Compound verbs

Question 1

What is common in compounds to be used as prefixes?

Answer 1

Propositions

Eg, προςτρεχειν
To run towards

Question 2

Death, aaaaa what do I mean?

Answer 2

Sometimes Greek compounds are used not strictly:

αποθνησκω: I die
αποκτρινω: I kill

Like being away from life, but this isn’t noticed much in practice

Question 3

What happens to the augment when compound verbs form their past tense?

Answer 3

Augment goes after the prefix

E.g

προςτρεχ
I run towards

to

προςεδραμον

I ran towards

Question 4

What can happen to απο before a vowel?

Answer 4

Shortens to απ