24: Noun Variations

Question 1

διδάσκαλος, ὁ

Answer 1

teacher

Question 2

ἔρημος, -ον

Answer 2

deserted (adjective; masculine and feminine shares one form)

Question 3

ἔρημος, ἡ

Answer 3

desert, wilderness

Question 4

μαθητής, ὁ

Answer 4

disciple

Question 5

ὁδός, ἡ

Answer 5

way, road

Question 6

προφήτης, ὁ

Answer 6

prophet

Question 7

ἐν οἷς

Answer 7

“by which signs”

Question 8

ἐπαιτέω

Answer 8

I beg

Question 9

Ζαχαρίος, ὁ

Answer 9

Zechariah

Question 10

θέλω

Answer 10

I want

Question 11

θηρίον, τό

Answer 11

beast

Question 12

κάθημαι

Answer 12

I sit

Question 13

Μωϋσῆς, ὁ

Answer 13

Moses

Question 14

οὐδείς

Answer 14

no one (m n sg)

Question 15

πιάζω

Answer 15

I seize

Question 16

πλανάω

Answer 16

I deceive

Question 17

τελώνης, ὁ

Answer 17

tax-collector

Question 18

ψευδοπροφήτης, ὁ

Answer 18

false-prophet

Question 19

Φαρισαῖος, ὁ

Answer 19

Pharisee

Question 20

χάραγμα, τό

Answer 20

mark

Question 21

Recite “Jesus” declension

Answer 21

Question 22

Recite Masculine First Declension Paradigm

Answer 22

Question 23

How is case function communicated on irregular declined names?

Answer 23

Mostly by its article.

του Ἀβραάμ (of Abraham)

τῳ Ἀβραάμ (to/for Abraham)

Question 24

In what lies the variation of some nouns? How are they modified?

Answer 24

In that some follow masculine endings, while being feminine in gender (ἡ οδός), and others follow feminine endings while being masculine in gender (ὁ προφήτης).

They will be modified in articles, adjectives, and participles by their gender, not their declension.

(τὸν ἀγαθόν προφήτην, “the good prophet”)

Question 25

What are occupation nouns?

Answer 25

Nouns that describe an occupation or the agent of an action.

• They follow the Masculine First Declension paradigm.
• They are sometimes derived from verbs.

Question 26

ἀκροατής, ὁ

Answer 26

hearer

Question 27

βαπτιστής

Answer 27

baptist

Question 28

διὠκτης, ὁ

Answer 28

persecutor

Question 29

ἐργάτης

Answer 29

doer

Question 30

εὐανγγελιστής

Answer 30

evangelist

Question 31

κριτής

Answer 31

judge

Question 32

ποιήτης

Answer 32

maker

Question 33

ἅδης

Answer 33

Hades

Question 34

Ἡρῷδης

Answer 34

Herod

Question 35

Ἰορδάνης

Answer 35

Jordan