L/V 10+ Tip of the Day #198 Principal parts / Perseus
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This tip is inspired by the forum post: Logos 9 Bible Word Study Guide Lemma Section Shows Incorrect Principal Parts - Logos Forums
Regarding principal parts being unexpected, there is a question of what forms are actually attested:
The principal parts data is based on an analysis of the corpora that Logos has tagged as well as the entirety of Perseus data. In more cases than one would think, the proper form is not witnessed so IIRC we fell back to a 2nd or 3rd person form if it was extant.
In other places the Perseus data is simply ambiguous and may annotate an instance multiple ways; my guess is that this particular issue is evidence of that.
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