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Greek First Declension Nouns

Posted on 2008-05-06 by

Most first declension Greek nouns end in ᾱ or η. All such nouns are feminine in gender. The long alpha is found only in words whose stems end in ε, ι or ρ. First declension nouns in ᾱ/η are declined … Continue reading →

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WOTD, χάριν

Posted on 2008-04-24 by

The word of the day is… χάριν Classical Greek, charin, 1. ”for the sake of”. Based on the accusative of χάρις, χάριτος, ἡ, this is employed as a postpositive preposition (wouldn’t that be a postposition?), governing a noun in the genitive case. e.g. … Continue reading →

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