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 |
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 |