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    ANCIENT GREEK VERB: A. ENDINGS 1

    Greek Finite Verb Endings

    Person and Number distinguishing features

    1 sg. 1 pl.

    2 sg. 2 pl.

    3 sg. 3 pl.

    PRIMARY ACTIVE ENDINGS

    I-A-prPrehistoric1 I-A-ath Athematic2 I-A-them Them3 I-A-Subj Subj4

    1 sg. 1 sg. 1 sg. 1 sg.

    2 sg. 2 sg. 2 sg. 2 sg.

    3 sg. 3 sg. 3 sg. 3 sg.

    1 pl. 1 pl. 1 pl. 1 pl.

    2 pl. 2 pl. 2 pl. 2 pl.

    3 pl. 3 pl. 3 pl. 3 pl.

    Tenses: Pres. Indic.

    Act. of verbs

    Tenses: Pres. Indic.

    Act. of verbs; Futureof

    all verbs.

    Tenses: Pres., Aor.,

    Pf. Subj. Act. of allverbs; also Aor. Subj.

    Passive

    1 I-A-pr Prehistoric: These endings correspond to those found in other ancient Indo-European languages and

    are the starting-points for explaining the historical forms. Note the characteristic -marker of the primaryactive added the the person/number signs in all forms except the 1st and 2nd persons plural.

    2 I-A-ath Athematic: These endings are attached directly to present stems ending in vowels.

    3 sg.: Prehistoric has become (Indo-European followed by or becomes ).

    2 sg.: The secondary active ending has replaced to distinguish this from the 3 sg. ending.

    3 pl.: Here too before has become , yielding ; then the which falls between the vowel of

    the verb-stem and changes to its vocalic equivalent , yielding .3 I-A-them Thematic: These endings result from combination of the thematic vowel with the prehistoric

    endings, appearing before and , appearing elsewhere.

    1 sg.: Here instead of we find the thematic vowel lengthens to .

    3 sg.: The of the older becomes , yielding ;then the invervocalic evanesces, leaving asthe ending.2 sg.: Here too the of evanesced, yielding ; in order to distinguish this from the 3 sg. ending, the

    secondary active ending was added (compare athematic 2 sg. above), yielding .

    3 pl.:As in the 3 sg., so here the of changed to , yielding ; then between and

    evanesced and the was compensatorily lengthened to , yielding .4 I-A-Subj Subjunctive: Here the thematic vowel appears in lengthened form as .

    3 sg.: loses intervocalic ; then and contract, yielding .

    2 sg.: As in the indicative thematic endings, the secondary active ending is added to the form resulting form

    loss of intervocalic and contraction of and , yielding .

    3 pl.: became , then lost between and , yielding .

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    ANCIENT GREEK VERB: A. ENDINGS 2

    Greek Finite Verb Endings

    Person and Number distinguishing features

    1 sg. 1 pl.

    2 sg. 2 pl.

    3 sg. 3 pl.

    PRIMARY MIDDLE-PASSIVE ENDINGS

    I-MP-Athematic5 I-MP-Them-Indic.6 I-MP-Them-Fut.P7 I-MP-Them-Subj8

    1 sg. 1 sg. 1 sg. 1 sg.

    2 sg. 2 sg. 2 sg. 2 sg.

    3 sg. 3 sg. 3 sg. 3 sg.

    1 pl. 1 pl. 1 pl. 1 pl.

    2 pl. 2 pl. 2 pl. 2 pl.

    3 pl. 3 pl. 3 pl. 3 pl.

    Tenses: Present and

    Perf. M-P Indic. ofverbs; (Perf. ofallverbs)

    Tenses: Pres. Indic. M-

    P of verbs, Fut. M-PIndicative ofall verbs

    Tenses: Future

    Indicative Passive of allverbs

    Tenses: Present M-P

    Subj. of all verbs, Aor.Middle Subj. of all verbs

    5 I-MP-Athematic: These are the prehistoric endings, preserved intact in conjugation of the verbs in thePresent Middle-Passive and Perfect Middle-Passive Indicative. Endings are attached directly to vowel-stems, butin the Perfect Middle-Passive, a consonant stem will assimilate to its ending.6I-MP-Them-Indicative: These endings result from combination of the thematic vowel with the

    original endings ( appearing before or- ; appearing in all other instances.

