[*] 414. There are two main classes of
μι-verbs.
A. The root class. This class commonly ends in
-η-μι or
-ω-μι (from stems in
ε, α, or
ο). The present stem is usually reduplicated, but may be the same as the verb-stem, which is a root.
| Verb-stem | Present Stem | Present |
| θε-, θη- | τιθε-, τιθη- (for θιθε, θιθη, 125 a) | τίθημι place |
| ἑ-, ἡ- | ἱ_ε-, ἱ_η- (for σισε, σιση） | ἵ_ημι send |
| στα-, στη- | ἱστα-, ἱστη- (for σιστα, σιστη, 119） | ἵστημι set |
| δο-, δω- | διδο-, διδω- | δίδωμι give |
| φα-, φη- | φα-, φη- | φημί say |
B. The
-νυ_μι class. This class adds
νυ (
νυ_), after a vowel
ννυ (
ννυ_), to the verb-stem. In the subjunctive and optative regularly, and sometimes in the indicative, verbs in
-νυ_μι are inflected like verbs in
-ω.
C. There are some (mostly poetic) verbs in
-νημι, which add
να-, νη- to form the present stem; as
δάμ-νη-μι I subdue,
δάμ-να-μεν we subdue.
