Appendix:Ancient Greek Attic declension

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Description

Greek nouns of the Attic declension are masculines and feminines ending in -ως (-ōs) and neuters in -ων (-ōn). This category is usually considered as a subcategory of the second Ancient Greek declension, because in both declensions masculines and feminines share the same endings.

Suffixes

Attic nouns
Masculine & Feminine Neuter
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Nominative –ως –ω –ῳ –ων –ω –ω
Genitive –ω –ῳν –ων –ω –ῳν –ων
Dative –ῳ –ῳν –ῳς –ῳ –ῳν –ῳς
Accusative –ων –ω –ως –ων –ω –ω
Vocative –ως –ω –ῳ –ων –ω –ω

Examples

Note: These examples are forms from the Attic dialect.

Attic nouns
Masculine & Feminine Neuter
πρόνεως (proneōs, "pronaos") m ἀνώγεων (anōgeōn, "raised floor") n
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πρόνεως πρόνεω πρόνεῳ ἀνώγεων ἀνώγεω ἀνώγεω
Genitive πρόνεω πρόνεῳν πρώνεων ἀνώγεω ἀνώγεῳν ἀνώγεων
Dative πρόνεῳ πρόνεῳν πρόνεῳς ἀνώγεῳ ἀνώγεῳν ἀνώγεῳς
Accusative πρόνεων πρόνεω πρόνεως ἀνώγεων ἀνώγεω ἀνώγεω
Vocative πρόνεως πρόνεω πρόνεῳ ἀνώγεων ἀνώγεω ἀνώγεω