-σα
See also: σά
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-st, which formed perfective verbs.
Suffix
-σα • (-sa)
- The first aorist suffix, causing the preceding vowel to be lengthened.
Inflection
Aorist: -σᾰ, -σᾰ́μην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | -σᾰ | -σᾰς | -σε(ν) | -σᾰτον | -σᾰ́την | -σᾰμεν | -σᾰτε | -σᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | -σω | -σῃς | -σῃ | -σητον | -σητον | -σωμεν | -σητε | -σωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | -σαιμῐ | -σειᾰς / -σαις | -σειε(ν) / -σαι | -σαιτον | -σαίτην | -σαιμεν | -σαιτε | -σειᾰν / -σαιεν | |||||
| imperative | -σον | -σᾰ́τω | -σᾰτον | -σᾰ́των | -σᾰτε | -σᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | -σᾰ́μην | -σω | -σᾰτο | -σᾰσθον | -σᾰ́σθην | -σᾰ́μεθᾰ | -σᾰσθε | -σᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | -σωμαι | -σῃ | -σηται | -σησθον | -σησθον | -σώμεθᾰ | -σησθε | -σωνται | |||||
| optative | -σαίμην | -σαιο | -σαιτο | -σαισθον | -σαίσθην | -σαίμεθᾰ | -σαισθε | -σαιντο | |||||
| imperative | -σαι | -σᾰ́σθω | -σᾰσθον | -σᾰ́σθων | -σᾰσθε | -σᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | -σαι | -σᾰσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | -σᾱς | -σᾰ́μενος | ||||||||||
| f | -σᾱσᾰ | -σᾰμένη | |||||||||||
| n | -σᾰν | -σᾰ́μενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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