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III.—FIEST DECLENSION.

(The stems of this declension end in a.) I. Feminines.

Stem.	X«pa.	friendship.
Sing. Nom.	XÓ>pa, land (Subject)	<jnXia
Voc.	X<*>pa, 0 land	<f>iX(a
Acc.	Xu>pav, land (Objęci)	<jn\uiv
Gen.	^wpdę, of land	(fnA/aę
Dat.	XÓ>pą, to or for land	<j>lXl<jL
Dual. N.V.A.	^cópa, two land8	<f>tXla.
G.D.	X^>paxv, of (or to or for) two lands	<f>tX(aiv
Plur. Nom.	X<opai, lands	<j>tXlCLL
Voc.	0 lands	(j>ĆXuLL
Acc.	X<!>pa.ę, lands	<j>iXia.‘S
Gen.	X<npo>v, of lands	ov
Dat.	X<óp(uę, to or for lands
Stem.	y\<otr<ra,	Tajia,
English.	tongue.	lionour.
Sing. Nom.	ykwerera.	vM
Voc.	yX€xrcro.	Tipr}
Acc.	yXSxra-o.v	TLp.r/-v
Gen.	y\fjxr<rq^	TLp/q%
Dał.	yXdxro~r]	rtpy
Dual. N. V. A. y\wcr<ra		rtpa
G. D.	y\wro’axv	Tlfia.LV
Plur. N. V.	y\5xrcrai	TLfMLL
Acc.	yXó> <rtraę	Tifias
Gen.	yXmrcrS>v ykwaarais	TipJjiV
Dał.		TLfUUS

If the Nom. Sing. ends in a preceded by a vowel or p, ais retained throughout the singular.

If the Nom. Sing. ends in a preceded by any con-sonant cthep than p, a is changed to ij in the Greń. and Dat. Sing.

If the Nom. Sing. ends in rj, rj is retained throughout the singular.

5. The Definite Article is thus declined :

	Maso.	Fem.	Neat.
Sing. Nom.	c 0	V f	/ TO
Acc.	róv	Trjv	TO
Oen.	ToO	Trj s	TOU
Dat.	TU		T<3
Dual. N. A.	TO)	r Tm	Tm
0. D.	tolv	TOtV	TOlV
Plur. Nom.	oi	at	r ra
Acc.	TOUS	Taę	/ Ta
Oen.	TWV	TU)V	tmv
Dat.	TOŁS	rais	Totę
There is no separate	form of the	indefinite article	in Greek.

aubstautive preceded in English by the indefinite article will appear in Greek without any article at alL

1.    The definite article agrees with its substantire in gender, number, and case, as fj x<ópa, lomd-

2.    It is very freąuently, hut not invariably, used with abstract substantives, as rj o-otf>£a, wadom. It is also often used to denote a whole class, as 6 dvdpm7roa, man ; ol f$a<n-AtJs, kinga.

3.    It is often used with the proper namos of well-known persons, or of persona previously mentioned, as 6 SojKpdrrję, the greot Socrates, or the Socrates of whom we have heen speaking.

Exercise I.

0avp.a£et, (he~) admires. davp.a£ovcri(v)¹, (they) admire. cj(et, (he) kos.    tyowri^y), (they') have.

&fi>wri(v)_t (he) gives.    StSóacrt(v), (they) give.

(For the other words in the esercise see Yocab. i.)

Translate:—

A.—1. T^ę ■mjyr]<;.    2. tt]v hperqv. 3. tolv irrjyatv. 4. rp

vv/j<prj. 5. Taę Moucraę.

1. Of the queen. 2. Justice (object). 3. For the brides. 4. The two-fountains. 5. O queens.

v when they come at the end ot a sentence.

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Yerbs ending in tri add v when the next word begins with a vowel. They may also receiye