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Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/pʰéitʰō
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Proto-Hellenic
Etymology
From earlier *pʰéitʰō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /péi̯.tʰoː/
Verb
*pʰéitʰō
- to believe, to trust
- to obey
- to convince, to persuade
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 | *? | *pʰéitʰeton | *pʰéitʰeton | *pʰéitʰomen | *pʰéitʰete | *pʰéitʰonti | ||
| subjunctive | *pʰéitʰō | *pʰéitʰēhi | *pʰéitʰēi | *? | *pʰéitʰēton | *pʰéitʰēton | *pʰéitʰōmen | *pʰéitʰēte | *pʰéitʰōnti | ||
| optative | *pʰéitʰoyə | *pʰéitʰois | *pʰéitʰoi | *? | *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 | *pʰéitʰetoi | *? | *pʰéitʰestʰon | *pʰéitʰestʰon | *pʰeitʰómetʰa | *pʰéitʰestʰe | *pʰéitʰontoi | ||
| subjunctive | *pʰéitʰōmai | *pʰéitʰēhai | *pʰéitʰētoi | *? | *pʰéitʰēstʰon | *pʰéitʰēstʰon | *pʰeitʰṓmetʰa | *pʰéitʰēstʰe | *péitʰōntoi | ||
| optative | *pʰeitʰóimān | *pʰéitʰoiho | *pʰéitʰoito | *pʰéitʰoistʰon | *? | *pʰeitʰóistʰān | *pʰeitʰóimetʰa | *pʰéitʰoistʰe | *pʰeitʰóyəto | ||
| imperative | - | *pʰéitʰeho | *pʰeitʰéstʰō | - | *pʰéitʰestʰon | *pʰeitʰéstʰōn | - | *pʰéitʰestʰe | *pʰeitʰéstʰōn | ||
Imperfect forms of *pʰéitʰō
| Active | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | ||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *épʰeitʰon | *épʰeitʰes | *épʰeitʰe | *? | *epʰéitʰeton | *epʰeitʰétān | *epʰéitʰomen | *epʰéitʰete | ||
| Middle/Passive | ||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | ||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *épʰeitʰon | *epeʰitʰómān | *epʰéitʰeho | *epʰéitʰeto | *? | *epʰéitʰestʰon | *epʰeitʰéstʰān | *epʰéitʰestʰe | ||
Descendants
- Ancient Greek: πείθω (peíthō)
Citation(s)
- Andrew L. Sihler (1995), “Part VI: Conjugation”, in New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin (in English), 1st edition, New York, N.Y.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1995, →ISBN, pages 461, 462, 514