This practice is for use with section 5.3, “Greek nouns”

Reading dictionary entries for nouns

Identify what declension each of the following nouns belongs to:

  1. γνώμη, γνώμης, ἡ
  2. θάνατος, θανάτου, ὁ
  3. θεράπαινα, θεραπαίνης, ἡ
  4. παιδίον, παιδίου, τό
  5. ἀγορά, ἀγορᾶς, ἡ
  6. ἀγρός, ἀγροῦ, ὁ
  7. πολίτης, πολίτου, ὁ
  8. χρόνος, χρόνου, ὁ
  9. πράγμα, πράγματος, τό
  10. τιμωρία, τιμωρίας, ἡ

Identify the gender of each of the following nouns:

  1. ἀγορά, ἀγορᾶς, ἡ
  2. ἀγρός, ἀγροῦ, ὁ
  3. ἄνθρωπος, ἀνθρώπου, ὁ or ἡ
  4. παιδίον, παιδίου, τό
  5. πολίτης, πολίτου, ὁ
  6. πράγμα, πράγματος, τό

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