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Present tense stem = verbal root

Roots ending in ι̭ (consonantal iota) or Ϝ (digamma)

cv-1a[1] v-1a[1] 5 roots ending in consonantal iota
cv-1a[2] v-1a[2] 2 roots ending in αι
cv-1a[3] v-1a[3] 9 roots ending in ει
cv-1a[4] v-1a[4] 42 roots ending in υ
cv-1a[5] v-1a[5] 7 roots ending in αυ
cv-1a[6] v-1a[6] 93 roots ending in ευ (retain υ in the present)
cv-1a[7] v-1a[7] 17 roots ending in ευ (lose υ in the present)
cv-1a[8] v-1a[8] 9 roots ending in ου

Roots ending in a stop

cv-1b[1] v-1b[1] 59 labials (π β φ)
cv-1b[2] v-1b[2] 119 velars (κ γ χ)
cv-1b[3] v-1b[3] 29 dentals (τ δ θ)
cv-1b[4] v-1b[4] 2 stop (adding ε to form the present tense stem)

Roots ending in a liquid/nasal

cv-1c[1] v-1c[1] 21 ρ
cv-1c[2] v-1c[2] 48 μ or ν

Roots ending in a vowel

cv-1d[1a] v-1d[1a] 83 ending in α lengthens before a tense form
cv-1d[1b] v-1d[1b] 24 ending in α does not lengthen before a tense form
cv-1d[2] v-1d[2] 1 ε
cv-1d[2a] v-1d[2a] 305 ending in ε lengthens before a tense form
cv-1d[2b] v-1d[2b] 25 ending in ε does not lengthen before a tense form
cv-1d[2c] v-1d[2c] 12 ending in ε loses the ε in the present tense
cv-1d[3] v-1d[3] 93 ending in ο

 

Present tense stem = verbal root + ι

Roots ending in δ or γ adds ι̭> ζω

cv-2a[1] v-2a[1] 241 δ
cv-2a[2] v-2a[2] 16 γ

Roots ending in a velar (κγχ) adds ι̭ > σσω

cv-2b v-2b 43  

Roots ending in a Ϝ (digamma)

cv-2c v-2c 3  

Roots ending in a liquid (λ ρ) or nasal (μ ν)

cv-2d[1] v-2d[1] 51 λ
cv-2d[2] v-2d[2] 9 αρ
cv-2d[3] v-2d[3] 14 ερ
cv-2d[4] v-2d[4] 16 αν
cv-2d[5]   6 εν

 

Present tense stem = verbal root + ν

cv-3a[1] v-3a[1] 16 Roots ending in a vowel add ν
cv-3a[2a] v-3a[2a] 4 Roots ending in a consonant add αν (without modifications)
cv-3a[2b] v-3a[2b] 28 Roots ending in a consonant add αν (with an epenthetic ν)
cv-3b   4 Roots adding νε
cv-3c[1] v-3c[1] 13 Roots ending in a vowel add (ν)νυ
cv-3c[2] v-3c[2] 17 Roots ending in a vowel add νυ
cv-3d   16 Roots adding νι (consonantal iota)

 

Present tense stem = verbal root + τ

cv-4 v-4 46  

 

Present tense stem = verbal root + (ι)σκ

cv-5a v-5a 27 Roots ending in a vowel adding σκ
cv-5b v-5b 5 Roots ending in a consonant adding ισκ

 

Athematic (μι) verbs

cv-6a v-6a 54 Roots that reduplicate to form their present tense stem
cv-6b v-6b 26 Roots that do not reduplicate to form their present tense stem

 

Verbal roots that change their stem vowel

  v-7 12  
 

Verbs using more than one verbal root

 

The information on this page is taken from The Morphology of Biblical Greek, by W.D. Mounce (1994)