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The Consonant Declension, aka Third Declension

Consonant declension II. Contractions and other problems

	in -ri s	ntrs in -o$	and -a$	adj.s with	-es stem	adj.s with	-u stem
contr.:	-es (masc)	-es (ntr)	-as (ntr)	m/f	n	m	f	n
nom.sg.	Ó ZGOKpĆTTię;	to yevo$ to yepaę		aXr|0ps	aAr]0E$	ó£us	ó^sTa	ó£u
gen.	ZcoKpćrrouę	yevouę	ydpcoę	aArjSoug	aXr|0oOs	ó^eos	ó^Eiag	ó£eos
dat.	ZcoKpÓTEi	yevEi	yspą	ćcAtiBeT	aXr|0£T	ó£eT	ó^Eią	ó^eT
acc.	ZcoKpćrrri	yevo5	yepas	aXri0p	aXr|0£5	ó£uv	ó£eTcxv	ó£u
voc.	ZcÓKpaTeę	= nom.	= nom.	aAr]0£5	= nom.	ó^u	= nom.	=nom.
nom.pl.		yevri	yspa	aXr|0ETs	ćxXr|0fi	ó^eis	ó^sTai	ó£sa
gen.		yevćóv	y£pćov	dAr]0ćdv	aXr|0ćdv	óęścov	óĘeigjv	ó£ecov
dat.		yEveai(v)	y£paai(v)	aXr|0Eai(v)	aXr|0£ai(v)	óĘdai(v)	ó^siaig	ó£ćai(v)
acc.		y£vr|	yspa	aAr|0£Tę	aXr|0'n	ó^Elę	ó^Eias	ó^śa

stems with l, u, eu, au with metathesis    stems in u without metathesis

nom.sg.	f] TTÓXl5	Ó TTfjXU5	TO CCOTU	ó (SaaiAsus	r\ vaus	6 ix6dę	ó, f\ (3oOę	ń ypatfs	ó Zeus
gen.	ttóXecgs	Tipyecoę	aoTEcoę	j3aoiXEco5	VECÓ5	iX0do$	(3oós	ypaós	Aióę
dat.	ttóXei	-rrriyei	aCTEl	(3c(giXeT	VT]t	iX0dr	Pot	ypaf	Au
acc.	7TÓXlV	nfjyw	aoTU	(3aaiXEa	vauv	iX0dv	(3oOv	ypauv	A (a
voc.	TTÓXl	Trnxu	aoTu	(3aaiXEU	vau	iX0U	(3oO	ypau	Zeu
nom.pl.	ttóXeis	TrfixeiS	aOTTl	P>aaiXf]5/-ETę	^1 vfj£ę	iX0UES	(3óe5	ypdss
gen.	ttóXecgv	TTT^S|X^ecov	aoTEcoy	(3aaiXEcov	VEĆGV	iX0dcov	(3oćov	ypaćdv
dat.	TTÓXeOI(v)	urix^i(v)	aoTEai(v)	(3aaiXEuai(v)	vauai'(v)	iX0dai(v)	(3ouai(v)	ypaua((v)
acc.	ttóXeis	^Ti"nx^Els	doTT|	(3aaiXśas	vauę	(X0Oę	(3ous	ypaug

^aoiAeTę is used as nom. and acc. after the 5th C.

Notę on accentuation: Accents are persistent, with two main exceptions:

1) monosyllables (e.g., icAcby, X^E^P* &Aę, (3ou$, ypccuę, Zevię) are accented on the ultima in the gen. and dat.;

2) if the gen.sg. is -Ecoę, the accent of the gen.pl. falls on the same syllable as in the sg., e.g. TróAecoę - ttóAecov.