Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/pʰéitʰō
Proto-Hellenic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti (“to trust”).[1]
Verb
*pʰéitʰō[2]
Inflection
Present forms of *pʰéitʰō
| Active | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | *pʰéitʰehen | ||||||||||
| participle | *pʰéitʰonts | ||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *pʰéitʰō | *pʰéitʰehi | *pʰéitʰei | *pʰéitʰowos, *pʰéitʰowes, *pʰéitʰowen | *pʰéitʰetes, *pʰéitʰetos, *pʰéitʰeton | *pʰéitʰetes, *pʰéitʰetos, *pʰéitʰeton | *pʰéitʰomes, *pʰéitʰomen | *pʰéitʰete | *pʰéitʰonti | ||
| subjunctive | *pʰéitʰō | *pʰéitʰēhi | *pʰéitʰēi | *pʰéitʰōwos, *pʰéitʰōwes, *pʰéitʰōwen | *pʰéitʰētes, *pʰéitʰētos, *pʰéitʰēton | *pʰéitʰētes, *pʰéitʰētos, *pʰéitʰēton | *pʰéitʰōmes, *pʰéitʰōmen | *pʰéitʰēte | *pʰéitʰōnti | ||
| optative | *pʰéitʰoyə | *pʰéitʰois | *pʰéitʰoi | *pʰéitʰoiwen | *pʰéitʰoiton | *pʰeitʰóitān | *pʰéitʰoimen | *pʰéitʰoite | *pʰéitʰoyen | ||
| imperative | - | *pʰéitʰe | *pʰeitʰétō | - | *pʰéitʰeton | *pʰeitʰétōn | - | *pʰéitʰete | *pʰeitʰóntōn | ||
| Middle/Passive | |||||||||||
| infinitive | *pʰéitʰestʰai | ||||||||||
| participle | *pʰeitʰómenos | ||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *pʰéitʰomai | *pʰéitʰehai | *pʰéitʰetai | *pʰéitʰestʰa | *pʰéitʰestʰon | *pʰéitʰestʰon | *pʰeitʰómestʰa | *pʰéitʰestʰe | *pʰéitʰontai | ||
| subjunctive | *pʰéitʰōmai | *pʰéitʰēhai | *pʰéitʰētai | *pʰéitʰēstʰa | *pʰéitʰēstʰon | *pʰéitʰēstʰon | *pʰeitʰṓmestʰa | *pʰéitʰēstʰe | *pʰéitʰōntai | ||
| optative | *pʰeitʰóimān | *pʰéitʰoyyo | *pʰéitʰoito | *pʰeitʰóiwetʰa | *pʰéitʰoistʰon | *pʰeitʰóistʰān | *pʰeitʰóimetʰa | *pʰéitʰoistʰe | *pʰéitʰointo | ||
| imperative | - | *pʰéitʰeho | *pʰeitʰéstʰō | - | *pʰéitʰestʰon | *pʰeitʰéstʰōn | - | *pʰéitʰestʰe | *pʰeitʰéstʰōn | ||
Imperfect forms of *pʰéitʰō
| Active | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *épʰeitʰon | *épʰeitʰes | *épʰeitʰe | *epʰéitʰowe | *epʰéitʰeton | *epʰeitʰétān | *epʰéitʰomes, *epʰéitʰomen | *epʰéitʰete | *épʰeitʰon | ||
| Middle/Passive | |||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *epʰeitʰómān | *epʰéitʰeho | *epʰéitʰeto | *epʰéitʰetʰa | *epʰéitʰestʰon | *epʰeitʰéstʰān | *epʰeitʰómetʰa | *epʰéitʰestʰe | *epʰéitʰonto | ||
Descendants
- Ancient Greek: πείθω (peíthō), πίθημῐ (píthēmĭ) — Aeolic, πιθόω (pithóō) — Boeotian
- Greek: πείθω (peítho)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πείθομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1161-2
- ^ Sihler, Andrew (1995) “Part VI: Conjugation”, in New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, 1st edition, New York, N.Y., Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 461, 462, 514