Appendix:Ancient Greek second declension
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Greek nouns of the second declension are masculines and feminines in -ος (-os), and neuters in -ον (-on). For those in -ως (-ōs) and -ων (-ōn) (Attic nouns), see Appendix:Ancient Greek Attic declension.
Suffixes
[edit]Regular nouns | ||||||||||||||||||
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Masculine & Feminine | Neuter | |||||||||||||||||
Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||||
Nominative | –ος | –ω | –οι | –ον | –ω | –ᾰ | ||||||||||||
Genitive | –ου | –οιν | –ων | –ου | –οιν | –ων | ||||||||||||
Dative | –ῳ | –οις | –ῳ | –οις | ||||||||||||||
Accusative | –ον | –ω | –ους | –ον | –ω | –ᾰ | ||||||||||||
Vocative | –ε | –οι |
Regular nouns | ||||||||||||||||||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||
m./f. | n. | m./f. | n. | m./f. | n. | |||||||||||||
Nominative | –ος | –ον | –ω | –οι | –ᾰ | |||||||||||||
Vocative | –ε | |||||||||||||||||
Accusative | –ον | –ους | ||||||||||||||||
Genitive | –ου | –οιν | –ων | |||||||||||||||
Dative | –ῳ | –οις |
Examples
[edit]Regular nouns | ||||||||||||||||||
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Masculine & Feminine | Neuter | |||||||||||||||||
πόλεμος (polemos, "war") m | μῆλον (mēlon, "apple") n | |||||||||||||||||
Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||||
Nominative | πόλεμος | πολέμω | πόλεμοι | μῆλον | μήλω | μῆλα | ||||||||||||
Genitive | πολέμου | πολέμοιν | πολέμων | μήλου | μήλοιν | μήλων | ||||||||||||
Dative | πολέμῳ | πολέμοις | μήλῳ | μήλοις | ||||||||||||||
Accusative | πόλεμον | πολέμω | πολέμους | μῆλον | μήλω | μῆλα | ||||||||||||
Vocative | πόλεμε | πόλεμοι |