AORISTS HAVE NO PR-INDICATIVE!

II. Of all kinds of verbal forms these are probably most frequent in Greek.

Division of –σα/σε/σ- over the forms:

-σα-: A pa-ind 1^st & 2^nd sg, 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd pl, opt,  imp 3^rd sg, 2^nd & 3^rd pl, ptc all cases, all Md forms except the subj.

-σε-: A pa-ind 3^rd sg, certain forms of the opt;

-σ-: A & Md subj., A imp 2^nd sg.

N.B. Α pa-ind 1^st sg –σα, A pa-ind 3^rd sg -σε^ν, A pa-ind 3^rd pl –σαν.

Some forms of this category are irregular: A opt 2^nd  sg: -σαις or -σειας, Α opt 3^rd sg: -σαι or

-σειε^ν, A opt 3^rd pl -σαιεν or -σειαν; A imp 2^nd sg –σον; A inf –σαι; Md pa-ind 2^nd sg: (augm.)

–σω (< -σαο < -σασο); Md imp 2^nd sg: -σαι.

The form in –σαι can be 1) A inf, 2) A opt 3^rd sg, 3) Md imp 2^nd sg!!

[The ao part of the page containing canonical conjugation shows the complete conjugation of ao type II].

Retrieval of the lexical form: first deduce what the A pa-ind 1^st sg would be (in –σα), then consult this table (don’t forget the possibility of the verb being one without Active forms!):

Soon you will learn to spot -ξ- and -ψ- (when followed by the right ending, of course) as signs of aor. II (and fut 1).