Common /μι Verbs and /νυ/μι Verbs
Here are some common /μι verbs. Note that ἐσ/, ἰ/, and φα/ mark progressive aspect with nothing and have no aorist forms. And otherwise the bases of /μι verbs end in vowels:
| BASE | AORIST | MEANING | PROGRESSIVE |
| δο/ | ἔδωκα | give | δίδωμι |
| Jε/ | ἧκα | throw | ἵημι |
| ἐσ/ | [progressive only] | be | εἰμι* |
| θε/ | ἔθηκα | put | τίθημι |
| ἰ/ | [progressive only] | go | εἶμι* |
| στα/ | ἔστην or ἔστησα | stand | ἵστημι |
| φα/ | [progressive only] | say | φημι* |
* The bases ἐσ/, ἰ/, and φα/ add nothing to mark progressive aspect and have no aorist forms.
And here are some common /νυ/μι verbs. Note that all of their bases end in a consonant, and they are sigmatic in the aorist:
| BASE | AORIST | MEANING | PROGRESSIVE |
| δεικ/ | ἔδειξα | show | δείκνυμι |
| ζευγ/ | ἔζευξα | join | ζεύγνυμι |
| μιγ/ | ἔμιξα | mix | μίγνυμι |
| ὀλ/ | ὤλεσα | destroy | ὄλλυμι |
| ὀμ/ | ὤμοσα | swear | ὄμνυμι |
| πηγ/ | ἔπηξα | stick, fix in | πήγνυμι |
| ῥηγ/ | ἔρρηξα | break | ῥήγνυμι |