Chapter 17 - Notes

Question 1

What is a contract verb?

Answer 1

Contract verbs are verbs whose roots end in α, ε, or ο. When the final vowel comes into contact with the connecting vowel, the two vowels contract and often form a different vowel or a diphthong.

Question 2

True or False. You meet contractions only in two tenses, the present and the imperfect.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What are the 5 rules of contraction?

Answer 3

1. ου is formed from εο, οε, and οο.
2. ει is formed from εε.
3. ω is formed from almost any combination of ο or ω with any other vowel, except for rule 1.
4. α is formed from αε.
5. η is formed from εα.

Question 4

What is a transitive verb?

Answer 4

A transitive verb is one that carries the force of its action over to an object. In other words, transitive verbs require a direct object.

Question 5

What is an intransitive verb?

Answer 5

An intransitive verb does not carry its action over to an object. There may be other modifiers present, but there will not be a direct object.