Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].

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Temporal Augment.—Verbs beginning with a vowel take the temporal augment by lengthening the initial vowel. The temporal augment is so called because it usually increases the time required to pronounce the initial syllable. Diphthongs lengthen their first vowel.

α becomes η:	ἄγω lead	ἦγον		ἦχα	ἤχη
ε “ η:	ἐλπίζω hope	ἤλπιζον	ἤλπισα	ἤλπικα	ἠλπίκη
ι “ ι_:	ἱκετεύω supplicate	ἱ_κέτευον	ἱ_κέτευσα	ἱ_κέτευκα	ἱ_κετεύκη
ο “ ω:	ὁρίζω mark off	ὥριζον	ὥρισα	ὥρικα	ὡρίκη
υ “ υ_:	ὑβρίζω insult	ὕ_βριζον	ὕ_βρισα	ὕ_βρικα	ὑ_βρίκη
αι “ ῃ:	αἱρίω seize	ᾕρουν		ᾕρηκα	ᾑρήκη
αυ “ ηυ:	αὐλέω play the flute	ηὔλουν	ηὔλησα	ηὔληκα	ηὐλήκη
ει “ ῃ:	εἰκάζω liken	ᾔκαζον	ᾔκασα
ευ “ ηυ:	εὔχομαι pray	ηὐχόμην	ηὐξάμην	ηὖγμαι	ηὔγμην
οι “ ῳ:	οἰκέω dwell	ᾤκουν	ᾤκησα	ᾤκηκα	ᾠκήκη

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Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].

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