Allen & Greenough · Part First — Words and Forms › THIRD DECLENSION (CONSONANT AND i-STEMS) §82. Greek Nouns of the Third DeclensionSome of these forms are seen in the following examples:—
hērōs , M., hero lampas , F., torch basis , F., base tigris , C., tiger nāis , F., naiad STEM hērō- STEM lampad- STEM basi- STEM tigrid- tigri- STEM nāid-
SINGULAR NOM. hērōs lampas basis tigris nāis GEN. hērōis lampados baseōs tigris (-id os )nāidos DAT. hērōī lampadī basī tigrī nāidī ACC. hērōa lampada basin tigrin (-id a )nāida ABL. hērōe lampade basī tigrī (-id e )nāide PLURAL NOM. hērōĕs lampadĕs basēs tigrēs nāidĕs GEN. hērōum lampadum basium (-eōn )tigrium nāidum D.,A.1 1 Dative, hērōisin (once only). hērōibus lampadibus basibus tigribus nāidibus ACC. hērōăs lampadăs basīs ((--eis )tigrīs (-id ăs )nāidăs
PROPER NAMES NOM. Dīdō Simoīs Capys GEN. Dīdōnis (Dīd ūs ) Simoentis Capyos DAT. Dīdōnī (Dīdō Simoentī Capyī ACC. Dīdōnem (-ō)Simoenta Capyn ABL. Dīdōne (-ō)Simoente Capyë VOC. Dīdō Simoīs Capy NOM. Orpheus Periclēs Paris GEN. Orpheī (-e ōs )Periclis (-ī )Paridis DAT. Orpheī (-e ō )Periclī (-i )Paridī ACC. Orphea (-um )Periclem (-ea , -ēn ) Paridem , Parim (-i n )ABL. Orpheō Pericle Paride , Parī VOC. Orpheu Periclēs (-ē ) Pari Note. —The regular Latin forms may be used for most of the above.
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