Imperative Mood

The imperative mood expresses commands, requests, and prohibitions. Greek has both second person (you do it!) and third person (let him do it!) imperatives.

Key features: • Second person: direct commands • Third person: indirect commands ("let him/them...") • Present imperative: ongoing or repeated action • Aorist imperative: simple or single action

Prohibitions: • μή + present imperative: "stop doing" or "don't habitually do" • μή + aorist subjunctive: "don't (start to) do"

Common endings: • Present active: -ε (sg), -ετε (pl) • First aorist active: -σον (sg), -σατε (pl): λῦσον, λύσατε • Second aorist active: -ε (sg), -ετε (pl): λαβέ, λάβετε