| Imperatives: 3 KEY FEATURES | ||||
| Tense-Form | Voice | Stem | Tense Former | Ending Pattern |
| Present | Active | present | Imperative Active |
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| Middle/ Passive |
present | Imperative Middle-Passive |
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| 1st Aorist | Active | usually same as present |
σα | Imperative Active |
| Middle | usually same as present |
σα | Imperative Middle-Passive |
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| Passive | usually same as present |
θη | Imperative Active |
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| 2nd Aorist | Active | aorist | Imperative Active |
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| Middle | aorist | Imperative Middle-Passive |
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| Passive | aorist | η | Imperative Active |
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| Imperative Ending Patterns | ||||||
| Active | Middle-Passive | |||||
| Singular | Second | λῦε¹ | λύου² | |||
| Third | λυέτω | λυέσθω | ||||
| Plural | Second | λύετε | λύεσθε | |||
| Third | λυέτωσαν | λυέσθωσαν | ||||
| ¹ This ending changes to ον in the 1st Aorist Active. It changes to τι in the Aorist Passive (infrequent). |
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| ² This ending changes to ι in the 1st Aorist Middle (infrequent). | ||||||
| εἰμί in the imperative | ||
| Imperative | ||
| Second | ἴσθι [you] be |
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| Third | ἔστω let him/her/it be |
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| Second | ἔστε [you (pl.)] be |
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| Third | ἔστωσαν let them be |
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