Lesson 22: Aorist Passive Participles

a(gioj- holy	e0piqumia- lust, desire
loipoj- remaining	sunagwgh- synagogue
makarioj- blessed	swthria- salvation

ASSIGNMENT: Memorize the vocabulary words above.

The aorist passive participle of luw is:

	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.
Nom.	luqeij	luqeisa	luqen
Gen.	luqentoj	luqeishj	luqentoj
L.I.D.	luqenti	luqeish	luqenti
Acc.	luqenta	luqeisan	luqen

	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.
Nom.	luqentej	luqeisai	luqenta
Gen.	luqentwn	luqeiswn	luqentwn
L.I.D.	luqeisi	luqeisaij	luqeisi
Acc.	luqentaj	luqeisaj	luqenta

To form the aorist passive participle, simply add the endings to the stem. All the other rules for participles learned earlier also apply here, except that these participive voice and not the active or middle. That is, the subject is passive in the action of the verb.

ASSIGNMENT: Memorize the tables above.

NOTE: One of the most frequent uses of the participle is what is called the "genitive absolute". A genitive absolute is a participle in the genitive case plus its noun or pronoun. These two words are independent of the main clause and thus are translated as independent clauses.

For example, a regular participial phrase is:

• ei0pon tauta oi9 a0postoloi a0phlqon

• "having said these things, the apostles went away".

• ei0pontwn tauta twn maqhtwn oi9 a0postoloi a0phlqon

• "The disciples having said these things; the apostles went away".

ASSIGNMENT: Translate the sentences below:

1. e0pelqontoj tou a(giou pneumatoj e0p au0touj e0labon dunamin

2. makarioj e0stin o( i0dwn thn swthrian tou qeou