Features
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AdpType
: AdpType
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for AdpType
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Animacy
: animacy
Animacy
is not used.
Aspect
: aspect
Aspect
is not used.
Case
: case
The feature Case
is used for the following Ancient Greek PoS:
ADJ, DET, NOUN, NUM, PRON, PROPN, VERB (only with participles). In oder to get a detailed overview on how case is realized in Ancient Greek, see Smyth’s Grammar (189-340; 347-354).
In Ancient Greek we distinguish the following 5 cases:
Nom
: nominative
Gen
: genitive
Dat
: dative
Acc
: accusative
Voc
: vocative
Remants of old cases, such as the locative, are annotated as the corresponding syncretic case or as adverbs.
Definite
: definiteness or state
Definite
is not used.
Degree
: degree of comparison
Degree
applies to adjectives and adverbs.
Pos
: positive, first degree
This feature is not used.
Cmp
: comparative, second degree
The quality of one object is compared to the same quality of another object. For an account of how the comparative is morphologically realized in Ancient Greek see Smyth 1920: 86-90 and 101. For the the use of the comparative see Smyth 1920: 279-282.
Examples
- δηλότερος “clearer”
- ἀμείνων “better”
- μείζων “greter”
Sup
: superlative, third degree
The quality of one object is compared to the same quality of all other objects within a set. This corresponds in Ancient Greek to the the relative superlative, which can be morphologically realized like the absolute superlative. For an account for the morphology of the superlative see Smyth 1920: 86-90. For the the use of the superlative see Smyth 1920: 282-283.
Examples
- ὁ κράτιστος “the most powerful”
Abs
: absolute superlative
The quality of the given object is so strong that there is hardly any other object exceeding it. The quality is not actually compared to any particular set of objects. This corresponds in Ancient Greek to the the absolute superlative, which can be morphologically realized like the relative superlative. For an account for the morphology of the superlative see Smyth 1920: 86-90. For the the use of the superlative see Smyth 1920: 282-283.
Examples
- ἥδιστα “most pleasantly”
References
Smyth, Herbert Weir. 1920. A Greek Grammar for Colleges. New York: American Book Company (Perseus Digital Library; Internet Archive).
Gender
: gender
Ancient Greek distinguishes three values for the feature Gender
: masculine, feminine, and neuter. This feature applies to the following PoS: ADJ, DET, NOUN, NUM, PRON, PROPN, VERB (only with participles).
Masc
: masculine gender
Nouns denoting male persons are masculine. Other nouns may be also grammatically masculine, without any relation to sex.
Examples
- ναύτης “seaman”
Fem
: feminine gender
Nouns denoting female persons are feminine. Other nouns may be also grammatically feminine, without any relation to sex.
Examples
- γυνή “woman”
Neut
: neuter gender
nouns that are neither masculine nor feminine (grammatically).
Examples
- παιδίον “little child”
Com
: common gender
It is not used. Note that if a noun can be both masculine or feminine, the gender annotated is the one the noun bears in a given occurrence.
Mood
: mood
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for Mood
.
Negative
: whether the word can be or is negated
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for Negative
.
NumType
: numeral type
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for NumType
.
Number
: number
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for Number
.
Person
: person
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for Person
.
Poss
: possessive
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for Poss
.
PronType
: pronominal type
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for PronType
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Reflex
: reflexive
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for Reflex
.
Tense
: tense
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for Tense
.
VerbForm
: form of verb or deverbative
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for VerbForm
.
Voice
: voice
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for Voice
.