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Ancient Greek verbs have four moods , three voices , as well as three persons and three numbers.
The distinction of the "tenses" in moods other than the indicative is predominantly one of aspect rather than time.
The different persons of a Greek verb are shown by changing the verb-endings; for example λύω "I free", λύεις "you free", λύει "he or she frees", etc. There are three persons in the singular ", "he, she, it"], and three in the plural ", "they"]. In addition there are endings for the 2nd and 3rd persons dual , but these are only very rarely used.
A distinction is traditionally made between the so-called athematic verbs , with endings affixed directly to the root, and the thematic class of verbs which present a "thematic" vowel /o/ or /e/ before the ending. The endings are classified into primary and secondary.