ἔρχομαι

Etymology
From, cognate with , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. This is a suppletive verb, with tenses derived from three different roots; see and  for the etymologies of the other two roots. Discussion of stems, at Notes.

Verb

 * 1)  to go
 * 2)  to come

Usage notes
ἔρχομαι is a suppletive verb that typically uses forms from other roots for all tenses and moods besides present indicative. Stems: Past perfect without augment. The aorist imperative has irregular accent on ultima when not in compound and not *ἔλθε. But ἄπελθε. (Along with a few others .
 * ἐρχ- of ἔρχομαι.
 * strong εἰ-, weak ἰ- supplied by forming present non-indicative and imperfect indicative forms. Its present indicative forms have future meaning in Attic prose.
 * strong ἐλευθ-, weak ἐλυθ- with  ἐλθ-  of unused verb . Later, that verb, meaning "I come," merged with this verb meaning "I go." This is still seen in the present imperative having a connotation of "go away!," with the aorist imperative having a connotation of "come here!."
 * from ἐλευθ- the future (alternative future for Epic, Ionic, and Tragic), the derivative
 * from ἐλυθ- the present perfect with attic reduplication ἐλ-έλυθα>ἐλ-ήλυθα (reduplication plus extension of the first vowel).
 * ἐλθ- supplies aorist

Derived terms

 * Compounds


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