A Reading Course in Homeric Greek, Book 2

A Reading Course in Homeric Greek

ἧμαι has no thematic vowel and is used only in the present and imperfect. Its stem is ἡς-, but the σ

drops before another σ or ν. In the third person plural, η is sometimes written as ει.

Present Imperfect

1 sg. ἧμαι ἥμην

2 sg. ἧσαι ἧσο

3 sg. ἧσται ἧστο

1 pl. ἥμεθα ἥμεθα

2 pl. ἧσθε ἧσθε

3 pl. ἥνται / εἵαται ἥντο / εἵατο

Infinitive ἧσθαι

Participle ἥμενος, -η, -ον