ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES

Accent

            recessive

            ultimate  [-ρός (revo"), -to" (tevo")]

Comparison of Adjectives

            positive degree

            comparative

            superlative

            systems of comparison

                    #, -τερ-, -τατ

                    #, -(ι)ων, (ι)στος

                    irregular

Compounds, types of (not including morpheme-root combinations)

            non-prepositional compounds

                    root + ______

                    root + ______ + ______

            prepositional compounds

                    preposition + ______

                    preposition + ______

                    preposition + preposition + _______

                    preposition + preposition + _______ + _______

Demonstrative adjectives

Indefinite adjectives

Intensive reflexive  [i[dio"]

Interrogative adjectives

Gender Formation

            -ος  -α/η -ον

                    -o"  -a/h  -o (adjectives capable of being used also as pronouns)

            -o"  -o"  -on  [oujravnio", ejnantivo", wjfevlimo"]

                    α-privatives

                    -ιμος  -imon

            -ης  -ης  -ε

            -u"  -eia  -u

            -(i)wn  -(i)wn  -(i)on

                    positive

                    comparative

            indeclinable  [cardinal numbers]

            irregular  [ajkwvn, eJkwvn, mevga", mevla", pa'", a{pa", poluv"]

Number adjectives:  cardinal, ordinal

Possessive adjectives [same as pronominal adjectives] [i[dio" (any person), ejmov",         hJmevtero", sov", uJmevtero"]

Relative adjectives [cp. 239, Goetchius]

Word Formation:  Meaning Classification

            characteristics of, having the

                    -iko"  -ikh  -ikon

                    -no"  -nh  -non

            negated:  a-privative

            possessive (pronominal)

            quality of, having the: 

                    -h"  -e"

                    -o"  -h/a  -on

                    -u"  -eia  -u

Word Formation:  Morpheme Classification

            a-privative

                    a-privatives before consonants

                    a-privatives before smooth breathing

                    a-privatives before rough breathing

            a-collective or intensive

            ajrci-,

            dus-,

            euj-,

            hJmi-,

            nh-,

            -ano", -anh, -anon:  no characteristic signification

            -ei", -essa, -en (genitives = ento", essh", en):  denoting fullness [usually poetic]

            -(eo") -ou", -(ea) -h, -(eon) -oun:  material formed from

            -hn, -hn, -evn:  [G = -eno", eno", eno"] [a[rshn]

[Since n, a dental, cannot stand before s, the nom sg and dat pl of third-declension nasal adjectives occasion a difficulty that is uniformly solved by dropping the s in the nom sg and dopping the n in dat pl.  The loss of the case ending in nom sg is compensated for by lenthening the root vowel before the n if it is short.]

            -h"  -h"  -e":  quality of

            -iko"  -ikh  -ikon:  having the characteristic of

            -imo"  -imon:  having fitness or ability

            -Vino"  -Vinh  -Vinon:  material formed from [proparoxytones]

            -inov"  -inhv   -inovn:  time related to

            -vio"  -ia  -ion:  related to an attribute, locality, person, thing

            -isto", -isth, -iston:  superlative degree

            -konta:  multiples of ten [indeclinable]

            -kovsioi  -kovsiai  -kovsia:  multiples of hundreds

            -lov", -lhv, -lovn:  [usually oxytones] active; no characteristic signification

            -mo", -mh, -mon:  (no characteristic signification)

            -mwn, -mwn, -mon [G + -mono", mono", mono"]: 

[Since n, a dental, cannot stand before s, the nom sg and dat pl of third-declension occasion a difficulty that is uniformly solved by dropping the s in the nom sg and dopping the n in dat pl.  The loss of the case ending in nom sg is compensated for by lenthening the root vowel before the n if it is short.]

            -nov"  -nhv  -novn:  from the place of, characteristics of [usually oxytones](passive)

            -o"  -h/a  -on:  having the quality of; or no characteristic signification

            -ou", -h, -oun:  [contracts]

            -rov", -rav, -rovn:  [usually oxytones](usually active) no characteristic signification

            -simo", -simh, simon:

            -tato", tath, taton:  superlative degree

            -to", -th, -ton:  passive adjectives, -able adjectives

            -tevo"  -teva  -tevon:  obligation or intention

            -tero", -tera, -teron:  comparative degree

            -thrio", -thria, -thrion:

            -thro", -thra, -thron:

            -to"  -th  -ton:  possibility or actuality (passive meaning, as in "beloved," or                                   possibility, as in "tolerable")

            -u"  -eia  -u: having the quality of

            -wlo", -wlh, -wlon:  quality

            -(i)wn, -(i)wn, -(i)on:  comparative degree

            -w":  quality

Types of adjectives

            compound adjective

                    preposition + root

                    double root

            contract [ajrgurou'", aJplou'", diplou'", sidhrou'", tetraplou'", calou'", crusou'"]

            predicate-position adjectives  [demonstratives, pa"', a{pa", o{lo" (possibly)]

            adjective capable of being used also as another part of speech

                    noun (with substantival usage)

                    pronoun

            proper adjectives [See Trenchard's Voc Guide, 273-85]

            accompanied by genitive [koinwnivo", mestov", plhrhv"]

            accompanied by dative  [ajpeiqhv", ejnantivo", o{moio", pistov", swthvrio", fanerov",                  wjfevlimo"]

Root  [See Metzger Lex Aids 49; Trenchard Voc Guide, 5]