Athematic Past Progressive Indicative Middle and Passive

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Introduction

Some verbs form the past progressive indicative middle and passive without a theme vowel. Thus, they are called athematic:

ἐ/ or L/

BASE

progressive aspect marker

/μην      /μεθα /σο        /σθε /το        /ντο

For instance:

ἐ/δυνα/μην > ἐδυνάμην	I was able
ἐ/θι/θε/τo > ἐτίθετο	she/he/it was being put, placed
ἐ/δεικ/νυ/μεθα > ἐδεικνύμεθα	we were being shown

Most verbs in this category are /μι verbs.