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Read through Croy section 93.
Again, the endings of the aorist past middle are identical to those of the imperfect past middle, just as the active endings were identical. They both have augment, since they are past tense verbs. As a result, the only way to tell the difference between the imperfect past middle and the aorist past middle is by recognizing the stem.
If the verb is built from the first principal part (present stem), then it is the imperfect past.
If the verb is built from the third principal part (aorist stem), then it is the aorist past.
Here is a chart showing the imperfect past middle and the aorist past middle side by side.
Imperfect Past Active |
Aorist Past Active |
Aorist Past Active Ending (same as Imperfect Past Active Ending) |
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| I became | ἐγινόμην |
ἐγενόμην | όμην |
| you became | ἐγίνου |
ἐγένου | ου |
| she became | ἐγίνετο | ἐγένετο | ετο |
| we became | ἐγινόμεθα | ἐγενόμεθα | όμεθα |
| you became | ἐγίνεσθε | ἐγένεσθε |
εσθε |
| they became | ἐγίνοντο | ἐγένοντο | οντο |
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