Greek Aoristos Formation Flashcards
- α,
- ας, ες
- εν,
- ακε,
- ατε,
- αν.
I - You - He/She/It
We - Y’ll - They/Them
“Αόristos” of the active voice
πήγα
I went.
1st person singular simple past of πάω (páo)
πάω - to go
πηγαίνω - Alternative form of πάω (páo): to go
είδα
I saw.
1st person singular simple past of
βλέπω (vlépo): “I saw”
From Ancient Greek βλέπω (blépō).
Forms with a delta as the stem from the root of Ancient Greek εἶδον (eîdon).
εἶδον • (eîdon)
to see, behold, perceive.
εἴδομαι • (eídomai) (poetic)
to be seen, appear.
From Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”), compare the very closely related οἶδα (oîda). Cognate with Latin videō, Sanskrit वेत्ति (vetti), Old Armenian գիտեմ (gitem), Old Church Slavonic вѣдѣти (věděti), and Old English witan (English wit).
οἶδᾰ • (oîda)
(transitive) to know, be acquainted with [+accusative = something]
From Proto-Indo-European *wóyde, from *weyd-. Compare the very closely related εἴδομαι (eídomai, “to seem”). Cognates include Old Armenian գիտեմ (gitem), Sanskrit वेद (veda), Latin vīdī, and Proto-Germanic *witaną (English wit).
εἶπα
I spoke.
V-AIA-1S
εἶπας - εἶπες
You have said.
V-AIA-2S
εἰπάτω
He must have said.
V-AMA-3S
εἴπατε
You all said.
V-AMA-2P
You the people who must have said.
εἶπαν
They said.
V-AIA-3P
εἰπάτωσαν
They must have said?
V-AMA-3P
εἰπὲ
You all must have said.
V-AMA-2S
εἴπῃ
He shall say
He may have said
V-ASA-3S
εἴπῃς
You might say
V-ASA-2S
εἴπητε
You all should say.
V-ASA-2P
εἰπεῖν
To have been saying.
To say.
V-ANA
εἶπεν
He said.
V-AIA-3S