Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a

Almost all the verbs we know will travel down Assembly Line A. More good news is that the theta () added by Assembly Line A is never effaced, never eliminated, never
contracted to change its own appearance! This means that we should spot the sixth Principal Part fairly easily.
As presented in grammars, lexicons and vocabulary lists, the sixth Principal Part is “dressed up” in the representative form of the Aorist Passive Indicative, 1st singular. See the
example given with below:
First Pr. Prt.
Second Pr.
Prt.
Third Pr.
Prt.
Fourth Pr.
Prt.
Fifth Pr.
Prt.
Sixth Pr.
Prt.
μ
In order to nd the “naked” form, we need to strip off the augment () [remembering that the Aorist Indicative is a past-time verb] as well as the secondary active personal ending
(). We are left with as the basic Principal Part, to which we must add a sigma () to mark the Future dimension. Then come the Primary Middle/Passive personal endings
attached via the appropriate connecting vowels ( or ).
μ μ
Connecting Personal Ending
“I will be
destroyed” etc.
Connecting Vowel
Sigma (sign of future)
6th Principal Part
As we move through the various forms of the Future Passive, you will notice that not all verbs we have learned actually have a sixth Principal Part, giving us less work to do. If a
verb is not transitive (i.e. does not take a Direct Object when in the Active Voice), it will not have passive forms (excepting certain Deponent verbs).
Most of the following verbs need little comment. The theta-eta-sigma () sequence is clear, and the basic root you have learned is quite visible. Only the occasional lengthening
of nal root vowels will slightly modify appearances:
1st PrinPart
(Dictionary Entry)
Translation
Verb Root
6th PrinPart
(naked)
Future Passive Ind.
1st person singular
Translation
I am destroying μ I will be destroyed
I am hearing μ I will be heard
I am believing μ I will be believed
11: The Future Tense
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