New terms in this module
- gender, case
- nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, vocative
- declension
- subject-verb agreement
- article
- attributive position, predicate position
- preposition
- direct, indirect object
- transitive verb
- substantive adjective
- pronoun, demonstrative pronoun, antecedent
- direct object, indirect object
- transitive, intransitive and linking clauses
- linking verb
Dictionary entries
- the dictionary entry for a noun gives its nominative singular form, genitive singular form, and indicates its gender with the article
The article
| Case | | Singular | | | Plural | |
| | Masc | Fem | Neut | Masc | Fem | Neut |
| | | | | | | |
| Nominative | ὁ | ἡ | τό | οἱ | αἱ | τά |
| Genitive | τοῦ | τῆς | τοῦ | τῶν | τῶν | τῶν |
| Dative | τῷ | τῇ | τῷ | τοῖς | ταῖς | τοῖς |
| Accusative | τόν | τήν | τό | τούς | τάς | τά |
Models: first-declension nouns
| Case and number | -η / -ης | α / -ας | -α / -ης |
| Nominative singular | γνώμη | οἰκία | θεράπαινα |
| Genitive singular | γνώμης | οἰκίας | θεραπαίνης |
| Dative singular | γνώμῃ | οἰκίᾳ | θεραπαίνῃ |
| Accusative singular | γνώμην | οἰκίαν | θεράπαιναν |
| Nominative plural | γνῶμαι | οἰκίαι | θεράπαιναι |
| Genitive plural | γνωμῶν | οἰκιῶν | θεραπαινῶν |
| Dative plural | γνώμαις | οἰκίαις | θεραπαίναις |
| Accusative plural | γνώμας | οἰκίας | θεραπαίνας |
Models: second-declension nouns
| Case and number | Masculine | Neuter |
| Nominative singular | ἄνθρωπος | παιδίον |
| Genitive singular | ἀνθρώπου | παιδίου |
| Dative singular | ἀνθρώπῳ | παιδίῳ |
| Accusative singular | ἄνθρωπον | παιδίον |
| Vocative singular | ἄνθρωπε | παιδίον |
| Nominative plural | ἄνθρωποι | παιδία |
| Genitive plural | ἀνθρώπων | παιδίων |
| Dative plural | ἀνθρώποις | παιδίοις |
| Accusative plural | ἀνθρώπους | παιδία |
Models: third-declension nouns
| Case and number | Neuter | Feminine |
| Nominative singular | πρᾶγμα | γυναικωνῖτις |
| Genitive singular | πράγματος | γυναικωνίτιδος |
| Dative singular | πράγματι | γυναικωνίτιδι |
| Accusative singular | πρᾶγμα | γυναικωνῖτιν |
| Nominative plural | πράγματα | γυναικωνίτιδες |
| Genitive plural | πραγμάτων | γυναικωνιτίδων |
| Dative plural | πράγμασι or πράγμασιν | γυναικωνίτισι or γυναικωνίτισιν |
| Accusative plural | πράγματα | γυναικωνίτιδας |
Models: “first and second” declension adjectives
| Case | | Singular | | | Plural | |
| | Masc | Fem | Neut | Masc | Fem | Neut |
| Nominative | ἀγαθός | ἀγαθή | ἀγαθόν | ἀγαθοί | ἀγαθαί | ἀγαθά |
| Genitive | ἀγαθοῦ | ἀγαθῆς | ἀγαθοῦ | ἀγαθῶν | ἀγαθῶν | ἀγαθῶν |
| Dative | ἀγαθῷ | ἀγαθῇ | ἀγαθῷ | ἀγαθοῖς | ἀγαθαῖς | ἀγαθοῖς |
| Accusative | ἀγαθόν | ἀγαθήν | ἀγαθόν | ἀγαθούς | ἀγαθάς | ἀγαθά |