1. Nouns of the 2nd declension

Question 1

1. Cases are in the order used by some modern textbooks: nom. acc. gen. dat. voc. We begin with the 2nd declension, because it’s the least complicated.

Decline ἄνθρωπος (“human”) in the singular.

Remember fundamental rule of Greek accent: for a word to be proparoxytone (i.e. it has an acute accent on the antepenult) the ultima must be short.

Answer 1

ἄνρθωπος

ἄνθωρπον

ἀνθρώπου

ἀνθρώπῳ

ἄνθρωπε

Question 2

2.

Decline ἄνθρωπος in the plural.

Remember that final -οι (not -οις) is considered short. Note: vocatives are not reviewed in the plural of any noun because in the plural they are always identical with the nominative.

Answer 2

ἄνθρωποι

ἀνθρώπους

ἀνθρώπων

ἀνθρώποις

Question 3

3. Decline λέμβος (“dinghy, skiff, small boat”) in the singular.

Answer 3

3. λέμβος, λέμβον, λέμβου, λέμβῳ, λέμβε

Question 4

4. Decline λέμβος in the plural.

Answer 4

4. λέμβοι, λέμβους, λέμβων, λεμβοῖς

Question 5

5. Decline δῆμος (“people”) in the singular.

Remember fundamental rule of Greek accent: for a word to be properispomenon (it has a circumflex on the penult) the ultima must be short.

Answer 5

5. δῆμος, δῆμον, δήμου, δήμῳ, δῆμε

Question 6

6. Decline δῆμος in the plural.

Answer 6

6. δῆμοι, δήμους, δήμων, δήμοις

Question 7

7. Decline ῥαψῳδός (“rhapsode”) in the singular.

Remember the Genitive / Dative Rule: a 1st or 2nd declension noun that is oxytone (it has an acute accent on the ultima) changes to perispomenon (it has a circumflex on the ultima) in the genitive and dative.

Answer 7

7. ῥαψῳδός, ῥαψῳδόν, ῥαψῳδοῦ, ῥαψῳδῷ, ῥαψῳδέ

Question 8

8. Decline ῥάψῳδός in the plural.

Answer 8

8. ῥαψῳδοί, ῥαψῳδούς, ῥαψῳδῶν, ῥαψῳδοῖς

Question 9

9. The accents on neuter 2nd declension nouns follow the same principles.

Decline ἐμπόριον (“market-place”) in the singular.

Note: vocatives are not reviewed in the neuter because they are always the same as the nominative and the accusative forms.

Answer 9

9. ἐμπόριον, ἐμπόριον, ἐμπορίου, ἐμπορίῳ

Question 10

10. Decline ἐμπόριον in the plural.

Answer 10

10. ἐμπόρια, ἐμπόρια, ἐμπορίων, ἐμπορίοις

Question 11

11. Decline ἔργον (“task, job, work”) in the singular.

Answer 11

11. ἔργον, ἔργον, ἔργου, ἔργῳ

Question 12

12. Decline ἔργον in the plural.

Answer 12

12. ἔργα, ἔργα, ἔργων, ἔργοις

Question 13

13. Decline πλοῖον (“merchant-ship”) in the singular.

Answer 13

13. πλοῖον, πλοῖον, πλοίου, πλοίῳ

Question 14

14. Decline πλοῖον in the plural.

Answer 14

14. πλοῖα, πλοῖα, πλοίων, πλοίοις

Question 15

15. Decline ἱερόν (“temple) in the singular.

Answer 15

15. ἱερόν, ἱερόν, ἱεροῦ, ἱερῷ

Question 16

16. Decline ἱερόν in the plural.

Answer 16

16. ἱερά, ἱερά, ἱερῶν, ἱεροῖς