Greek in a Nutshell

Designed for Beginners in the New Testament.
Professor of Exegetical Theology in Drew Theological Seminary
NEW YORK: EATON & MAINS CINCINNATI: JENNINGS & GRAHAM
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by NELSON & PHILLIPS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
This little Manual was originally prepared for the NORMAL CLASS, at the request of the editor of that Journal, and was at the same time expected to form an instruction book at the Sunday-School Assembly annually held at Chautauqua. This accounts for its form in twelve series of two pages each. The reading lessons, however, have been made sufficiently full for subsequent study. Of course the simplest elements only of the Greek language can be comprised in such narrow limits; nor can a full vocabulary or ready facility be acquired in so short a course. Nevertheless, a good beginning may be made, and that is half the battle in any enterprise. It is believed that a thorough mastery of this small volume will prove a conquest over all the real difficulties of the original tongue of the New Testament.
J. S.
§ 1. THE ALPHABET.
§ 2. Notes on the Alphabet.
1. α sounds broad, like a in arm , at the end of a word, and before ρ final or ρ followed by a different consonant.
2. γ has the nasal sound, like ng in king , before γ, κ, χ, or ξ.
3. ι has its long sound, like i in machine , at the end of a syllable.
Every letter is sounded, and, with the above exceptions, invariably the same.