3. Nouns of the 3rd declension

Question 1

1a. Decline λιμήν, ὁ (“harbor”) in the singular. Remember that the accent on nouns is usually persistent.

Answer 1

1a. λιμήν, λιμένα, λιμένος, λιμένι

Question 2

1b. Decline λιμήν, ὁ in the plural.

Answer 2

1b. λιμένες, λιμένας, λιμένων, λιμέσι(ν)

Question 3

2a. Decline νύξ, ἡ (“night”) in the singular. Note that 3rd decl. nouns with stems of one syllable have their accents on the case ending syllable in the genitive and dative (acute accents except on endings in -ων)

Answer 3

2a. νύξ, νύκτα, νυκτός, νυκτί

Question 4

2b. Decline νύξ, ἡ in the plural. Note that 3rd decl. nouns with stems of one syllable have their accents on the case ending syllable in the genitive and dative, and that the accent on -ων is circumflex.

Answer 4

2b. νύκτες, νύκτας, νυκτῶν, νυξί(ν)

Question 5

3a. Decline πρᾶγμα, τό (“deed, thing, matter”) in the singular.

Answer 5

3a. πρᾶγμα, πρᾶγμα, πράγματος, πράγματι

Question 6

3b. Decline πρᾶγμα, τό in the plural. Notice that in one case the accent will move to the penult.

Answer 6

3b. πράγματα, πράγματα, πραγμάτων, πράγμασι(ν)

Question 7

4a. Decline πλῆθος, τό (“number, crowd, the people”) in the singular.

Answer 7

4a. πλῆθος, πλῆθος, πλήθους, πλήθει

Question 8

4b. Decline πλῆθος, τό in the plural. Note that the genitive plural was originally πληθέων, so that the contracted form has a circumflex.

Answer 8

4b. πλήθη, πλήθη, πληθῶν, πλήθεσι(ν)

Question 9

5a. Decline πόλις, ἡ (“city”) in the singular, including the vocative. Note that the final -ως in the genitive does not keep the accent from remaining proparoxytone (Smyth § 271).

Answer 9

5a. πόλις, πόλιν, πόλεως, πόλει, ὦ πόλι

Question 10

5b. Decline πόλις, ἡ in the plural. The genitive plural accent follows that of the genitive singular.

Answer 10

5b. πόλεις, πόλεις, πόλεων, πόλεσι(ν)

Question 11

6a. Decline πρέσβευς, ὁ (“old man”; in pl. “ambassadors”) in the singular, including the vocative. Note that the final -ως in the genitive does not keep the accent from remaining proparoxytone (Smyth § 271).

Answer 11

6a. πρέσβυς, πρέσβυν, πρέσβεως, πρέσβει, ὦ πρέσβυ

Question 12

6b. Decline πρέσβευς, ὁ in the plural. The genitive plural accent follows that of the genitive singular.

Answer 12

6b. πρέσβεις, πρέσβεις, πρέσβεων, πρέσβεσι(ν)

Question 13

7a. Decline ἄστυ, τό (“city”) in the singular. Note that the final -ως in the genitive does not keep the accent from remaining proparoxytone (Smyth § 271).

Answer 13

7a. ἄστυ, ἄστυ, ἄστεως, ἄστει

Question 14

7b. Decline ἄστυ, τό in the plural. The genitive plural accent follows that of the genitive singular.

Answer 14

7b. ἄστη, ἄστη, ἄστεων, ἄστεσι(ν)

Question 15

8a. Decline βασιλεύς, ὁ (“king”) in the singular, including the vocative. The circumflex accents are presumably a result of contraction.

Answer 15

8a. βασιλεύς, βασιλέᾱ, βασιλέως, βασιλεῖ, ὦ βασιλεῦ

Question 16

8b. Decline βασιλεύς, ὁ in the plural.

Answer 16

8b. βασιλῆς or βασιλεῖς, βασιλέᾱς, βασιλεῦσι(ν)

Question 17

9a. Decline τριήρης, ἡ (“trireme”) in the singular.

Answer 17

9a. τριήρης, τριήρη, τριήρους, τριήρει

Question 18

9b. Decline τρίηρης, ἡ in the plural. Note that the genitive plural was presumably τριηρέων, so that the contracted form has a circumflex.

Answer 18

9b. τριήρεις, τριήρεις, τριηρῶν, τριήρεσι(ν)

Question 19

10a. Decline Σωκράτης, ὁ in the singular, including the vocative. I am not sure why the vocative is proparoxytone.

Answer 19

10a. Σωκράτης, Σωκράτη, Σωκράτους, Σωκράτει, ὦ Σώκρατες

Question 20

11a. Decline Περικλῆς, ὁ in the singular, including the vocative. The circumflexes are due to contraction.

Answer 20

11a. Περικλῆς, Περικλέᾱ, Περικλέους, Περικλεῖ, ὦ Περίκλεις

Question 21

12a. Decline πατήρ, ὁ (“father”) in the singular, including the vocative.

Answer 21

12a. πατήρ, πατέρα, πατρός, πατρί, (ὦ) πάτερ

Question 22

12b. Decline πατήρ, ὁ in the plural.

Answer 22

12a. πατέρες, πατέρας, πατέρων, πατράσι(ν)

Question 23

13a. Decline ὀρφῡ́ς, ἡ (“eyebrow”) in the singular, including the vocative.

Answer 23

13a. ὀφρῡ́ς, ὀφρῡ́ν, ὀφρῡ́ος, ὀφρῡ́ι, ὦ ὀφρῡ́

Question 24

13b. Decline ὀφρῡ́ς, ἡ in the plural.

Answer 24

13b. ὀρφρῡ́ες, ὀφρῡ́ς, ὀφρῡ́ων, ὀφρῡ́σι(ν)