The inflection of this aorist is in general so regular that it will be sufficient to give only examples of its Vedic forms. We may take as model avidam, from √vid find, of which the various persons and modes are more frequent and in fuller variety than those of any other verb. Only the forms actually quotable are instanced; those of which the examples found are from other verbs than vid are bracketed. Thus: | active. | middle. |
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| s. | d. | p. | s. | d. | p. |
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| 1 | ávidam | ávidāva | ávidāma | ávide | [ávidāvahi] | ávidāmahi | | 2 | ávidas | | [ávidata] | [ávidathās] | | | 3 | ávidat | | ávidan | [avidata] | [avidetām] | ávidanta |
a. The middle forms are rare in the earlier language, as in the later: we have áhve etc., ákhye etc., ávide (?) and avidanta, avocathās and avocāvahi (and avidāmahe GB. andasicāmahe KB. are doubtless to be amended to -mahi).b. Augmentless forms, with indicative or subjunctive value, are not infrequent. Examples, showing accent on the tense-sign, according to the general analogies of the formation, are:ruhám, sṛpas, bhuját, vidát, aratām, vocata, çakan; vidata and vyáta (3d sing.), arāmahi, çiṣāmahi, vidánta, budhánta, mṛṣanta (for exceptions as regards accent, see below, 853). | 