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11.73 Exercises

The following notes should help you in understanding the Practice Sentences provided by Croy. You might also find it very helpful to look at a Segmented Version of the sentences. In fact, to encourage you to make use of the Segmented Version, the audio for these sentences has been prepared using the segmented text.


1. οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τοῦ τέκνου ἐθεραπεύοντο τῷ λόγῳ τοῦ προφήτου.

The verb ἐθεραπεύοντο is imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), passive voice. Note the use of the dative λόγῳ to indicate the means by which the eyes were healed.

2. ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἠκούομεν τούτους τοὺς λόγους παρὰ σοῦ, ἀλλ' οὐκ ἠθέλομεν δέχεσθαι αὐτούς.

The verbs ἠκούομεν and ἠθέλομεν are imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), active voice. The verb ἠθέλομεν takes a complementary infinitive, δέχεσθαι. Note the demonstrative noun phrase, τούτους τοὺς λόγους. The word αὐτούς is being used as a pronoun here.

3. ταῦτα ἐγράφοντο ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τοῦ νόμου, ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐκ ἐδύνασθε βλέπειν αὐτά.

The verb ἐγράφοντο is imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), passive voice. Note the demonstrative being used substantively, ταῦτα. The verb ἐδύνασθε is imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), active voice. The verb ἐδύνασθε takes a complementary infinitive, βλέπειν. The word αὐτά is being used as a pronoun here. A nominative pronoun like ὑμεῖς is used only for emphasis since the verb already shows the subject (ἐδύνασθε is second person plural). The particle δὲ puts further emphasis on the word ὑμεῖς.

4. τὰ μὲν δαιμόνια ἐξήρχοντο ἀπὸ τοῦ τέκνου, αὐτὸ δὲ ἔτι ἀπέθνῃσκεν.

Notice that this sentence is composed of two phrases, coordinated by μὲν and δὲ. The verb ἐξήρχοντο is imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), middle voice, which is the only possible voice for a deponent verb such as this one. The verb ἀπέθνῃσκεν is imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), active voice. The word αὐτὸ is being used as a pronoun here.

5. ἐκείνη ἡ βασιλεία ἦν πονηρά, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸς τὸν τόπον ἐκεῖνον ὁ μαθητὴς ἀπεστέλλετο.

Note the demonstrative noun phrases, κείνη ἡ βασιλεία and τὸν τόπον ἐκεῖνον. The verb ἦν is imperfect tense of the irregular verb "to be." The verb ἀπεστέλλετο is imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), passive voice. Note the adverbial use of καὶ (which translation fits best here: "also"? or "even"?)

6. ἐπέμποντο βιβλία τε καὶ δῶρα πρὸς τοὺς ἁμαρτωλούς, αὐτοὶ δὲ οὔτε ἤθελον οὔτε ἐδέχοντο αὐτά.

Note the correlative use of τε καὶ in the phrase βιβλία τε καὶ δῶρα ("books and gifts"). The verb ἐπέμποντο is imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), passive voice. The verb ἤθελον is imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), active voice. The verb ἐδέχοντο is imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), middle voice, which is the only possible voice for a deponent verb such as this one. The word αὐτά is being used as a pronoun here. Note the correlative use of οὔτε... οὔτε...

7. ᾖρον καὶ τὰ τέκνα τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν καὶ ἔλεγον. Τὸν αὐτὸν ἄρτον ὀφείλομεν ἐσθίειν πάλιν;

Note the adverbial use of καὶ (which translation fits best here: "also"? or "even"?). The verbs ᾖρον and ἔλεγον are imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), active voice. The verb ὀφείλομεν takes a complementary infinitive, ἐσθίειν. The word αὐτῶν is being used as a pronoun here, but the word αὐτὸν is the "identical" use.

8. καὶ ἐπορεύεσθε ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τῆς ἀγάπης καὶ ἐδιδάσκεσθε τὸν νόμον τῆς ἀγάπης.

Note the correlative use of καὶ... καὶ... . The verb ἐπορεύεσθε is imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), middle voice, which is the only possible voice for a deponent verb such as this one. The verb ἐδιδάσκεσθε is imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), passive voice. Note that this verb in its active form can take two accusatives: the accusative of the person being taught, and the accusative of the thing taught. In its passive form, it can still take the accusative of the thing taught: τὸν νόμον (an English translation might be: "you were instructed in the law").

9. σὺ ἔλεγες τότε ὅτι θεὸς ἐθεράπευε τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου, ἀμὴν δὲ λέγω σοι, Θεὸς μέλλει θεραπεύειν τὴν καρδίαν σου.

The verbs ἔλεγες and ἐθεράπευε are imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), active voice. The verb μέλλει takes a complementary infinitive, θεραπεύειν. A nominative pronoun like σὺ is used only for emphasis since the verb already shows the subject (ἔλεγες is second person singular).

10. ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν μὲν ἦν πρῶτος ἐν τῇ γῇ, αὐτὸς δὲ ἐλύετο ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις αὐτοῦ.

Notice that this sentence is composed of two phrases, coordinated by μὲν and δὲ. The verb ἦν is imperfect tense of the irregular verb "to be." The verb ἐλύετο is imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), passive voice. Note the use of the dative ἁμαρτίαις to indicate the means by which he was destroyed. The words αὐτὸς and αὐτοῦ are being used as pronouns here.

11. κακὰ δαιμόνια διήρχοντο τὴν γῆν, ἀλλὰ οὔτε ἔμενον ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἐκείνῳ οὔτε ἤθελον ἀποκτείνειν τὸν λαόν.

The verb διήρχοντο is imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), middle voice, which is the only possible voice for a deponent verb such as this one. Note the demonstrative noun phrase, τῷ τόπῳ ἐκείνῳ. The verbs ἔμενον and ἤθελον are imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), active voice. The verb ἤθελον takes a complementary infinitive, ἀποκτείνειν. Note the correlative use of οὔτε... οὔτε... .

12. ἰδοὺ ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔρχεται· ἡ δόξα τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἡ εἰρήνη τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ. ἀμήν.

The word αὐτοῦ is being used as a pronoun here.

13. ὑμεῖς ἦτε πιστοὶ τῷ κυρίῳ ἔν τε τῷ ἱερῷ καὶ ἐν τῷ ὁδῷ, ἀλλὰ ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις ὑμῶν οὐκ ἐπορεύεσθε ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ.

A nominative pronoun like ὑμεῖς is used only for emphasis since the verb already shows the subject (ἦτε is second person singular). The verb ἦτε is imperfect tense of the irregular verb "to be." The verb ἐπορεύεσθε is imperfect tense (make sure you notice the augment!), middle voice, which is the only possible voice for a deponent verb such as this one.

14. θέλομεν βλέπειν τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ πάλιν ἐν οὐρανῷ.

The verb θέλομεν takes a complementary infinitive, βλέπειν.


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