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[*] 431. Some verbs beginning with a vowel take the syllabic augment because they formerly began with a consonant. Thus, ἄγνυ_μι break (Ϝάγνυ_μι), ἔα_ξα, aor. pass. ἐά_γην. ἁλίσκομαι am captured (Ϝαλίσκομαι), imperf. ἡλισκόμην, aor. ἑά_λων (with temporal augment) or ἥλων. ἁνδάνω please (Ϝανδάνω), aor. ἕαδον (Ionic). ἀν-οίγω open (Ϝοίγνυ_μι), imperf. ἀν-έῳγον. ἐάω permit (σεϜαω), εἴων, εἴα_σα, εἰά_θην. ἑζόμαι sit (for σεδιομαι), εἱσάμην. ἐθίζω accustom (σϜεθίζω, cp. 123), εἴθιζον, εἴθισα, εἰθίσθην. ἐλίττω roll (Ϝελίττω), εἴλιττον, εἴλιξα, εἰλίχθην. ἕλκω or ἑλκύω draw (σελκω), εἷλκον, εἵλκυσα, εἱλκύσθην. ἕπομαι follow (σεπομαι), εἱπόμην. ἐργάζομαι work (Ϝεργάζομαι), εἰργασάμην. ἕρπω creep (σερπω), εἷρπον. ἑστιάω entertain (Ϝεστίαω), εἱστίων, εἱστία_σα, εἱστιά_θην. ἔχω hold (σεχω), εἶχον. ἵημι send (σισημι), aor. du. εἷτον for ἐ-ἑ-τον, εἵθην for ἐ-ἑ-θην. ἵστημι put (σιστημι), plup. εἱστήκη for ἐ-σε-στηκη. ὁράω see (Ϝοράω), ἑώρων, ἑώρα_κα or ἑόρα_κα. ὠθέω push (Ϝωθέω), ἐώθουν, ἔωσα, ἐώσθην. ὠνέομαι buy (Ϝωνέομαι), ἐωνούμην, ἐωνήθην. εἶδον saw, 2 aor. of ὁράω (for ἐ-Ϝιδον). εἷλον took, 2 aor. of αἱρέω (for ἐ-ἑλον).
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