Lesson 16 and 17 Aorist Active and Aorist Middle Indicative
The aorist active indicative of λυω is:
ελυσα ελυσας ελυσα (ν)
V-AAI-1S I loosed V-AAI-2S you loosed V-AAI-3S he/she/it loosed
ελυσαµεν ελυσατε ελυσαν
V-AAI-1P we loosed V-AAI-2P you all loosed V-AAI-3P they loosed
The aorist middle indicative of λυω is:
ελυσαµην
V-AMI-1S I loosed myself/ ελυσαµεθα for myself/ I and no other loosed
ελυσω
V-AMI-2S you loosed yourself/for yourself you and no other loosed
ελυσασθε
V-AMI-2P you all loosed yourselves/ for yourselves/ you all and no other loosed/ you all loosed one another
ελυσατο
V-AMI-3S hsi loosed hhi/ for hhi/ hsi and no other loosed
ελυσαντο
V-AMI-3P they loosed themselves/ for themselves/ they and no other loosed/ they loosed one another
V-AMI-1P we loosed ourselves/ for ourselves/ we and no other loosed/we loosed one another
The function of the Aorist Tense is very important: • The time of action is PAST. • The kind of action is PUNCTILIAR.
The imperfect tense is past continuous (“video camera”) action, the aorist indicates a “snapshot” action. In English the past tense may be written in the “regular” or the “irregular” form. Ex: “preach” becomes “preached” (adds a -ed), while “teach” becomes “taught” (stem change) Greek has first and second aorist forms. Some Greek verbs add a σ to the stem and are called “first aorist”. Others add the endings without the σ and are called “second aorist”. There is no difference in function between the two. NEW WORD: γαρ - for