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The distinctive feature of the aorist passive stem is that it ends in eta, usually in theta-eta. The endings are added to the eta of the stem, as shown below. In addition, the aorist passive past tense takes augment, as all past tense verbs do. When you learn the sixth principal part, it already shows you the augment (just as the third principal part showed you the augment for the aorist active past tense).
What is most interesting about these forms is that the endings do not look like passive endings at all. Instead, they closely resemble the aorist active endings.
Aorist Past Active |
Aorist Active Endings |
Aorist
Passive Endings |
Aorist Past Passive |
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| I destroyed | ἔλυσα | α |
ην | ἐλύθην | I was destroyed |
| you destroyed | ἔλυσας | ας |
ης | ἐλύθης | you were destroyed |
| she destroyed | ἔλυσε | ε |
η | ἐλύθη | she was destroyed |
| we destroyed | ἐλύσαμεν | αμεν |
ημεν | ἐλύθημεν | we were destroyed |
| you destroyed | ἐλύσατε | ατε |
ητε | ἐλύθητε | you were destroyed |
| they destroyed | ἔλυσαν | αν |
ησαν | ἐλύθησαν | they were destroyed |
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