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REVIEW 1.15:  Adverbs

An easily recognizable ending of adverbs encountered in this course is:

 

-ως  as the ending of a stem known to be that of an adjective of Type 1. 

 

Examples:  καλῶς = well, beautifully, from καλός; κακῶς  = badly, poorly, from κακός

 

The neuter sg,and sometimes the neuter pl, of an adjective may be used as an adverb:

 

Examples:   μόνον = only      πολλά  = often ("many times")          πρῶτον = first, firstly

 

Many other adverbs need to be memorized as part of one’s vocabulary.

 

Examples:   αἰεί / ἀεί   = always;  εὖ = well;  ἔτι = still, yet   

 

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