Editing Participle (section)

====Ancient Greek====
See Also [[Ancient Greek grammar#Participle]]

The [[Ancient Greek]] participle shares in the properties of adjectives and verbs. Like an adjective, it changes form for [[grammatical gender|gender]], [[grammatical case|case]], and [[grammatical number|number]]. Like a verb, it has [[grammatical tense|tense]] and [[voice (grammar)|voice]], is modified by [[adverb]]s, and can take [[verb argument]]s, including an [[object (grammar)|object]].<sup>[]</sup>

There is a form of the participle for every combination of tense (present, aorist, perfect, future) and voice (active, middle, passive).  All participles are based on the stems of the corresponding tenses. Here are the masculine nominative singular forms for a thematic and an athematic verb:
{| class="wikitable polytonic" style="text-align: center;"
! λύω<br>"I release" !! active !! middle !! passive
|-
! present
| λύων || colspan="2" | λυόμενος
|-
! aorist
|λύσας || λυσάμενος || λυθείς
|-
! future
| λύσων || λυσόμενος || λυθησόμενος
|-
! perfect
| λελυκώς || colspan="2" | λελυμένος
|}

{| class="wikitable polytonic" style="text-align: center;"
! τίθημι<br>"I put" !! active !! middle !! passive
|-
! present
| τιθείς || colspan="2" | τιθέμενος
|-
! aorist
|θείς || θέμενος || τεθείς
|-
! future
| θήσων || θησόμενος || τεθησόμενος
|-
! perfect
| τεθηκώς || colspan="2" | τεθειμένος
|}

Like an adjective, it can modify a noun, and can be used to embed one thought into another.

* πολλὰ καὶ φύσει καὶ ἐπιστήμῃ δεῖ '''τὸν εὖ στρατηγήσοντα''' ἔχειν<br>"he '''who intends to be a good general''' must have a great deal of ability and knowledge,"

In the example, the participial phrase τὸν εὖ στρατηγήσοντα, literally "the one going to be a good general," is used to embed the idea εὖ στρατηγήσει "he will be a good general" within the main verb.

The participle is very widely used in ancient Greek, especially in prose.