1st Declension Nouns Flashcards
Nominative
Subject
- answering “who?” -
Genitive
Possession / family relationship
- answers “whose?” -
Dative
Indirect Object
- answers “to or for whom?” -
Accusative
Direct Object
- answers “what?” -
Alpha endings are found on those nouns whose stem ends in…
ρ, ι
καρδία, ἐκκλησία
ἡμέρα
Alpha endings are also found on verbs ending with ε. This is also known as the “alpha pie” (ριε).
The dative singular forms often have…
…an iota subscript.
ἡ
Article
Nominative (singular) - feminine
“hay”
αἱ
Article
Nominative (plural), feminine
“hi”
τῆς
Article
Genitive (singular), feminine
“tay s”
/teis/
The - “of”
τῶν
Article
Genitive (plural), feminine
“tone”
/ton/
τῇ
Article
Dative (singular), feminine
“tay”
/tei/
ταῖς
Article
Dative (plural), feminine
“tice”
/tais/
τὴν
Article
Accusative (singular), feminine
“tain”
/tein/
τὰς
Article
Accusative (plural), feminine
“tahs”
/tas/
φωνή
Eta Pattern
-ή
Nominative (singular)
“fonay”
“Voice”
φωνή
φωναί
Eta Pattern
-αί
Nominative (plural)
/fonai/
“Voices”
φωναί
φωνῆς
Eta Pattern
-ῆς
Genitive (singular)
/foneis/
“of voice”
φωνῆς
φωνῶν
Eta Pattern
-ῶν
Genitive (plural)
/fonon/
“of voices”
φωνῶν
φωνῇ
Eta Pattern
-ῇ
Dative (singular)
/fonei/
“to/for voice”
φωνῇ
φωναῖς
Eta Pattern
-αῖς
Dative (plural)
/fonais/
“to/for voices”
φωναῖς
φωνήν
Eta Pattern
-ήν
Accusative (singular)
/fonein/
“voice” d.o.
φωνήν
φωνάς
Eta Pattern
-άς
Accusative (plural)
/fonas/
“voices” d.o.
φωνάς
καρδία
Alpha Pattern
-α
Nominative (singular)
/kardia/
heart
καρδία
καρδίαι
Alpha Pattern
-αι
Nominative (plural )
/kardiai/
hearts
καρδίαι
