ἐπαύομεν

Ancient Greek
Attic Dialect

Verb

 * 1)  Example: We were stopping.

Usage notes

 * The imperfect can have a repeated aspect, so alternate translations such as "We stopped (repeatedly)" are valid.
 * Add a past indicative augment to the beginning of the first principal part to indicate the past timing of the imperfect tense.
 * The past indicative augment is usually an epsilon with no rough breathing mark or in the case that there is already a vowel at the beginning of the first principle part, that vowel is lengthened according to the following paradigm.
 * ε lengthens to η
 * α lengthens to η
 * ι lengthens to ῑ
 * ο lengthens to ω
 * υ lengthens to ῡ


 * So the augmented first principle part of παύω is επαύ- and the augmented first principle part of ἄρχω is ἤρχ-