Lesson 6 (Paradigms and Grammar)

Question 1

A first-declension noun ending in –ης in the nominative singular is what gender?

Answer 1

Masculine, even though it looks feminine and is first declension

E.g.: ὁ προφήτης; ὁ μαθητής

Question 2

Paradigm for προφήτης (First declension, masculine noun)

(Singular:)
Nom: προφήτ\_\_\_
Gen.: προφήτ\_\_\_
Dat.: προφήτ\_\_\_
Acc.: προφήτ\_\_\_
Voc.: προφῆτ\_\_\_

(Plural:)
Nom.: προφῆτ\_\_\_
Gen.: προφητ\_\_\_
Dat.: προφήτ\_\_\_
Acc.: προφήτ\_\_\_
Voc.: προφήτ\_\_\_

Answer 2

Paradigm for προφήτης (First declension, masculine noun)

(Singular:)
Nom: προφήτης
Gen.: προφήτου
Dat.: προφήτῃ
Acc.: προφήτην
Voc.: προφῆτα

(Plural:)
Nom.: προφῆται
Gen.: προφητῶν
Dat.: προφήταις
Acc.: προφήτας
Voc.: προφῆται

Question 3

What cases can the object of a preposition be in in Greek?

Answer 3

genitive, dative, accusative

When used with different cases, prepositions that “take” different cases have different meanings.

E.g. δία with the genitive means “through” but δία with the accusative means “for the sake of”

Question 4

With a definite article before it, a prepositional phrase can function as ________.

Answer 4

An attributive adjective

E.g.: ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ “the man (who is) in the house” or ὁ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ ἄνθρωπος “the man (who is) in the house”

Question 5

Hiatus

Answer 5

The succession of two vowels in adjacent words

Question 6

When a preposition that ends with a vowel is followed by a word that begins with a vowel, what happens?

Answer 6

The preposition will elide (drop) its final vowel and replace it with a ‘ . If the next word begins with a vowel with a rough brething mark certain consonants are “aspirated” (π changes to φ, τ changes to θ)

Question 7

A neuter plural subject takes what?

Answer 7

A singular verb

Thus τὰ τέκνα οὐ γινώσκει τὴν ἀλήθειαν (“the children don’t know (sing.) the truth”) NOT τὰ τέκνα οὐ γινώσκουσι τὴν ἀλήθειαν