Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/aléksō

This Proto-Hellenic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂lékseti.

Verb

*aléksō

1. to protect

Inflection

Present forms of *aléksō

Active
infinitive					*aléksehen
participle					*aléksonts
			singular			dual			plural
			1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative			*aléksō	*aléksehi	*aléksei	*aléksowos, *aléksowes, *aléksowen	*aléksetes, *aléksetos, *alékseton	*aléksetes, *aléksetos, *alékseton	*aléksomes, *aléksomen	*aléksete	*aléksonti
subjunctive			*aléksō	*aléksēhi	*aléksēi	*aléksōwos, *aléksōwes, *aléksōwen	*aléksētes, *aléksētos, *aléksēton	*aléksētes, *aléksētos, *aléksēton	*aléksōmes, *aléksōmen	*aléksēte	*aléksōnti
optative			*aléksoyə	*aléksois	*aléksoi	*aléksoiwen	*aléksoiton	*aleksóitān	*aléksoimen	*aléksoite	*aléksoyen
imperative			-	*álekse	*aleksétō	-	*alékseton	*aleksétōn	-	*aléksete	*aleksóntōn
Middle/Passive
infinitive					*aléksestʰai
participle					*aleksómenos
			singular			dual			plural
			1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative			*aléksomai	*aléksehai	*aléksetai	*aléksestʰa	*aléksestʰon	*aléksestʰon	*aleksómestʰa	*aléksestʰe	*aléksontai
subjunctive			*aléksōmai	*aléksēhai	*aléksētai	*aléksēstʰa	*aléksēstʰon	*aléksēstʰon	*aleksṓmestʰa	*aléksēstʰe	*aléksōntai
optative			*aleksóimān	*aléksoyyo	*aléksoito	*aleksóiwetʰa	*aléksoistʰon	*aleksóistʰān	*aleksóimetʰa	*aléksoistʰe	*aléksointo
imperative			-	*alékseho	*alekséstʰō	-	*aléksestʰon	*alekséstʰōn	-	*aléksestʰe	*alekséstʰōn

Imperfect forms of *aléksō

Active
			singular			dual			plural
			1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative			*éalekson	*éalekses	*éalekse	*ealéksowe	*ealékseton	*ealeksétān	*ealéksomes, *ealéksomen	*ealéksete	*éalekson
Middle/Passive
			singular			dual			plural
			1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative			*ealeksómān	*ealékseho	*ealékseto	*ealéksetʰa	*ealéksestʰon	*ealekséstʰān	*ealeksómetʰa	*ealéksestʰe	*ealéksonto

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: ἀλέξω (aléxō), ἀλέκω (alékō)

Citations

• Andrew L. Sihler (1995) “Part VI: Conjugation”, in New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, 1st edition, New York, N.Y., Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1995, →ISBN, pages 461, 462, 514