[In traditional grammars durative is named "present", durative past indicative "imperfect"]
9.
[--ν-αν-]
This category ,
to which some
very important verbs belong, produces lots of forms that not easily found by way
of the dictionary:
who would for example look under
λαμβάνω
when analyzing
ἔλαβε?
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ἁνδάνω, ἁδ(η)- θιγγάνω, θιγ-, τιγ- λαγχάνω, λαχ-, (εἰ)ληχ- |
λαμβάνω, λαβ-, (εἰ)ληβ-, λαβη- λανθάνω, λαθ-, (εἰ)ληθ- μανθάνω, μαθ(η)- |
πυνθάνομαι, πευθ-, πυθ- τυγχάνω, τυχ(η)-, τευχ- χανδάνω, χαδ-, χαν(δ)-, χονδ- |
The stem-variants εἰληχ-, εἰληβ-, εἰληθ- are reduplication-inclusive (εἰληχ- <εἱληχ- <σεσληχ- etc.), and therefore occur only in perfect forms.