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:

BASEAORISTMEANINGPROGRESSIVE
δο/ἔδωκαgiveδίδωμι
Jε/ἧκαthrowἵημι
ἐσ/[progressive only]beεἰμι*
θε/ἔθηκαputτίθημι
ἰ/[progressive only]goεἶμι*
στα/ἔστην or ἔστησαstandἵστημι
φα/[progressive only]sayφημι*

* 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:

BASEAORISTMEANINGPROGRESSIVE
δεικ/ἔδειξαshowδείκνυμι
ζευγ/ἔζευξαjoinζεύγνυμι
μιγ/ἔμιξαmixμίγνυμι
ὀλ/ὤλεσαdestroyὄλλυμι
ὀμ/ὤμοσαswearὄμνυμι
πηγ/ἔπηξαstick, fix inπήγνυμι
ῥηγ/ἔρρηξαbreakῥήγνυμι