-άω

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 together with its Proto-Italic ancestor *-āō, (for the causative in Sanskrit), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (referring again to the whole conjugation in which the infinitive is *-ōną) and 🇨🇬 (whence the infinite 🇨🇬).

Etymology
Modern of the ending of 2nd Conjugation, Class I verbs in, in the pattern of the 3rd person singular -άει. Thus, frequently coinciding with an ancient uncontracted ending.

Suffix

 * αγαπώ ("I love") → αγαπάω
 * αγαπώ ("I love") → αγαπάω

Usage notes

 * For 2nd Conjugation, Class I, the ending is less formal and more common than the  ending. Sometimes they are interchangeable. Rarely is the  ending more common.