A third pattern
Third-declension nouns hide their stem in the nominative. Find it by removing - from the genitive: - → stem -.
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Find the stem of consonant-stem nouns from the genitive and decline them.
Third-declension nouns hide their stem in the nominative. Find it by removing - from the genitive: - → stem -.
From now on vocabulary shows both: , ; , .
Singular: -/—, -, -, -/-. Plural: -, -, -(), -. Neuters: — and -.
// + → ; // + → ; // drop before : + → , + → .
, and shorten their stem in some cases: , , but .
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Parse the marked word from Matt 3:16.
πνεῦμα
βαπτισθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εὐθὺς ἀνέβη ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἠνεῴχθησαν οἱ οὐρανοί, καὶ εἶδεν πνεῦμα θεοῦ καταβαῖνον ὡσεὶ περιστερὰν ἐρχόμενον ἐπʼ αὐτόν· Matt 3:16
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ὄνομα
nominative singular neuter
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χάρις
Ἡ χάρις τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί· ἀμήν. Gal 6:18
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Parse the marked word, χάρις.
This lesson’s words, chart forms and parsings are spaced-review cards. Pass the drills above and they join your review, where each card comes back just before you would forget it. See step 7 for what this lesson adds.
Under each verse in step 6, write your own English and get feedback on each word. It doesn’t count toward the pass mark, so try it whenever a verse makes sense to you.
| Case | σάρξ |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| nominative | σάρξ (nominative form) |
| genitive | σαρκός (genitive ending) |
| dative | σαρκί (dative ending) |
| accusative | σάρκα (accusative ending) |
| plural | |
| nominative | σάρκες (nominative ending) |
| genitive | σαρκῶν (genitive ending) |
| dative | σαρξί(ν) (dative form) |
| accusative | σάρκας (accusative ending) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
| Case | ὄνομα |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| nominative | ὄνομα (nominative form) |
| genitive | ὀνόματος (genitive ending) |
| dative | ὀνόματι (dative ending) |
| accusative | ὄνομα (accusative form) |
| plural | |
| nominative | ὀνόματα (nominative ending) |
| genitive | ὀνομάτων (genitive ending) |
| dative | ὀνόμασι(ν) (dative ending) |
| accusative | ὀνόματα (accusative ending) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
| Case | πατήρ |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| nominative | πατήρ (nominative form) |
| genitive | πατρός (genitive ending) |
| dative | πατρί (dative ending) |
| accusative | πατέρα (accusative ending) |
| vocative | πάτερ (vocative form) |
| plural | |
| nominative | πατέρες (nominative ending) |
| genitive | πατέρων (genitive ending) |
| dative | πατράσι(ν) (dative ending) |
| accusative | πατέρας (accusative ending) |
| vocative | πατέρες (vocative ending) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusativevocative
| Case | αἰών |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| nominative | αἰών (nominative form) |
| genitive | αἰῶνος (genitive ending) |
| dative | αἰῶνι (dative ending) |
| accusative | αἰῶνα (accusative ending) |
| plural | |
| nominative | αἰῶνες (nominative ending) |
| genitive | αἰώνων (genitive ending) |
| dative | αἰῶσι(ν) (dative ending) |
| accusative | αἰῶνας (accusative ending) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
| case | m/f sg | n sg | m/f pl | n pl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nom | -ς / — (nominative ending) | — | -ες (nominative ending) | -α (nominative ending) |
| gen | -ος (genitive ending) | -ος (genitive ending) | -ων (genitive ending) | -ων (genitive ending) |
| dat | -ι (dative ending) | -ι (dative ending) | -σι(ν) (dative ending) | -σι(ν) (dative ending) |
| acc | -α / -ν (accusative ending) | — | -ας (accusative ending) | -α (accusative ending) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
Every word here is one you know, apart from at most one glossed word. Tap a word to look it up; it shows only what you've learned so far. Answer questions on these verses in the Read a verse drill.
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having stretched out · ·
One word is glossed for you (you haven’t learned this word yet): ἐκτείνας “having stretched out”.
no one, , .
One word is glossed for you (you haven’t learned this word yet): οὐδεὶς “no one”.
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Sources for this lesson: SBLGNT text CC BY 4.0; MACULA Greek CC BY 4.0 (tokens, parses, english glosses); Berean Interlinear glosses public domain (context_gloss); Dodson lexicon CC0 (vocab gloss).