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148] KOOT AORIST 169the second aorist of the second conjugation in Greek.inflected in both active and middle.It isIndicative.1. Tlie root is strong in the sing, act., but weak elsewhere.Roots ending in vowels, however, tend toretain the strongvowel throughout the active except the 3. pi. Those en dingina regularly retain that vowel throughout the ind. act.except in 3. pi. where it isdropped before ur, which isalways the ending in these verbs. In the 3. pi.mid. theending ran is more than twice as common as ata ;ram aswell as ran is taken by three roots.a. The forms occurring from roots ending in a, if madefrom stha, would be :Act. sing. 1. a-stha-m i^i-a-T-q-v).2. a-stha-s. 3. a-stha-t(e-o-TT;). Du. 2. a-stha-tam. 3. a-stha-tam. PI. 1. a-stha-ma(i-arrj-fxiiv).2. a-stha-ta. 3. a-sth-ur.Mid. sing. 2. a-sthi-thas {k-ard-Or^s). 3. a-sthi-ta. PI. 1.a-sthi-mahi. 3. a-sthi-ran.h. Roots in r take Guna throughout the ind. act. exceptthe 3. pi. The forms from kr would be :Act. sing. 1. a-kar-am. 2. a-kar. 3. a-kar. Du. 2.a-kai'-tam. 3. a-kar-tam. PI. 1. a-kar-ma. 2. a-kar-ta.3. a-kr-an.Mid. sing. 1. a-kr-i. 2. a-kr-thas. 3. a-kr-ta. Du. 1.a-kr-vahi. 3. a-kr-tam. PI. 1. a-kr-mahi. 2. a-krdhvam.3. a-kr-ata.c. bhu he retains its iithroughout (as in the perfect),interposing v between it and a following a :Act. 1. a-bhuv-am.^ 2. a-bhu-s. 3. a-bhii-t (e-^u).Du. 2, a-bhu-tam. 3. a-bhu-tam. PI. 1. a-bhu-ma(e-^y-ziei/).2. a-bhii-ta and a-bhu-tana. 3. a-bhii-v-an.d. The following are forms of the 2. 3. s. act. in which^With split u ;in the later language a-bhuv-aui.