3RD DECLENSION NOUNS I

Question 1

guard, sentinel

Answer 1

φύλαξ, φύλακος [prophylactic] m (like φύλαξ)

Question 2

contest, struggle; assembly; national games

Answer 2

ἀγών, ἀγῶνος [agony,
agonistic] m (like ἀγών)

Question 3

old man

Answer 3

γέρων, γέροντος [geriatrics] (vocative γέρον) m (like λέων)

Question 4

a Greek (man), Hellene

Answer 4

῞Ελλην, Ἕλληνος m (like Ἔλλην)

Question 5

leader, guide

Answer 5

ἡγεμών, ἡγεμόνος [hegemony] m (like ἡγεμών)

Question 6

harbour

Answer 6

λιμήν, λιμένος m (like ποιμήν)

Question 7

child, boy, girl; slave, servant

Answer 7

παῖς, παιδός [pedagogy] (vocative παῖ) m or f (like λαμπάς) *its genitive plural is accented παίδων, despite the monosyllabic stem (apparently a survival from the time when the stem could be disyllabic)

Question 8

foot

Answer 8

ποῦς, ποδός [octopus, podiatrist] m (like λαμπάς)

Question 9

storm, winter

Answer 9

χειμών, χειμῶνος m (like ἀγών)

Question 10

Apollo

Answer 10

Ἀπόλλων, Ἀπόλλωνος m (like ἀγών)

Question 11

Pan

Answer 11

Πάν Πανός m (like Ἔλλην)

Question 12

shield

Answer 12

ἀσπίς, ἀσπίδος [aspidistra] f (like λαμπάς)

Question 13

Hellas, Greece

Answer 13

Ἑλλάς, Ἑλλάδος [Helladic] f (like λαμπάς)

Question 14

hand

Answer 14

χείρ, χειρός [surgeon, chiropractor] f (like θήρ)

Question 15

breastplate; breast, trunk (of the body)

Answer 15

θώραξ, θώρακος [thoracic] m (like φύλαξ)

Question 16

thief

Answer 16

κλώψ, κλωπός [kleptomania] m (like γύψ)

Question 17

line of battle; line of hoplites

Answer 17

φάλαγξ, φάλαγγος [phalanx, Falangist] f (like μάστιξ)

Question 18

hope, expectation

Answer 18

ἐλπίς, ἐλπίδος f (like λαμπάς)

Question 19

strife, quarrel, rivalry

Answer 19

ἔρις, ἔριδος [eristic] f (like χάρις)

Question 20

bird; omen

Answer 20

ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος [ornithology] m or f (like χάρις)