Talk:ἱών
Latest comment: 8 years ago by ObsequiousNewt in topic Inflection
Inflection[edit]
LSJ lists the following Boeotic forms (forms in () are not (specific) Boetic; forms in {} are from Pape's dictionary):
- 1. Person (I, we two, we)
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἱών | (νῶι) | ?? |
| Genitive | ἐμοῦς, also: ἐμῶς, ἐμίο, ἐμίω, ἐμίως | (νῶιν, νῷν) | ἁμίων |
| Dative | (ἐμοί, enclitic μοι) | (νῶιν, νῷν) | ?? |
| Accusative | (ἐμέ, enclitic με) | (νῶι) | ?? |
- Plural is similar to the Doric forms (ἁμ- instead of ἡμ-), but ...
- 2. Person (you, you two, you - that is thou, ye two, ye)
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τού, also: τούν | (σφῶϊ, σφώ) | οὐμές |
| Genitive | τεῦς | (σφῶϊν, σφῷν) | οὐμίων {οὐμείων} |
| Dative | ?? | (σφῶϊν, σφῷν) | ?? |
| Accusative | ?? | (σφῶϊ, σφώ) | ?? |
- 3. Person
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -- | (enclitic σφωε) | (σφεῖς &c.) |
| Genitive | ἑοῦς | (enclitic σφωϊν) | |
| Dative | ἑΐν | (enclitic σφωϊν) | |
| Accusative | (ἕ, enclitic ἑ) | (enclitic σφωε) |
Are other Boetic forms attestable (or reconstructible)?
[www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0019%3Asmythp%3D160 (Raphael Kühner & Friedrich Blass: Ausführliche Grammatik der Griechischen Sprache, §160)] mentions Boeotic & Aeolic forms.
-91.63.231.162 12:32, 15 June 2015 (UTC) & 08:03, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
- To answer your question, probably, although I can't say for certain: I'd expect probably dative τοι (but spelled also τυ after ~250 BCE, or rarely τει), accusative τε, plural ὑμες, ὑμιων/-ειων/-εων/-ͱων, ὑμιν, ὑμε (spelled also οὑ- after ~350 BCE); first person plural same with ἁ-. What you have already may or may not be the norm; LSJ tends to record unusual forms, and Boeotian is not well attested anyway. In the meantime: while I appreciate your desire to help add inflection (and especially dialectical inflection—goodness knows we need more of that), we're in the middle of rewriting our inflection table code, so if you were to hold off adding tables for now (especially ones that don't make use of templates) I'd be grateful. Thanks! —ObsequiousNewt (εἴρηκα|πεποίηκα) 05:04, 20 June 2015 (UTC)