3RD DECLENSION NOUNS III

Question 1

Demosthenes

Answer 1

Δημοσθένης, Δημοσθένους (Athenian orator and politician, 4th cent. BC) m (like Δημοσθενης)

Question 2

Socrates

Answer 2

Σωκράτης, Σωκράτους (Athenian philosopher, teacher of Plato) m (like Δημοσθενης)

Question 3

trireme

Answer 3

τριήρης, τριήρους (a swift warship with three banks of oars) [trierarch] f (like τριήρης)

Question 4

race, stock, family; offspring; class, sort, kind

Answer 4

γένος, γένους [genocide, genealogy] n (like γένος)

Question 5

gift of honour, privilege

Answer 5

γέρας, γέρως n (like κέρας with contracted form only)

Question 6

old age

Answer 6

γῆρας, γήρως [geriatrics] n (like κέρας with contracted form only)

Question 7

year

Answer 7

ἔτος, ἔτους [etesian] n (like γένος)

Question 8

strength, power; victory

Answer 8

κράτος, κράτους [timocratic] n (like γένος)

Question 9

share, portion; part; one’s turn

Answer 9

μέρος, μέρους [meroblastic, penthemimeral] n (like γένος)

Question 10

multitude; the masses, the majority; quantity; size

Answer 10

πλῆθος, πλήθους [plethora] n (like γένος)

Question 11

wall

Answer 11

τεῖχος, τείχους [teichoscopy] n (like γένος)

Question 12

fulfilment, completion; end, finish; authority; (pl.) service, duty; offerings, rites; taxes

Answer 12

τέλος, τέλους [teleological] n (like γένος)

Question 13

wild animal

Answer 13

θήρ, θηρός [theriomorphic, megatherium] m (θηρίον, θηρίου, n. - wild animal) (like θήρ)

Question 14

fatherland

Answer 14

πατρίς, πατρίδος [patriotic] f (like λαμπάς)

Question 15

grace, beauty; favor, kindness; gratitude

Answer 15

χάρις, χάριτος [charisma, Eucharist] f (like χάρις)

Question 16

exile; runaway, fugitive

Answer 16

φυγάς, φυγάδος m or f (like λαμπάς)

Question 17

mother

Answer 17

μήτηρ, μητρός [metropolis, metronymic] f (like πατήρ)

Question 18

father

Answer 18

πατήρ, πατρός [patriarchy] m (like πατήρ)

Question 19

speaker, orator

Answer 19

ῥήτωρ, ῥήτορος [rhetoric] m (like ῥήτωρ)

Question 20

power; authority; capacity, ability

Answer 20

δύναμις, δυνάμεως [dynamic] f (like πόλις)