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Fall Greek 2003


Croy Lesson 17

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Greek Nouns

GENDER NUMBER CASE

masculine singular Nominative


feminine plural Genitive
neuter Dative
Accusative
Vocative
First Declension

SINGULAR PLURAL

NOM -α / -η [-ης]* -αι


GEN -ας / -ης [-ου]* -ων
DAT -ᾳ / -ῃ -αις
ACC -αν / -ην -ας
VOC -α / -η -αι
*Masculine Nouns of First Declension
Second Declension

SINGULAR PLURAL

NOM -ος / -ον -οι / -α


GEN -ου -ων
DAT -ῳ -οις
ACC -ον / -ον -ους / -α
VOC -ε / -ον -οι / -α
THIRD Declension

SINGULAR PLURAL

NOM -**- [**] -ες / -εις [-α ]


GEN -ος / -ως / -ους -ων
DAT -ι -σι
ACC -α / -ιν [**] -ας / -εις [-α ]

** = These endings vary in the Third Declension


[ ] = Neuter forms of Third Declension
THIRD Declension

 Gender of a 3rd Declension noun cannot


necessarily be known from lexical form
 The stem cannot be known from the
Nominative Singular form >> need to
know the Genitive Singular (Dict. entry)
ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ὁ
 Form of Dative Plural varies because of
contraction of stem with σ
THIRD Declension
Neuter Nouns ending in -μα
Singular Plural

NOM/VOC σῶμα σώματα


GEN σώματος σωνάτων
DAT σώματι σώμασι(ν)
ACC σῶμα σώματα
Lesson 17 - Vocabulary
 αἷμα, -ατος, το  ὅνομα, -ατος, το
 αἰών, αἰῶνος, ὁ  πνεῦμα, -ατος, το
 ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ὁ  ῥῆμα, -ατος, το
 ἅρχων, ἄρσοντος, ὁ  σάρξ, σαρκός, ηπ
 γυνή, γυναικός, ἡ  σπέρμα, -ατος, το
 ἕως  στόμα, -ατος, το
 θέλημα, -ατος, το  σῶμα, -ατος, το
 νύξ, νυκτός, ἡ
Third Declension Nouns

GENDER NUMBER CASE

αἰῶνας
αἰώνων
αἰωνα
σαρκι
πνεύματι
πνεύμασι
Croy 17 - Exercises

 Do NT #s 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7
Quiz on Tuesday

1) Complete the chart for the PERFECT ACTIVE


INDICATIVE forms of λύω
2) PERFECT INFINITIVE forms of λύω
3) Complete chart for forms of a 3rd Decl noun
4) Translate a short sentence (includes vocab
from Lesson 17)

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