Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, Part II: Inflection, VERBS, ENDINGS OF THE PLUPERFECT, ENDINGS IN σθ

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[*] 467. Endings of the Pluperfect Active.—-η, -ης, -ει（ν) are derived from -ε（ς）α, -ε（ς）ας, -ε（ς）ε. In later Greek the endings are -ειν, -εις, -ει（ν), -ειτον, -ειτην, -ειμεν, -ειτε, and very late -εισαν.

[*] 467 D. Hom. has -εα, -ης, -ει or ει-ν (-εε only in ᾔδεε), -εσαν, and rarely -ον, -ες, -ε; Hdt. has -εα, -εας, -εε (-ει?), -εατε, -εσαν.

[*] 468. The Endings -σθε, etc.—The ς of the endings -σθε, -σθω, -σθον, -σθων, -σθαι (409 N.) has no exact parallel in cognate languages, and seems to have spread in Greek from forms like τετέλεσ-θε, ἔζωσ-θε, etc., where a sigma-stem was followed by original -θε.

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Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges