L 9 (Review every couple weeks) Flashcards

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What is the present middle and present passive infinitive case ending? And how is it typically translated as a passive and as a middle? Use the example ἀκούω.

A

εσθαι

ἀκούεσθαι passive “to be heard” and middle “to hear (myself?)”

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What is typically the object of passive verbs? What is the technical name for this?

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Nothing; they do not take objects.

They are intransitive

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Can middle verbs take objects? What is the technical name?

A
Some Yes (though not all)
transitive
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We are saved by grace. Saved is passive. what would I use to translate the “by”

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A dative noun. Because the ὑπο + a genitive is personal. And the dative is instrumental.

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