Chapter 052 Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar Dickinson College Christopher Francese

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Greek nouns of the Second Declension end in -os , -ōs , masculine or feminine, and in -on neuter.

They are mostly proper names and are declined as follows in the Singular, the Plural, when found, being regular:—

mȳthos , M. Athōs , M. Dēlos , F. Īlion , N. fable Athos Delos Ilium
SINGULAR NOM. mȳth os Ath ōs ( -ō ） Dēl os Īli on GEN. mȳth ī Ath ō ( -ī ） Dēl ī Īli ī DAT. mȳth ō Ath ō Dēl ō Īli ō ACC. mȳth on Ath ōn ( -um ） Dēl on ( -um ） Īli on ABL. mȳth ō Ath ō Dēl ō Īli ō VOC. mȳth e Ath ōs Dēl e Īli on

Many names in -ēs belonging to the third declension have also a genitive in -ī : as, Thūcȳdidēs , Thūcȳdidī (compare § 44 . b ).

Several names in -er have also a nominative in -us : as, Teucer or Teucrus . The name Panthūs has the vocative Panthū (§ 81 . 3).

The genitive plural of certain titles of books takes the Greek termination -ōn : as, Geōrgicōn , of the Georgics.

The termination -oe (for Greek - οι ) is sometimes found in the nominative plural: as, Adelphoe , the Adelphi (a play of Terence).

Greek names in -eus (like Orpheus ) have forms of the second and third declensions (see § 82 ).

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