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§ 149. Themes in “-α, -ε”, or “-ο”, of which the second aorist indicative is non-thematic (i. e. the “-μι” forms “ἔβην, ἔθεμεν”, [“ἐκίχην”], “ἔγνων, ἔδομεν”, etc.) form the second aorist subjunctive by lengthening the final vowel of the theme before the endings “-ω, -ῃς, -ῃ”, etc.: “α” becomes “η; ε” becomes “ει” before “ο” and “ω”, but “η” in other situations, although some editors write it “η” always; “ο” becomes “ω”. E. g. (1) From “ἔβην” (“βα-”): “βήω, -βήῃ, -βήομεν”. (2) From “ἔθεμεν” (“θε-”): “θείω” (“θήω”), “θήῃς, θήῃ, θείομεν” (“θήομεν”), and in the middle “-θείομαι” (“-θήομαι”). (3) From [“ἐκίχην”] (“κιχε-”): “κιχείω” (“κιχήω”), “κιχείομεν” (“κιχήομεν”). (4) From “ἔγνων” (“γνο-”): “γνώω, γνώῃς, γνώῃ, γνώομεν, γνώωσι”. (5) From “ἔδομεν” (“δο-”): “δώῃ, δώομεν, δώωσι”（“ν”), also “δῷσι” and “δώῃσιν” (= “δώῃ”). (a) Under this head belongs also the second aorist passive, e. g., of “δάμνημι, ἐδάμην” (“δαμ-ε-”): “δαμείω” (“δαμήω”), “δαμήῃς, δαμήῃ, δαμήετε”. (b) The contracted Attic forms also sometimes appear in the text.
Selections from Homer's Iliad, with an introduction, notes, a short Homeric grammar, and a vocabulary. Allen Rogers Benner. New York. Irvington Publishers, Inc. 1903.
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