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There are two main classes of μι-verbs.
A. The root class. This class commonly ends in -η-μι or -ω-μι (from stems in ε, α, or ο). The present stem is usually reduplicated, but may be the same as the verb-stem, which is a root.
| Verb-stem | Present Stem | Present |
| θε-, θη- | τιθε-, τιθη- (for θιθε, θιθη, 125 a) | τίθημι |
| ἑ-, ἡ- | ἱ_ε-, ἱ_η- (for σισε, σιση) | ἵ_ημι |
| στα-, στη- | ἱστα-, ἱστη- (for σιστα, σιστη, cross119) | ἵστημι |
| δο-, δω- | διδο-, διδω- | δίδωμι |
| φα-, φη- | φα-, φη- | φημί |
B. The -νυ_μι class. This class adds νυ (νυ_), after a vowel ννυ (ννυ_), to the verb-stem. In the subjunctive and optative regularly, and sometimes in the indicative, verbs in -νυ_μι are inflected like verbs in -ω.
| Verb-stem | Present Stem | Present |
| δεικ- | δεικνυ-, δεικνυ_- | δείκνυ_μι |
| ζευγ- | ζευγνυ-, ζευγνυ_- | ζεύγνυ_μι |
| κερα- | κεραννυ-, κεραννυ_- | κεράννυ_μι |
| ῥηγ- | ῥηγνυ-, ῥηγνυ_- | ῥήγνυ_μι |
| σβε- | σβεννυ-, σβεννυ_- | σβέννυ_μι |
C. There are some (mostly poetic) verbs in -νημι, which add να-, νη- to form the present stem; as δάμ-νη-μι
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Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].
