Second aorist participles

You have seen that some verbs use a second aorist for the active and middle voices. You can recognize these verbs from the ending of their third principal part: -ον for verbs that include an active voice (like ἔλαβον from λαμβάνω), or -όμην for verbs that have a middle but no active voice (like ἐγενόμην from γίγνομαι).

Recall that these verbs use the same endings for finite verbs as the imperfect tense. Analogously, when you form the active and middle voice participles of second aorist verbs, you use the same endings as the present participle.

Second aorist active

In the active voice, participles of second aorist verbs have persistent accent on the first syllable of the ending.

Here is a complete paradigm of the aorist active participle for λαμβάνω.

Case, number Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular      
Nominative singular λαβών λαβοῦσα λαβόν
Genitive singular λαβόντος λαβούσης λαβόντος
Dative singular λαβόντι λαβούσῃ λαβόντι
Accusative singular λαβόντα λαβοῦσαν λαβόν
Plural      
Nominative plural λαβόντες λαβοῦσαι λαβόντα
Genitive plural λαβόντων λαβουσῶν λαβόντων
Dative plural λαβοῦσι λαβούσαις λαβοῦσι
Accusative plural λαβόντας λαβούσας λαβόντα

Second aorist middle

In the middle voice, participles of second aorist verbs have persistent accent on antepenult.

Here is a complete paradigm of the aorist middle participle for γίγνομαι.

Case, number Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular      
Nominative singular γενόμενος γενομένη γενόμενον
Genitive singular γενομένου γενομένης γενομένου
Dative singular γενομένῳ γενομένῃ γενομένῳ
Accusative singular γενόμενον γενομένην γενόμενον
Plural      
Nominative plural γενόμενοι γενόμεναι γενόμενα
Genitive plural γενομένων γενομένων γενομένων
Dative plural γενομένοις γενομέναις γενομένοις
Accusative plural γενομένους γενομένας γενόμενα

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