    2 sg.: Intervocalic evanesces from , then and contract into a diphthong normally spelled ,

    although the earlier spelling is not infrequently seen.7 I-MP-Them Future Passive: These endings are simply forms combining the or passive marker

    with the I-MP-Them-Indicativeendings.8 I-MP-Them Subjunctive: Here the thematic vowel appears in the lengthened form as .

    2 sg.: Intervocalic evanesces from ; then the vowels are contracted, yielding .

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    ANCIENT GREEK VERB: A. ENDINGS 3

    SECONDARY ACTIVE ENDINGS

    II-A-Athematic9 II-A-Alpha Aorist10 II-A-Pluperfect11 II-A-Thematic12

    1 sg. 1 sg. 1 sg. 1 sg.

    2 sg. 2 sg. 2 sg. 2 sg.

    3 sg. 3 sg. 3 sg. 3 sg.

    1 pl. 1 pl. 1 pl. 1 pl.

    2 pl. 2 pl. 2 pl. 2 pl.3 pl. 3 pl. 3 pl. 3 pl.

    Tenses: Imperfect Indic.

    Act. of verbs, AoristIndic. Active of Athem.Verbs, Aorist Indic. Pass.ofallverbs

    Tenses: I Aorist Indic.

    Active, Aorist Indic.Active of aoristverbs

    Tense: Pluperfect

    Indic. Active ofall

    verbs

    Tenses: Imperfect

    Indic. Active ofverbs, Aorist Indic.Active of II Aoristthematic stems

    9 II-A-Athematic: These endings are attached directly to stems ending in a vowel.

    1 sg.: Indo-European final always becomes Greek-nfollowing a vowel.

    2 sg.: The more ancient ending is seen in the imperfect and pluperfect of some irregular verbs, as in

    .3 sg.: Indo-European final is always lost, leaving the vowel stem only as the 3 sg. verb form.

    3 pl.: Indo-European final is lost here also in the ending found in some Homeric and older forms. In thehistorical period, the taken from the I Aorist Active 3 pl. ending has become standard.

    10 II-A-Alpha Aorist: These endings have evolved from combinations of stems ending in a consonant and the1 sg. ending and 3 pl. ending , the and vocalizing into an which then became standard in all

    forms except the 3 sg., where the is apparently carried over from the thematic 3 sg. ending.1 sg.: The primitive final has vocalized to following the consonant stem.

    3 pl.: The primitive final has vocalized into following the consonant stem; then the final was lost

    as elsewhere. The form in is actually aprimary ending, as the perfect is, properly speaking, a primarytense: here the combines with the 3 pl. primary ending to yield .

    11 II-A-Pluperfect: These forms derive from combinations of a perfect stem in with alpha-endings in the

    singular, athematic endings in the plural. Hellenistic variants in the 1 sg. and 2 sg. developed from the 3 sg.

    ending to bring a superficial regularity to the entire set of endings; sometimes the element is found in the

    plural forms also in Hellenistic texts.

    1 sg.: The is a contraction of the perfect stem in and the 1 sg. alpha ending. The Hellenistic form isformed by analogy with the 3 sg. form, viewed as a stem to which the athematic 1 sg. is added.

    2 sg.: Here too the is a contraction of and the 2 sg. alpha ending. The Hellenistic form is

    constructed in the same way as the 1 sg.: athematic 2 sg. is added to the stem.

    3 sg.: The is a contraction of perfect stem in and the 3 sg. alpha ending.

