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Verb System: Present, Imperfect, Aorist, Future

The secondary (past) tenses are marked in yellow on the chart. The secondary (past) tenses take augment, but the primary (non-past) tenses do not take augment.

Present Active: λυ- Imperfect Active: ἐλυ- Aorist Active: ἐλυσ-
(second aorist endings in green)
Future Active: λυσ-
λύω
ω
ἔλυον ον
ἔλυσα α
ον
λύσω ω
λύεις
εις
ἔλυες ες ἔλυσας ας
ες
λύσεις εις
λύει
ει
ἔλυε ε ἔλυσε ε
ε
λύσει ει
λύομεν
ομεν
ἐλύομεν ομεν ἐλύσαμεν αμεν
ομεν
λύσομεν ομεν
λύετε
ετε
ἐλύετε ετε ἐλύσατε ατε
ετε
λύσετε ετε
λύουσι
ουσι
ἔλυον ον ἔλυσαν αν
ον
λύσουσι ουσι
Present Mid- Pass: λυ- Imperfect Mid- Pass: ἐλυ- Aorist Middle: ἐλυσ-
(second aorist endings in green)
Future Middle: λυσ-
λύομαι
ομαι ἐλυόμην όμην ἐλυσάμην
άμην
όμην
λύσομαι ομαι
λύῃ
ἐλύου
ου ἐλύσω
ω
ου
λύσῃ
λύεται εται ἐλύετο ετο ἐλύσατο
ατο
ετο
λύσεται εται
λυόμεθα όμεθα ἐλυόμεθα όμεθα ἐλυσάμεθα
άμεθα
όμεθα
λυσόμεθα όμεθα
λύεσθε εσθε ἐλύεσθε εσθε ἐλύσασθε
ασθε
εσθε
λύσεσθε εσθε
λύονται ονται ἐλύοντο οντο ἐλύσαντο
αντο
οντο
λύσονται ονται
 

Aorist Passive: ἐλυθ-
(no special second aorist endings)

Future Passive: λυθησ-
ἐλύθην ην   λυθήσομαι ομαι
ἐλύθης ης λυθήσῃ
ἐλύθη η λυθήσεται εται
ἐλύθημεν ημεν λυθησόμεθα όμεθα
ἐλύθητε ητε λυθήσεσθε εσθε
ἐλύθησαν ησαν λυθήσονται ονται

Here are all the endings by person to help you see the basic patterns (notice that the aorist passive endings resemble the active endings rather than the usual middle-passive endings). The majority of the personal endings do have distinctive patterns, and are marked with a purple background. In particular, the middle-passive endings should now be quite easy for you to recognize:

  Active (+ Aorist Passive) Pattern Present, Future, Imperfect. Aorist (Aorist Passive)
1st sg. ω, ον,
α (ην)
λύω, λύσω, ἔλυον, ἔλυσα (ἐλύθην)
2nd sg. εις, ες,
ας (ης)
ς λύεις, λύσεις, ἔλυες, ἔλυσας (ἐλύθης)
3rd sg. ει, ε
(η)
  λύει, λύσει, ἔλυε, ἔλυσε (ἐλύθη)
1st pl. ομεν,
αμεν (ημεν)
μεν λύομεν, λύσομεν, ἐλύομεν, ἐλύσαμεν (ἐλύθημεν)
2nd pl. ετε,
ατε (ητε)
τε λύετε, λύσετε, ἐλύετε, ἐλύσατε (ἐλύθητε)
3rd pl. ουσι,
ον, αν (ησαν)
  λύουσι, λύσουσι, ἔλυον, ἔλυσαν (ἐλύθησαν)
  Middle - Passive Pattern Present, Future-Middle, Future-Passive, Imperfect, Aorist Middle
1st sg. ομαι,
ομην, αμην
μαι
or μην
λύομαι, λύσομαι, λυθήσομαι, ἐλυόμην, ἐλυσάμην
2nd sg. ῃ,
ου, ω
  λύῃ, λύσῃ, λυθήσῃ, ἐλύου, ἐλύσω
3rd sg. εται,
ετο, ατο
ται
or το
λύεται, λύσεται, λυθήσεται, ἐλύετο, ἐλύσατο
1st pl. ομεθα,
αμεθα
μεθα λυόμεθα, λυσόμεθα, λυθησόμεθα, ἐλυόμεθα, ἐλυσάμεθα
2nd pl. εσθε,
ασθε
σθε λύεσθε, λύσεσθε, λυθήσεσθε, ἐλύεσθε, ἐλύσασθε
3rd pl. ονται,
οντο, αντο
νται
or ντο
λύονται, λύσονται, λυθήσονται, ἐλύοντο, ἐλύσαντο

 

 


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