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Some of the commonest verbs form their aorist from a different stem with imperfect-like endings: → .
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Recognise second, root and liquid aorists from their stems.
Some of the commonest verbs form their aorist from a different stem with imperfect-like endings: → .
(imperfect) uses the present stem; (aorist) the shorter aorist stem. The stem is the clue.
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Since lesson 13 you've read and as whole words. Now you can take them apart: augment - (merged into -/-), aorist stem -/-, ending -(). They are the 3rd singular forms of and . follows in the next lesson.
A few add endings straight to the root: (), ().
Liquid stems drop and lengthen the stem vowel: → , → , → .
Every verb has up to six key stems. You now know three: present, future, aorist.
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Fill in the blank cells of λαμβάνω second aorist active indicative.
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εἶπεν
καὶ πέμψας αὐτοὺς εἰς Βηθλέεμ εἶπεν· Πορευθέντες ἐξετάσατε ἀκριβῶς περὶ τοῦ παιδίου· ἐπὰν δὲ εὕρητε, ἀπαγγείλατέ μοι, ὅπως κἀγὼ ἐλθὼν προσκυνήσω αὐτῷ. Matt 2:8
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λαμβάνω
aorist (2nd) active indicative · 2nd singular
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ἥμαρτον
Διὰ τοῦτο ὥσπερ διʼ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου ἡ ἁμαρτία εἰς τὸν κόσμον εἰσῆλθεν καὶ διὰ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ θάνατος, καὶ οὕτως εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους ὁ θάνατος διῆλθεν ἐφʼ ᾧ πάντες ἥμαρτον— Rom 5:12
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Who or what is the subject of ἐξῆλθον?
This lesson’s words, chart forms and parsings are spaced-review cards. Pass the drills above and they join your review, where each card comes back just before you would forget it. See step 7 for what this lesson adds.
Under each verse in step 6, write your own English and get feedback on each word. It doesn’t count toward the pass mark, so try it whenever a verse makes sense to you.
| Person | aorist (2nd) active indicative |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| 1st | ἔ (augment)λαβον (personal ending) |
| 2nd | ἔ (augment)λαβες (personal ending) |
| 3rd | ἔ (augment)λαβε(ν) (personal ending) |
| plural | |
| 1st | ἐ (augment)λάβομεν (personal ending) |
| 2nd | ἐ (augment)λάβετε (personal ending) |
| 3rd | ἔ (augment)λαβον (personal ending) |
Underlined:augmentpersonal ending (who does it)
| Person | aorist (2nd) middle indicative |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| 1st | ἐ (augment)γενόμην (personal ending) |
| 2nd | ἐ (augment)γένου (personal ending) |
| 3rd | ἐ (augment)γένετο (personal ending) |
| plural | |
| 1st | ἐ (augment)γενόμεθα (personal ending) |
| 2nd | ἐ (augment)γένεσθε (personal ending) |
| 3rd | ἐ (augment)γένοντο (personal ending) |
Underlined:augmentpersonal ending (who does it)
| Person | aorist (liquid) active indicative |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| 1st | ἔ (augment)μεινα (personal ending) |
| 2nd | ἔ (augment)μεινας (personal ending) |
| 3rd | ἔ (augment)μεινε(ν) (personal ending) |
| plural | |
| 1st | ἐ (augment)μείναμεν (personal ending) |
| 2nd | ἐ (augment)μείνατε (personal ending) |
| 3rd | ἔ (augment)μειναν (personal ending) |
Underlined:augmentpersonal ending (who does it)
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One word is glossed for you (you haven’t learned this word yet): συντυχεῖν “to get”.
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Sources for this lesson: SBLGNT text CC BY 4.0; MACULA Greek CC BY 4.0 (tokens, parses, english glosses); Berean Interlinear glosses public domain (context_gloss); Dodson lexicon CC0 (vocab gloss).