    1, 2, 3 pl.: These endings are simple combinations of perfect stem in with athematic endings.12 II-A-Thematic: These endings result from combination of the thematic vowel with the primitive

    endings.1 sg.: The primitive following became as in the athematic ending.

    3 sg.: The primitive fell away as a final consonant, leaving the thematic vowel as the ending.

    3 pl.: Here too the final of the primitive ending fell away, leaving as the historical 3 pl. thematic

    ending.

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    ANCIENT GREEK VERB: A. ENDINGS 4

    SECONDARY ACTIVE ENDINGS (CONTINUED)

    II-A-Athem. Opt.13 IIAAlphaAor.Opt.14 II-AAor.Pass.Opt.15 II-A-Them.Opt.16

    1 sg. 1 sg. 1 sg. 1 sg.

    2 sg. 2 sg. 2 sg. 2 sg.

    3 sg. 3 sg. 3 sg. 3 sg.

    1 pl. 1 pl. 1 pl. 1 pl.2 pl. 2 pl. 2 pl. 2 pl.

    3 pl. 3 pl. 3 pl. 3 pl.

    Tenses: Present

    Optative Active ofverbs, Aor. OptativeActive of Athem. Aoriststems

    Tense: I Aor. Optative

    Active

    Tense: Aorist Optative

    Passive of all verbs

    Tenses: Present

    Optative Active ofverbs, Aor. Opt. Act. ofthem. aorist stems; Perf.Opt. Act. of all verbs

    13 II-A-Athematic Opt.: These forms are combinations of the optative marker with the athematic endings.

    In the 3 pl. the optative sign is weakened from to before the original ending, from which the final

    was lost. A variant 3 pl. form is sometimes seen which combines with the 3 pl. athematic ending to

    yield .

    14 II-A-Alpha Aorist Optative: These endings derive from combination of the alpha stem, the shorteroptative marker and the secondary active endings. In the 2 sg., 3 sg. and 3 pl. a second type is more

    commonly found; it consists of an optative sign to which alpha aorist personal endings have been added.15 II-A-Aor. Pass. Optative: These forms are clearly simple combinations of the passive marker and

    the athematic optative endings.16 II-A-Thematic Optative: These forms are combinations of the thematic vowel ,the shorter optative

    sign and the same secondary active endings seen in the alpha aorist optative. The alternate forms in the 1

    sg., 2 sg.., 3 sg., and 3 pl. are commonly used with thematic contract verbs with stems in , and ,

    yielding , , and by contraction with and stems, and , , and by contraction

    with stems.

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    ANCIENT GREEK VERB: A. ENDINGS 5

    SECONDARY MIDDLE-PASSIVE ENDINGS

    II-MP-Athematic17 II-MP-Alpha Aor.18 II-MP-Thematic19

    1 sg. 1 sg. 1 sg.

    2 sg. 2 sg. 2 sg.

    3 sg. 3 sg. 3 sg.

    1 pl. 1 pl. 1 pl.2 pl. 2 pl. 2 pl.

    3 pl. 3 pl. 3 pl.

    Tenses: Imperf. Indic.

    MP of verbs, AoristIndic. M of Athem. Aor.stems; Pluperf. Indic. MPof all verbs

    Tenses: I Aorist

    Indicative Middle

    Tenses:

    Imperf.Indic.MP ofverbs; Aor. Indic. M of2 Aor.them. stems

    17 II-MP-Athematic: These endings are attached directly to stems ending in a vowel.18 II-MP-Alpha Aorist: These endings are all constructed on the alpha stem which had already become

    standardized throughout the secondary active forms. The alpha stem is combined with the original athematicendings.

    2 sg.: Intervocalic in the earlier form has evanesced, after which the adjacent vowels

    contracted into .19 II-MP-Thematic: These endings result from combination of the thematic vowel with the original

    athematic endings.2 sg.: As in the secondary alpha aorist forms, so here too intervocalic in the earlier form has evanesced,

    after which the adjacent vowels contracted into .

