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Make sure you take a look at Croy section 92. The endings for the second aorist past are identical to the endings for the imperfect past. (Croy says they are similar but they are actually identical). As past tense verbs, both the second aorist and the imperfect take augment.
This means the only difference between the verbs is in the stem! You have to be able to recognize the stem to tell the difference between the aorist past and the imperfect past.
If the verb is built from the first principal part (present stem), then it is the imperfect past.
If the verb is built from the third principal part (aorist stem), then it is the aorist past.
Here is a chart showing the imperfect past active and the aorist past active side by side.
Imperfect Past Active |
Aorist Past Active |
Aorist Past Active Ending
(same as Imperfect Past Active Ending) |
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| I fled | ἔφευγον | ἔφυγον | ον |
| you fled | ἔφευγες | ἔφυγες | ες |
| she fled | ἔφευγε | ἔφυγε | ε |
| we fled | ἐφεύγομεν | ἐφύγομεν | ομεν |
| you fled | ἐφεύγετε | ἐφύγετε | ετε |
| they fled | ἔφευγον | ἔφυγον | ον |
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