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This formation is chiefly illustrated by two important classes of verbs.

I. Second aorists of the non-thematic type:

Indicative Subjunctive
ἔθεμεν” (Od. 3.179 θείομεν” (A 143)
[“ἀπεθέμην”] ἀποθείομαι” (18.409
κατέβημεν” (cf. Od. 9.83 καταβήομεν” (K 97)
[“ἐδάμητε”] (pass.) δαμήετε” (H 72)

II. First aorists, active and middle:

Indicative Subjunctive
ἐχώσατο” (A 64) χώσεται” (A 80)
ἐρύσσαμεν” (Od. 4.577 ἐρύσσομεν” (A 141)
βήσαμεν” (A 756) βήσομεν” (A 144)
[“ι?λάσσαο”] ἱλάσσεαι” (A 147)
[“ἠγείραμεν”] ἀγείρομεν” (A 142)

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