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Iliad quotation

 * τίς τ’ ἄρ σφωε θεῶν ἔριδι ξυνέηκε μάχεσθαι;
 * Λητοῦς καὶ Διὸς υἱός· ὃ γὰρ βασιλῆϊ χολωθεὶς
 * νοῦσον ἀνὰ στρατὸν ὄρσε κακήν, ὀλέκοντο δὲ λαοί,
 * οὕνεκα τὸν Χρύσην ἠτίμασεν ἀρητῆρα
 * Ἀτρεΐδης· ὃ γὰρ ἦλθε θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν



1st declension
Nouns in Ancient Greek are divided into three groups called declensions. Those with case endings similar to the feminine article ἡ (hē) are called 1st declension (or a-declension) nouns. They are mostly feminine apart from a few referring to men, and which end in -s, such as στρατιώτης (stratiṓtēs) "a soldier". The feminine nouns can end in -ᾱ, -ᾰ, or -η; the masculine in -ᾱς or -ης.

A typical 1st declension feminine noun has endings as follows:
 * Singular
 * Nominative : ἡ θεά (hē theá) "the goddess" (Subject or Complement)
 * Accusative : τὴν θεάν (tēn theán) "the goddess" (Object)
 * Genitive : τῆς θεᾶς (tês theâs) "of the goddess"
 * Dative : τῇ θεᾷ (têi theâi) "to, for, with the goddess"


 * Dual (rare)
 * Nom/Acc : τὼ θεά (tō theá) "the (two) goddesses" (Subject or Object)
 * Gen/Dat : τοῖν θεαῖν (toîn theaîn) "of, to, for, with the (two) goddesses"


 * Plural
 * Nominative : αἱ θεαί (hai theaí) "the goddesses" (Subject or Complement)
 * Accusative : τὰς θεάς (tās theás) "the goddesses" (Object)
 * Genitive : τῶν θεῶν (tôn theôn) "of the goddesses"
 * Dative : ταῖς θεαῖς (taîs theaîs) "to, for, with the goddesses"

The Vocative case in this word is the same as the Nominative: ὦ θεά (ô theá) 'o goddess!', ὦ θεαί (ô theaí) 'o goddesses'. (There is no dual.)

2nd declension
Those with endings similar to the masculine and neuter article are called 2nd declension (or "o-declension"). Most of these are masculine, but a few such as νῆσος (nēsos) "an island" and ὁδός (hodós) "a road" are feminine, and some are neuter.

3rd declension
The remainder, which can be of any gender, and which have a genitive mostly ending in (-os), but sometimes (-eōs) or (-ous), are of the 3rd declension.

Anaphora (Latin)

 *  multa super Priamo rogitans, super Hectore multa .
 * "Constantly asking many things about Priam, many things about Hector."


 *  multa viri virtus animo multus que recursat gentis honos.
 * "The man's bravery kept coming often to her mind, and often the nobility of his family."


 *  non flavo retinens subtilem vertice mitram,
 *  non contecta levi velatum pectus amictu,
 *  non tereti strophio lactentis vincta papillas.


 * " No longer retaining her fine headcloth on her blond hair,
 * no longer keeping her chest covered in its light veil,
 * no longer binding her milky breasts in their smooth brassiere."


 *  sit fur, sit sacrilegus, sit flagitiorum omnium vitiorumque princeps; at est bonus imperator.
 * " He may be a thief, he may be a temple-robber, he may be the prince of all the outrages and vices; but he is a good commander!"


 *  non feram, non patiar, non sinam.
 * " I shall not bear it, I shall not suffer it, I shall not allow it!"


 *  breve terra iter eo, brevis navigatio ab Naupacto est.
 * "The journey there by land is short, and the sea journey from Naupactus is also short."