    II-MP-Ath. Opt.20 II-MP-Alpha Opt.21 II-MP-Them. Opt.22

    1 sg. 1 sg. 1 sg.

    2 sg. 2 sg. 2 sg.

    3 sg. 3 sg. 3 sg.

    1 pl. 1 pl. 1 pl.

    2 pl. 2 pl. 2 pl.3 pl. 3 pl. 3 pl.

    Tenses: Imperf. Opt.

    MP of verbs, Aor.Opt. M of Athem. Aor.stems

    Tenses: I Aor. Indic. M Tenses: Pres. Opt. MP

    of verbs; Fut. Opt. Mof 2 Aor. them. stems

    20 II-MP-Athematic Opt.: These forms are combinations of the shorter optative marker with the athematic

    secondary MP endings.2 sg.: Here again intervocalic has evanesced.

    21 II-MP-Alpha Optative: These forms are combinations of the standardized alpha stem and the athematicoptative endings. Here too intervocalic has evanesced from an earlier form .

    22 II-MP-Them. Opt.: These forms are combinations of the thematic vowel and the athematic optativeendings. Here too intervocalic has evanesced from an earlier form .

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    ANCIENT GREEK VERB: A. ENDINGS 6

    Greek Imperative Endings

    ACTIVE ENDINGS

    (A-ath-imp) Athematic23 (A-alph-imp) Alpha Aorist24 (A-them-imp) Thematic25

    2 sg. 2 sg. 2 sg.

    3 sg. 3 sg. 3 sg.2 pl. 2 pl. 2 pl.

    3 pl. 3 pl. 3 pl.

    Tenses: Present Imptv Act. of

    verbs; Aor. Imptv Act. of

    athem. aor. stems; Aor. ImptvPass. of all verbs; Perf. ImptvAct. of a few verbs.

    Tenses: I Aor. Imptv Act. of

    verbs; Aor. Imptv act. of them.aor. stems; Perf. Imptv Act ofmost verbs.

    Tenses: Present Imperative Act.

    of verbs.

    23 (A-ath-imp) Athematic: These endings are attached directly to athematic vowel stems.2 sg.: Stems in have no ending at all, as and . Stems in and add an ending to

    form the 2 sg. Aorist Imperative Active, as and . Stems in and in consonants add , as

    and . Aorist passive stems add , but by the phonological principle of dissimilation of aspirates, the

    of is muted to , yielding as the actual ending.

    3 pl.: The variant ending is clearly a combination of the 3 sg. ending and the secondary active 3 pl. ending.24 (A-alph-imp) Alpha Aorist: These endings are combinations of the alpha stem and the athematic

    imperative endings.2 sg.: The ending is of obscure origin.

    25 (A-them-imp) Thematic: These endings are combinations of the thematic vowel and the athematic

    imperative endings.

    MIDDLE-PASSIVE ENDINGS

    (MP-ath-imp) Athem.26 (M-alph-imp) Alpha Aor,27 (MP-them-imp)Them28

    2 sg. 2 sg. 2 sg.

    3 sg. 3 sg. 3 sg.

    2 pl. 2 pl. 2 pl.

    3 pl. 3 pl. 3 pl.

    Tenses: Pres. Imptv MP of

    verbs; Aor. Imptv M of athem.aor. stems; Perf. Imptv MP of allverbs.

    Tenses: I Aor. Imptv M stems. Tenses: Pres. Imptv MP of

    verbs; Aor. Imptv M of them.aor. stems.

    26 (MP-ath-imp) Athematic: These endings are attached directly to athematic vowel stems.27 (M-alph-imp) Alpha Aorist: These endings are combinations of the standardized alpha stem and athematic

    MP endings.2 sg.: The ending is of obscure origin.

    28 (MP-them-imp) Thematic: These endings are combinations of the thematic vowel and the athematic

    MP endings.2 sg.: Intervocalic in the earlier form evanesced; then the adjacent vowels contracted: to .

