Comments on: Greek First Declension Nouns

By: Robert Wermuth

Robert Wermuth — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:16:11 +0000

Mike,

Even more looks at this same topic at:

http://wermuthsgreekbook.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/the-satellite-view-of-all-greek-noun-declensions-powerpoint-presentation/

and

http://www.wermuthsgreekbook.com/safari/article/16.html

Enjoy!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:30:59 +0000

I miss read your statement. Thanks for the clarification!

By: Greek First Declension Nouns - Variant 1 « σφοδρα - exceedingly

Greek First Declension Nouns - Variant 1 « σφοδρα - exceedingly — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:26:24 +0000

[...] in Languages Tags: declension, Greek The standard first-declension nouns were described here. The first variant of the first-declension pattern is a short alpha found in the nominative, [...]

By: Greek First Declension Nouns - Variant 2 « σφοδρα - exceedingly

Greek First Declension Nouns - Variant 2 « σφοδρα - exceedingly — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:25:32 +0000

[...] in Languages Tags: declension, Greek Thanks, Mike, for your earlier comments. Feel free to correct my vocabulary, grammar or understanding of the syntax at any time. I welcome [...]

By: George

George — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:45:51 +0000

Most first declension Greek nouns end in ᾱ or η. All such nouns are feminine in gender. "All such" refers to first-declension nouns with the stated ending. And just to be clear, that is a reference to the ending in the nominative. Indeed there are also additional first declension nouns that are feminine, ending in a short alpha. And masculine first declension nouns ending in -ης/-ᾱς. Beyond your example, there are many other nouns in this category, for example, ποιητής, "poet" and νεᾱνίᾱς, "young man". I intend to cover the declension of these in a future post. However, first declension nouns with a nominative ending in long alpha or eta are feminine.