Inflections.
28 Greek
Nouns
of the Third Declension.
47. The following are the chief peculiarities of these :I. The ending -a in the Accusative Singular; as, aethera, aether; Salamina, Salamis. 2. The ending -~s in the Nominative Plural; as, Phryg~s, Phrygians.
3. The ending -as in the Accusative Plural; as, Phrygas, Phrygians. 4. Proper names in -as (Genitive -antis) have -a in the Vocative Singular; as, Atlas (Atlantis), Vocative Atla, Atlas. 5. Neuters in -ma (Genitive -matis) have -is instead of -ibus in the Dative and Ablative Plural; as, poematfs, poems. 6. Orpheus, and other proper names ending in -eus, form the Vocative Singular in -eu (Orpheu, etc.). But in prose the other cases usually follow the second declension; as, Orphei, Orpheo, etc. 7. Proper names in -es, like Pericles, form the Genitive Singular sometimes in -Is, sometimes in -i; as, Periclis or Pericli. 8. Feminine proper names in -0 have -iis in the Genitive, but -0 in the other oblique cases; as, . Nom. Dido Gen. Didfis Dat. Dido路
Ace. Dido Voc. Dido Abl. Dido
9. The regular Latin endings often occur in Greek nouns.
FOURTH
DECLENSION. u-Stems.
48. Nouns of the Fourth Declension end in -us Masculine, and -u Neuter. They are declined as follows:Fructus, 51 GULAR.
Nom. Gen. flat. Ace. Voc. Abl.
fructus fructus friictuf fructum fructus fructu
m.,fruit. PLURAL.
fructus fnictuum fructibus fructus fructas fructibus
Cornu, n., horn, SINGULAR.
cornu comus cornu cornu cornii cornii
PLURAL.
cornua cornuum cornibus cornua cornua cornibus