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    ANCIENT GREEK VERB: A. ENDINGS 7

    Greek Infinitive Endings

    ACTIVE ENDINGS

    (A-ath-inf)Ath. Act. (A-pf-Inf) Perf. Act. (A-alph-inf)Alph.Aor. (A-them-inf) Them.

    Tenses: Pres. Infin. Act.

    of iverbs; Aor. Infin.Pass. of all verbs.

    Tenses: Perf. Infin. Act.

    of all verbs; Aor. Infin.

    Act. of athemataic aor.stems

    Tense: 1 Aor. Infin.

    Active

    Tense: Pres. Infin. Act.

    of verbs; Fut. Infin.Act. of all verbs; Aor.

    Infin. Act. of them. aor.stems.

    MIDDLE-PASSIVE ENDINGS

    (MP-ath-inf) Athem. (M-alph-inf) Alph. Aor. (MP-them-inf) Them.

    Tenses: Pres. Infin. MP

    of verbs; Aor. Infin. Mathem. aor. stems; Perf.Infin. MP of all verbs.

    Tense: 1 Aorist Infinitive Middle. Tenses: Pres. Infin. MP

    of verbs; Fut. Infin. Mof all verbs; Fut. infin. Pof all verbs; Aor. Infin. M

    of them. aorist stems.

    Greek Participial Endings

    ACTIVE ENDINGS

    (A-ath-ptc) Athem. (A-alph-ptc)AlphaAor (A-pf-ptc) Perf. Act (A-them-ptc) Them.

    Declension Declension Declension Declension

    nom. sg. m. nom. sg. m. nom. sg. m. nom. sg. m.nom. sg. f. nom. sg. f. nom. sg. f. nom. sg. f.

    nom. sg. n. nom. sg. n. nom. sg. n. nom. sg. n.

    g. sg.m.n. g. sg.m.n. g. sg.m.n. g. sg.m.n.

    dat. pl.m.n dat. pl.m.n dat. pl.m.n dat. pl.m.n

    Tenses: Pres. Ptc. Act. of

    verbs; Aor. Ptc. Act. ofathem. aor. stems; Aor.Ptc. Pass. of all verbs

    Tenses: Pres. Ptc. Act. of

    athematic stems in ;Aor. Ptc. of alpha stems.

    Tense: Perf. Ptc. Act. of

    all verbs

    Tenses: Pres. Ptc. Act. of

    verbs; Fut. Ptc. Act. ofall verbs; Aor. Ptc. Act. ofthem. aor. stems.

    MIDDLE-PASSIVE ENDINGS

    (MP-ath-ptc) Athematic (M-alph-ptc) Alpha Aorist (MP-them-ptc)Thematic

    Tenses: Pres. Ptc. MP of verbs;

    Aor. Ptc. M of athem. aor. stems;Perf. Ptc. MP of all verbs.

    Tense: 1 Aor. Ptc. M of alpha

    aorist stems.

    Tenses: Pres. Ptc. MP of verbs;

    Fut. Ptc. M of all verbs; Aor. Ptc.M of athem. aor. stgems.

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    ANCIENT GREEK VERB: B. SIX TENSE SYSTEMS 8

    The Six Tense Systems of the Greek Verb: Formation and Synopsis

    Major Types of Greek Verbs, illustrated with principle parts:

    (in what follows, the principal parts of those verbs showing the peculiarities characteristic of their type are printed inbold characters)

    (a) Regular Thematic Verbs

    (b) Contract Thematic Verbs

    (c) Athematic or-mi Verbs

    (d) Liquid Thematic Verbs

    (e) Thematic Second Aorist, Second Perfect (i.e. w/o characteristic-kaending)

    (f) Athematic Second Aorist (or "Third Aorist")

    (g) Second Future, Second Passive

    C. W. Conrad, Overview of the Ancient Greek Verb. Carl W. Conrad, 2004

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    ANCIENT GREEK VERB: B. SIX TENSE SYSTEMS 9

