Consider this a sequel to my earlier post on Greek Nouns (in Latin) of the First Declension: http://wp.me/p2eimD-aX
- As with “Greek” first-declension nouns, these second-declension nouns decline like their regular Latin counterparts in the plural
- Like the Greek second declension, nouns are by-and-large masculine or feminine
- For the singular, they decline more regularly than the first-declension nouns. Have a look:
So, a few things:
- These correspond more or less identically corresponding second-declension Greek nouns, with the genitive -ου rendered as the regular Latin -ī and dative -ῳ rendered as -ō
- The exception here is Athōs, which declines more like an Attic-declension noun (see below)
- Occasionally, the plural nominative -οι appears as -oe, rather than the typical Latin -ī
- Nota bene that certain Greek names, like Odysseus, are actually third-declension nouns, which we’ll get to shortly.
For more on second-declension Greek nouns and the Attic declension:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_nouns#Second_declension
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