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Abbreviations

Abbreviations

Following is a list of the abbreviations used in the tooltips and the glossary.

Don’t worry if the abbreviations feel like a code at first. You’ll get used to them quickly, and you can always check the abbreviation chart below. Over time, the tooltips will help you recognize forms more naturally, so you can focus on reading the Greek itself without looking anything up.

Abbrev. Meaning
1pl 1st person plural
1sg 1st person singular
1-term. one-termination
2pl 2nd person plural
2sg 2nd person singular
2-term. two-termination
3pl 3rd person plural
3sg 3rd person singular
Acc accusative
Act active
adj. adjective
adv. adverb
Aor aorist
art. article
com.-gend. common-gender
comp. comparative
conj. conjunction
contr. contracted
Dat dative
dem. demonstrative
dep. deponent
Dual dual
elid. elided
emph. emphatic
f. feminine
Fut future
Gen genitive
impers. impersonal
Impf imperfect
Impv imperative
Ind indicative
indcl. indeclinable
indef. indefinite
Inf infinitive
intens. intensive
interr. interrogative
intj. interjection
irreg. irregular
m. masculine
Mid middle
noun noun
n. neuter
Nom nominative
num. number
Opt optative
part. particle
Pass passive
Perf perfect
pers. personal
Pl plural
Plup pluperfect
poss. possessive
pred. predicate
prep. preposition
Pres present
prev. preverb
pron. pronoun
ptc. participle
recip. reciprocal
refl. reflexive
rel. relative
Sg singular
spec. specifically
Subj subjunctive
sup. superlative
supl. suppletive
usu. usually
v. verb
Voc vocative