GREK 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Omicron, Upsilon, Genitive Case
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Shelmerdine, introduction to greek (second edition, november 2011 printing) 1 note that from here on that i will be commenting on the chapter vocabulary only if i think something needs to be explained further. 2 the terms denote different forms, not different tenses (cf. 3 shelmerdine, p. 20 for verbs beginning with a consonant, the augment is the letter preceding the verb stem. the augment of verbs beginning with a vowel is discussed in a later chapter. 4 the first principal part of the verb is the present active indicative. Its stem and that of the first aorist (as well as the imperfect) are all the same. 5 the original first person ending became altered over time, leaving what looks like the tense sign of the weak aorist (without any apparent ending) as the first person singular.
