Ancient Greek phonology in eastern Greece north of the Peloponnese: in Thessaly, in Locris, Phocis, and southern Aetolia, and in Boeotia, a region close to Athens. Aeolic was carried to Aeolis, on the coast of Asia Minor, and the nearby island of Lesbos. By the time of Ancient Greek, the only Aeolic dialects that remained in Greece were Thessalian and Boeotian. The Aeolic dialects of Greece adopted some characteristics of Doric, since they were located near Doric-speaking areas, while the Aeolian and Lesbian dialects remained pure. Boeotian underwent vowel shifts similar to those that occurred later in Koine Greek, converting to , to
Subjunctive (Ancient Greek) endings in the tables below is: "I", "you sg.", "he/she/it", "we", "you pl.", "they". A 2nd and 3rd person dual number (e.g. "you both may be", "they both may be") also exists but in most verbs it is rare. It is omitted from these tables. Subjunctive (Ancient Greek) The subjunctive mood (Greek () "for arranging underneath", from () "I arrange beneath") along with the indicative, optative, and imperative, is one of the four moods of the Ancient Greek verb. It can be used both in the meaning "should" (the jussive subjunctive) and in the meaning "may" (the potential subjunctive). The