    I. PRESENT SYSTEM (PRESENT AND IMPERFECT TENSES, ACTIVE AND MIDDLE-PASSIVE)

    2 types: Regular Thematic including Contract VerbsAthematic or Verbs

    A. Regular Thematic including Contract Verbs29

    PRESENT STEM: from first principal part:

    fromfromfromfrom

    RULES FOR FORMATION AND SYNOPSIS (3rd singular)

    ACTIVE VOICE MIDDLE-PASSIVE VOICE

    Present Stem + I-A-Them endings Stem + I-MP-Them-Indicative endings

    IndicativePresent Stem + I-A-Sub endings Stem + I-MP-Them-Subjunctive endings

    Subjunctive

    Present Stem + II-A-Thematic Optative endings Stem + II-MP-Them. Opt. endingsOptative

    Present Stem + A-them-imp endings Stem + MP-them-imp endingsImperative

    Present Stem + A-them-inf ending Stem + MP them-inf endingInfinitive

    Present Stem + A-them-ptc endings Stem + MP-them-ptc endingsParticiple

    Imperfect Augment + Stem + II-A-Them endings Augment + Stem + II-MP-Thematic endingsIndicative

    29NOTE: Contract verbs ar e thematic, but of stems contracts with vowels of the mood infix ( )as follows:

    +

    =

    + oi

    = oi

    +

    =

    C. W. Conrad, Overview of the Ancient Greek Verb. Carl W. Conrad, 2004

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    ANCIENT GREEK VERB: B. SIX TENSE SYSTEMS 10

    B. Athematic ( )Verbs

    PRESENT STEM: from first principal part:

    from

    NOTE: Athematic stems have long-voweland short-vowel forms. The long-vowel stem

    appears in the singular of the indicative active tenses, the short-vowel stem in mostother places. Note also that in the imperfect singular, some athematic verbs have partlyassimilated to the thematic forms of inflection: .

    RULES FOR FORMATION AND SYNOPSIS (3rd plural)

    ACTIVE VOICE MIDDLE-PASSIVE VOICE

    Present Stem + I-A-Athematic endings Stem + I-MP-Athematic endingsIndicative

    Present Stem + I-A-Subjunctive endings Stem + I-MP-Them-Subjunctive endingsSubjunctive

    Present Stem + II-A-Athematic Optative endings Stem + II-MP-Athematic Opt. endingsOptative

    Present Stem + A-ath-imp endings Stem + MP-ath-imp endingsImperative (Hellenistic) (Hellenistic)

    Present Stem + A-ath-inf ending Stem + MP ath-inf endingInfinitive

    Present Stem + A-ath-ptc endings Stem + MP-ath-ptc endingsParticiple

    Imperfect Augm + Stem + II-A-Athematic endings Augment + Stem + II-MP-Athematic endingsIndicative

    II. FUTURE SYSTEM (FUTURE TENSE, ACTIVE AND MIDDLE)

    FUTURE STEM: from second principal part:

    fromfrom

    from uncontracted)

    RULES FOR FORMATION AND SYNOPSIS (1st plural)

    ACTIVE VOICE MIDDLE-PASSIVE VOICE

    Future Stem + I-A-Thematic endings Stem + I-MP-Them-Indicative endingsIndicative

    Future Stem + II-A-Thematic Optative endings Stem + II-MP-Them. Opt. endingsOptative

    Future Stem + A-them-inf ending Stem + MP-them-inf endingInfinitive

    Future Stem + A-them-ptc endings Stem + MP-them-ptc endingsParticiple

    30Note that liquid verbs follow the pattern of typical e-stem contractions observed in the conjugation of verbs inthe present tense. So also do verbs (e.g. )

    31Note that some verbs with -stems have a future following the pattern of verbs in the present tense, as forexample: from .

