πόλις-type nouns
Nouns in - switch to in most forms: , , , . Most are feminine abstract nouns: , .
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Decline vowel-stem and σ-stem nouns and the adjective πᾶς.
Nouns in - switch to in most forms: , , , . Most are feminine abstract nouns: , .
Nouns in - mark people and roles: , ; , .
, looks second-declension in the nominative, but the genitive - and plural - give it away.
, , : third-declension in masculine/neuter, first in feminine. With the article: 'the whole'; without: 'every'.
Two endings, one for masculine/feminine and one for neuter: , .
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πάντα
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ταῦτά σοι πάντα δώσω, ἐὰν πεσὼν προσκυνήσῃς μοι. Matt 4:9
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ἀληθής
dative plural neuter
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πάντα
ὅτι ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ διʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν τὰ πάντα· αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, ἀμήν. Rom 11:36
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| Case | πόλις |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| nominative | πόλις (nominative ending) |
| genitive | πόλεως (genitive ending) |
| dative | πόλει (dative ending) |
| accusative | πόλιν (accusative ending) |
| plural | |
| nominative | πόλεις (nominative ending) |
| genitive | πόλεων (genitive ending) |
| dative | πόλεσι(ν) (dative ending) |
| accusative | πόλεις (accusative ending) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
| Case | βασιλεύς |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| nominative | βασιλεύς (nominative ending) |
| genitive | βασιλέως (genitive ending) |
| dative | βασιλεῖ (dative ending) |
| accusative | βασιλέα (accusative ending) |
| vocative | βασιλεῦ (vocative form) |
| plural | |
| nominative | βασιλεῖς (nominative ending) |
| genitive | βασιλέων (genitive ending) |
| dative | βασιλεῦσι(ν) (dative ending) |
| accusative | βασιλεῖς (accusative ending) |
| vocative | βασιλεῖς (vocative ending) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusativevocative
| Case | ἔθνος |
|---|---|
| singular | |
| nominative | ἔθνος (nominative ending) |
| genitive | ἔθνους (genitive ending) |
| dative | ἔθνει (dative ending) |
| accusative | ἔθνος (accusative ending) |
| plural | |
| nominative | ἔθνη (nominative ending) |
| genitive | ἐθνῶν (genitive ending) |
| dative | ἔθνεσι(ν) (dative ending) |
| accusative | ἔθνη (accusative ending) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | πᾶς (nominative form) | πᾶσα (nominative ending) | πᾶν (nominative form) |
| genitive | παντός (genitive ending) | πάσης (genitive ending) | παντός (genitive ending) |
| dative | παντί (dative ending) | πάσῃ (dative ending) | παντί (dative ending) |
| accusative | πάντα (accusative ending) | πᾶσαν (accusative ending) | πᾶν (accusative form) |
| plural | |||
| nominative | πάντες (nominative ending) | πᾶσαι (nominative ending) | πάντα (nominative ending) |
| genitive | πάντων (genitive ending) | πασῶν (genitive ending) | πάντων (genitive ending) |
| dative | πᾶσι(ν) (dative ending) | πάσαις (dative ending) | πᾶσι(ν) (dative ending) |
| accusative | πάντας (accusative ending) | πάσας (accusative ending) | πάντα (accusative ending) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
| Case | masculine/feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|
| singular | ||
| nominative | ἀληθής (nominative ending) | ἀληθές (nominative ending) |
| genitive | ἀληθοῦς (genitive ending) | ἀληθοῦς (genitive ending) |
| dative | ἀληθεῖ (dative ending) | ἀληθεῖ (dative ending) |
| accusative | ἀληθῆ (accusative ending) | ἀληθές (accusative ending) |
| plural | ||
| nominative | ἀληθεῖς (nominative ending) | ἀληθῆ (nominative ending) |
| genitive | ἀληθῶν (genitive ending) | ἀληθῶν (genitive ending) |
| dative | ἀληθέσι(ν) (dative ending) | ἀληθέσι(ν) (dative ending) |
| accusative | ἀληθεῖς (accusative ending) | ἀληθῆ (accusative ending) |
Endings by case:nominativegenitivedativeaccusative
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One word is glossed for you (you haven’t learned this word yet): ἐσχίσθη “Was divided”.
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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).