A grammar of the Homeric dialect - Wilbourhall.org

1 8 TENSES. [17.
10. 34). Also in bifn-^ai I seek (for
(II.
the Homeric Verb answering to Attic C^-rew.
tiqjjit
is now generally connected with Lat. sero (for si-so, cp. 'iffrrjfjii sisto).
Earlier scholars (as Bopp) derived it from the root yd (Lat. ja-c-io\ Possibly
it represents both and ai-cnrjfu (sa-) I-IKIJAI (?/-). In meaning
it is much nearer
to jacio than to sero.
17.] Present Stems in -nrj (-m) and ->u. The Tense-Stems
of this class which may be called the Non-Thematic Nasal
class form the Present-Stem from the Verb- Stem by the
Suffixes -vv -vr], (which with Heavy Endings regularly become
-I'd,
-vv).
The Presents with -nrj (-/&) are nearly all peculiar to Homer,
I
bajj,-vr]-fjLL subdue, nlp-vr] mixed, nep-va-s selling, o-Kib-va-Tai is
scattered, mA-i/a-rat comes near, y^ap-va-rai fights. Note I for e in
Ktp-,