    C. W. Conrad, Overview of the Ancient Greek Verb. Carl W. Conrad, 2004

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    ANCIENT GREEK VERB: B. SIX TENSE SYSTEMS 11

    III. AORIST SYSTEM (AORIST TENSE, ACTIVE AND MIDDLE)

    3 types: First or SigmaticAoristSecond or Thematic AoristThird or Athematic "Second" Aorist

    A. First or Sigmatic Aorist

    FIRST AORIST STEM: from third principal part:

    fromfrom

    RULES FOR FORMATION AND SYNOPSIS (1st plural)

    ACTIVE VOICE MIDDLE-PASSIVE VOICE

    Aorist Augm+ Stem + II-A-Alpha Aor. endings Augment + Stem + II-MP-Alpha Aor. endingsIndicative

    Aorist Stem + I-A-Subjunctive endings Stem + I-MP-Them-Subjunctive endingsSubjunctive

    Aorist Stem + II-A-Alpha Aorist Opt endings Stem + II-MP-Alpha Optative endingsOptative

    Aorist Stem + A-alph-imp endings Stem + MP-alph-imp endingsImperative (3 sg.) (3 sg.)

    Aorist Stem + A-alph-inf ending Stem + MP-alph-inf endingInfinitive

    Aorist Stem + A-alph-ptc ( ) endings Stem + MP-alph-ptc endingsParticiple

    B. Second Aorist, Thematic Type

    SECOND AORIST STEM: from third principal part:

    from

    RULES FOR FORMATION AND SYNOPSIS (2nd sg.)

    ACTIVE VOICE MIDDLE-PASSIVE VOICE

    Aorist Augm + Stem + II-A-Thematic endings Augment + Stem + II-MP-Thematic endingsIndicative

    Aorist Stem + I-A-Subjunctive endings Stem + I-MP-Them-Subjunctive endingsSubjunctive

    Aorist Stem + II-A-Thematic Optative endings Stem + II-MP-Them. Opt. endingsOptative

    Aorist Stem + A-them-imp endings Stem + MP-them-imp endingsImperative

    Aorist tem + A-them-inf ending Stem + MP-them-inf endingInfinitive

    Aorist Stem + A-them-ptc (o-nt)endings Stem + MP-them-ptc endings

    Participle

    32Note: liquid verbs have lost medial sigma between liquid and alpha; loss of the sigma is usually indicated bycompensatory lengthening of the vowel preceding the liquid-sigma complex. So, e.g., the stem is to beunderstood as deriving from ; with loss of the , the lengthened into .

    C. W. Conrad, Overview of the Ancient Greek Verb. Carl W. Conrad, 2004

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    ANCIENT GREEK VERB: B. SIX TENSE SYSTEMS 12

    C. Third or Athematic "Second" Aorist

    THIRD AORIST STEM: from third principal part

    from

    fromfrom

    RULES FOR FORMATION AND SYNOPSIS (3 sg.)

    ACTIVE VOICE MIDDLE-PASSIVE VOICE

    Aorist Augm + Stem + II-A-Athematic endings Augment + Stem + II-MP-Athematic endingsIndicative

    Aorist Stem + I-A-Subjunctive endings (contr.) Stem + I-MP-Them-Subjunctive endings (contr.)Subjunctive

    AoristOptative

    Aorist Stem + A-ath-imp endings Stem + MP-athem-imp endingsImperative

    Aorist Stem + A-ath-inf ending (contr.) Stem + MP-athem-inf endingInfinitive

    Aorist Stem + A-ath-ptc ( )endings Stem + MP-ath-ptc endingsParticiple

    IV. PERFECT ACTIVE SYSTEM (PERFECT AND PLUPERFECT TENSES, ACTIVE)

    PERFECT ACTIVE STEM: from fourthprincipal part

    (First Perfect): from(Second Perfect): from

    RULES FOR FORMATION AND SYNOPSIS (3 pl.)

