Appendix:Ancient Greek second declension

      Description

      Greek nouns of the second declension are masculines and feminines in -ος (-os), and neuters in -ον (-on) or in -ως (-ōs) and -ων (-ōn) (Attic nouns).

      Suffixes

      Regular nouns
      Masculine & Feminine Neuter
      Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
      Nominative –ος –ω –οι –ον –ω –ᾰ
      Genitive –ου –οιν –ων –ου –οιν –ων
      Dative –ῳ –οιν –οις –ῳ –οιν –οις
      Accusative –ον –ω –ους –ον –ω –ᾰ
      Vocative –ε –ω –οι –ον –ω –ᾰ

      Examples

      Regular nouns
      Masculine & Feminine Neuter
      πόλεμος (polemos, "war") m μῆλον (mēlon, "apple") n
      Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
      Nominative πόλεμος πολέμω πόλεμοι μῆλον μήλω μῆλα
      Genitive πολέμου πολέμοιν πολέμων μήλου μήλοιν μήλων
      Dative πολέμῳ πολέμοιν πολέμοις μήλῳ μήλοιν μήλοις
      Accusative πόλεμον πολέμω πολέμους μῆλον μήλω μῆλα
      Vocative πόλεμε πολέμω πόλεμοι μῆλον μήλω μῆλα
      Last modified on 15 April 2013, at 17:09