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Please read Croy's paragraph about the present middle and present passive infinitive. As with all present verbs, the passive and middle forms are identical. Here is a chart showing the infinitives for some of the verbs you have learned so far:
Verbs | Active Infinitive |
Meaning | Passive Infinitive |
Meaning | Middle Infinitive |
Meaning |
ἀκούω | ἀκούειν | to hear | ἀκούεσθαι | to be heard | ἀκούεσθαι | to hear (in middle sense) |
βλέπω | βλέπειν | to see | βλέπεσθαι | to be seen | βλέπεσθαι | to see (in middle sense) |
πέμπω | πέμπειν | to send | πέμπεσθαι | to be sent | πέμπεσθαι | to send (in middle sense) |
σῴζω | σῴζειν | to save | σῴζεσθαι | to be saved | σῴζεσθαι | to save (in middle sense) |
ἐγείρω | ἐγείρειν | to raise | ἐγείρεσθαι | to be raised | ἐγείρεσθαι | to raise (in middle sense) |
κρίνω | κρίνειν | to judge | κρίνεσθαι | to be judged | κρίνεσθαι | to judge (in middle sense) |
ἄρχω | ἄρχειν | to rule | ἄρχεσθαι | to be ruled | ἄρχεσθαι | to begin |
ἀποκρίνομαι | (these deponent
verbs have no active forms and no passive forms; they only have middle forms) |
ἀποκρίνεσθαι | to answer | |||
γίνομαι | γίνεσθαι | to become | ||||
δύναμαι | δύναμασθαι | to be able | ||||
ἔρχομαι | ἔρχεσθαι | to go | ||||
πορεύομαι | πορεύεσθαι | to walk |
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