Of One Ending
- Comparison Of Adjectives
- Pronouns
- Adverbs
- Numerals
- Verbs
- Inflection: Preliminary Remarks (355-380)
- Conjugation: List Of Paradigms
- Vowel Verbs: Not Contracted
- Vowel Verbs: Contracted Verbs
- Imperfect
- Present Subjunctive
- Present Optative (See 393)
- Present Imperative
- Present Infinitive
- Present Participle
- Middle And Passive
- Present Indicative
- Imperfect
- Present Subjunctive
- Present Optative
- Middle And Passive—Concluded
- Present Imperative
- Present Infinitive
- Present Participle
- Consonant Verbs
- Perfect And Pluperfect Middle (And Passive)
- Explanation Of The Perfect And Pluperfect Forms
- Conjugation Of Mi-Verbs
- Second Perfect Of Mi-Verbs
- Tense-Suffixes, Thematic Vowel, Mood-Suffixes
- Endings Of The Verb: Personal Endings
- Formation Of Words
- Formation Of Substantives
- Formation Of Adjectives
- List Of Noun Suffixes
- Compound Words
- First Part Of A Compound
- Syntax Of The Simple Sentence
- Kinds Of Simple Sentences
- Expansion Of The Simple Sentence
- Agreement: The Concords
- The Subject
- Omission Of The Subject
- Case Of The Subject: The Nominative
- The Predicate
- Concord Of Subject And Predicate
- Adjectives
- Attributive Adjectives
- Predicate Adjectives
- Governing Verb
- Adverbs
- The Article—Origin And Development
- Pronouns
- Genitive With Verbs
- Free Uses Of The Genitive
- Prepositions
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