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KatarzynaFrąckiewicz
UniversityofSilesia,Katowice
FacultyofPhilology
AControversialInterpretationofthedidouForm
TheOpinionsofContemporaryLinguistsand
theFormsoftheSecondPersonSingular
ofimperativipraesentismedii‑passiviofthe
VerbdidwmiasFoundinthePoetryofAncient
GreeceofArchaicandClassicalPeriod
Abstract:Theaimofthisarticleistoanalysethedidouform,whichisregardedbytwocontemporary
scholarstobethepoeticformofpresentimperativemiddleandpassive.Thepaperpresentsopinions
ofHerodian,anancientgrammarian,aswellasthoseofmodernlinguistsresearchingthebehaviour
ofintervocalicsigmain-sosuffixofpresentimperativemiddleandpassive.Thecriticalanalysisof
thoseopinionshasbeencontrastedwiththeformspresentinthepoetryofarchaicandclassicalperiod.
Keywords:didwmiverb,-soending,Greekpoetry
Thesspirantoccurringbetweenvowelswouldusuallydisappear.According
tomodernlinguists,intheformsofsecondpersonsingularofindicativi
praesentismedii-passivi,indicativiimperfectimedii-passiviandimperativiprae-
sentismedii-passiviofverbswithathematicconjugation,thespirantwasrestored
bywayofanalogy(e.g.tiqesai,śtiqeso,tiqesoor†stasai,†staso).The
sigmaalsousedtodisappearbutwasreintroducedbywayofanalogyinformsof
perfectindicativeandpluperfectmiddleandpassive.1
1K.Brugmann:GriechischeGrammatik:Lautlehre,Stammbildungs-undFlexionslehre,
Syntax.München1913,p.405;J.Niemirska-Pliszczyńska:'IdoÝÐ¥nqrwpog.Eccehomo:
