2-B. Declension



There are five cases in greek nouns:
nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and vocative.
(In this article, the vocative is omitted.)

Declensional patterns are different among three types of noun.

Masculine and feminine nouns

singularType IType IIType III
nominative
genitive *
dative
accusative
plural
nominative
genitive
dative ()**
accusative

Neutral nouns

singularType I#Type IIType III
nominative
genitive
dative
accusative
plural
nominative
genitive
dative ()**
accusative

Notes:
There is "dual" number in addition to singular and plural numbers, but declension in the dual number is omitted.
* When a type-I noun is masculine, its genitive ending is - (e.g. I)
** Final consonant of the word stem is eliminated in front of - because of the euphonic reason, or it may combine to become a double consonant.
# There is no neutral nouns in type I nouns.



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