Imperf

The Imperf. denotes an act as going on, but incomplete or habitual at some time past: "was doing," etc.

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The above strengthening in the Pres. and Imperf. consists in doubling λ, annexing ν to μ; or, in case of ν or ρ, in adding ι to a preceding α or ε, or lengthening ι or υ.

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They have a peculiar inflection, chiefly by reason of the Imperf. and

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Tenses expressing _past time_ (Imperf. and Aorists Indic.) prefix ε ( "syllabic _augment") to the root; this coalesces with an initial vowel ( "temporal augment") into the corresponding long vowel or diphthong.

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Verbs with ε followed by a pi - or kappa-mute in the root frequently neglect to strengthen it in the Pres. and Imperf.; and verbs with ε in the root preceded by a liquid, usually change it into

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Pres. and Imperf.; they lengthen it in the 1st Aor.act. and mid. by changing the root vowel, if α into η, if ε into ει, while ι and

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The Pres. and Imperf. reduplicate with ι the initial consonant,

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The Pres. and Imperf. commonly _strengthen_ the root, either by adding a hard consonant, (sometimes more than one,) or

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Imperf. and Pluperf. to the Indic., and the Imper. to the Pres., the

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