Remember 3

Question 1

third declension b,c,e,f, g

Answer 1

3b - all neuter
end in -μα Their stem is commonly a verb stem. They nouns have a passive sense.

3c - they end in -ος. Note the presence of the -e- in the stem of the noun

3f - all neuter and end in -u

3g - typically masculine and end in -ευς

Question 2

Which? Who? what?

Answer 2

These pronouns can be used as an adjective to mean -

‘a’ (plural ‘some’) or
‘a certain’

When used as a pronoun it means ‘someone/anyone’ or ‘something/anything’

The plural form of τις, τι, τιν when used as an adjective means

‘which’ or ‘what’

When used on its own

“who’ or ‘what’

Question 3

Present participle “ων οὖσα ᾽ὀν” “being”

Answer 3

It is a type 3 adjective

Follows a 3-1-3 pattern.

Participles in Greek are adjectives and derive from verbs.
Participles have to agree in gender, number and case with the person or thing in the sentence,

Translation - there is no right way of translating a participle. Translate literally first.

Question 4

Elision

Answer 4

the loss of vowels.

When a word ends in a short vowel, that vowel may be dropped if the next word begins with a vowel. This is called elision.
Prefixes to verbs may not be affected in the same way.

before a rough breathing, τ becomes θ and π becomes φ

Question 5

Crasis

Answer 5

crasis occurs when a vowel or diphthong (i.e vowel +ι or υ)

at the end of the word coalesces with one at the beginning of the next word, making one word where you would expect two.