    MOOD RULES FOR FORMATION FIRST PERFECT SECOND PERFECTIndicative Stem + II-A-Alpha Aorist endings34

    Subjunctive Stem + I-A-Subjunctive endings

    Optative Stem + II-A-Thematic Opt endings

    Imperataive Stem + A-them-imp endings

    Infinitive Stem + A-pf-Inf ending

    Participle Stem + A-pf-ptc endings

    Pluperfect Indicative Augm + Stem + II-A-Plupf endings

    33Note: these athematic stems have long-vowel forms that tend to appear in the indicative and short-vowelforms that tend to appear elsewhere, contractedin the subjunctive and also in the active infinitive.

    34Note that since this is aprimary tense, the third plural ending is (not ).

    C. W. Conrad, Overview of the Ancient Greek Verb. Carl W. Conrad, 2004

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    ANCIENT GREEK VERB: B. SIX TENSE SYSTEMS 13

    V. PERFECT MIDDLE SYSTEM (PERFECT, PLUPERFECT, FUTURE PERFECT TENSES,MIDDLE)

    PERFECT MIDDLE STEM: from fifthprincipal part:

    fromfrom

    from

    FUTURE PERFECT MIDDLE STEM:

    ( )

    ( assimilated)

    ( assimilated)

    RULES FOR FORMATION AND SYNOPSIS (2 sg.)

    MOOD PERFECT MIDDLE FUTURE PERFECT MIDDLE

    Perfect Stem + I-MP-Athematic endings Stem + I-MP-Them-Indicative endingsIndicative

    (but 3 pl.: plural participle +Perfect Perfect MP Participle + Subj. of None

    Subjunctive (etc.)

    Perfect Perfect MP Participle + Opt. ofefim Stem + II-MP-Them-Opt. endings

    Optative (etc.)

    Perfect Stem + MP-ath-imp endings NoneImperative

    Perfect Stem + MP-ath-inf ending Stem + MP-them-inf endingInfinitive

    Perfect Stem + MP-ath-ptc endings Stem + MP-them-ptc endingsParticiple

    Pluperfect Augm. + Stem + II-MP-Ath endings

    Indicative

    35Note that in the perfect middle a consonant-stemassimilates to the consonant of the ending.36Note that in the perfect MP infinitive a consonant-stemassimilates to the of the- infinitive ending

    while the is squeezed out phonetically.37Note that in the perfect MP participle the accent is always on the syllable.

    C. W. Conrad, Overview of the Ancient Greek Verb. Carl W. Conrad, 2004

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    ANCIENT GREEK VERB: B. SIX TENSE SYSTEMS 14

    VI. PASSIVE SYSTEM (AORIST AND FUTURE TENSES, PASSIVE)

    AORIST PASSIVE STEM: from sixth principle part:

    (First Passive): from

    (Second Passive): from

    FUTURE PASSIVE STEM: AORIST PASSIVE STEM + s

    (First Future Passive):(Second Future Passive):

    RULES FOR FORMATION AND SYNOPSIS (3 sg.)

    MOOD AORIST PASSIVE FUTURE PASSIVE

    Indicative Augm + Stem + II-A-Athem endings FP Stem + I-MP-Them-Indicative endings

    Subjunctive Stem + I-A-Subj endings None

    Optative Stem + II-Aor. Pass. Optative endings FP Stem + II-MP-Them-Optative endings

    Imperative Stem + A-ath-imp endings39 None

    Infinitive Stem + A-ath-inf ending FP Stem + MP-them-inf ending

    Participle Stem + A-ath-ptc endings FP Stem + MP-them-ptc endings

    38Note that the passive stem has a long-vowel form which appears in the indicative, imperative, and infinitive --and a short-vowel form which appears in the subjunctive, optative, and participle.

    39Note that in the second singular imperative becomes after the passive marker (i.e. .

    C. W. Conrad, Overview of the Ancient Greek Verb. Carl W. Conrad, 2004