First declension
Examples ending with -ας or -ης
Examples ending with -ᾱ and -ᾰ (gen. -ᾱς)
Examples ending with -ᾰ or -η (gen. -ης)
Second declension
Second-declension suffixes
Contracted nouns
Attic second declension
Third declension
Third-declension suffixes
Vowel stem in -ως (gen. -ωος)
Vowel stem in -υς (gen. -υος)
Double vowel stem
Vowel stem in -εύς, -οῦς and -αῦς
The nouns βοῦς and γραῦς are unique.
Contents
- First declension
- Second declension
- Third declension
- Irregular nouns
- Irregular adjectives
- Personal Pronoun
- Numerals
- Conjugation of verbs
- The verb I will go
- The verb
- Verb example
- Consonant stem verbs
- Aorist II also called the strong aorist
- Passive future II and aorist II
- Verbs in
- Other tenses
- stem verbs
- References
Without suffix double-stem in -ώ
Consonant stem (κ, π, τ)
Consonant stem in -ντ and in -α
Nasal single-stem
Nasal double-stem
Liquid stem
Nouns that add an ε in the stem
Sibilant stem
Without suffix double-stem
Irregular nouns
The tables of the irregular nouns do not include the dual number.
All the third declension plural suffixes of the dative (-σι) can accept a ν at the end. For example, ὁ γίγας → τοῖς γίγασι and γίγασιν and ἡ γραῦς → ταῖς γραυσί and γραυσίν.
Second declension
Three suffixes – three genders
Two suffixes – three genders
Third declension
Vowel stem
Two suffixes - three genders
Sibilant-stem, two suffixes - three genders
Irregular adjectives
πολύς and μέγας
Personal Pronoun
Numerals
Conjugation of verbs
The conjugation within each cell is listed (top to bottom): 1st Person Singular, 2nd Person Singular, 3rd Person Singular, 1st Person Plural, 2nd Person Plural, 3rd Person Plural.
The tables do not include the dual number. To make the dual the following rules can be used:
There is no 1st person dual form in common use.
The verb εἶμι "I (will) go"
In the classical period, the present tense indicative of εἶμι is usually used with future meaning.
The verb ἔχω
Verb example
Consonant-stem verbs
Aorist II (also called the strong aorist)
Passive future II and aorist II
Verbs in -άω
Rules
Verb τῑμάω → τῑμῶ (st. τῑμα-)
Note that the optative singular of contracted verbs usually has -οιην, -οιης, -οιη rather than the expected -οιμι, -οις, -οι of regular verbs.
Verbs in -έω
Rules
Verb ποιέω → ποιῶ (st. ποιε-)
Verbs in -όω
Rules
Verb δηλόω → δηλῶ (st. δηλο-)
Other tenses
The other tenses are formed without contraction. The vowel of the stem is lengthened and the suffix is added normally. e.g.: