2013 edition Wilfred E. Major wmajor@lsu.edu

1. Ancient Greek for Everyone:A New Digital Resource for Beginning GreekUnit 3 part 2: Feminine Nouns 2013 edition Wilfred E. Major wmajor@lsu.edu

2. Ancient Greek for Everyone This class AGE Unit 3 part 2: Feminine Nouns • You have learned the basics of Greek verbs and masculine nouns. • Next we add feminine nouns.

3. Ancient Greek for Everyone • A NOUN indicates a person, place or thing. • A Greek noun, however, normally communicates THREE pieces of information: • Gender • Number • Case

4. Ancient Greek for Everyone Building a Greek Noun • All the nouns in the first part of this unit were masculinein gender. • This part of the unit adds nouns that are feminine in gender. • Feminine nouns use the same endings as masculine nouns, so review the endings for nouns.

5. Ancient Greek for Everyone Singular • Nominative –ς • Genitive –ος • Dative –ι • Accusative –α Plural • Nominative –ες • Genitive –ων • Dative –σι • Accusative –ας Building a Greek Noun Third Declension Endings

6. Ancient Greek for Everyone Building a Greek Noun • To begin building a Greek noun, start with the “stem.” • The stem indicates to what person, place or thing the noun refers: ἐλπιδ= “hope” νυκτ= “night” παιδ = “child” δαιμον = “divinity”

7. Ancient Greek for Everyone Building a Greek Noun • All the nouns in this part are feminine in gender. • We begin with nouns whose stem ends in a dental (-τ/-δ/-θ/-ν). • Notice that two of the noun endings involve adding a sigma to the stem: Nom. sing. = -ς, Dat. plu. = -σι. • Recall that when a sigma follows a dental, the dental disappears and the sigma remains: δ+ σ= σ. ἐλπιδ = “hope”

8. Ancient Greek for Everyone Singular • Nom. (ἐλπιδς ) ἐλπίς • Gen.ἐλπίδος • Dat.ἐλπίδι • Acc.ἐλπίδα Plural • Nom.ἐλπίδες • Gen.ἐλπίδων • Dat.(ἐλπιδσι ) ἐλπίσι • Acc. ἐλπίδας Building a Greek Noun declension of ἐλπίς, ἐλπίδος ἡ hope

9. Ancient Greek for Everyone Building a Greek Noun • All the nouns in this part are feminine in gender. • We begin with nouns whose stem ends in a dental (-τ/-δ/-θ/-ν). • Notice that two of the noun endings involve adding a sigma to the stem: Nom. sing. = -ς, Dat. plu. = -σι. • Recall that when a sigma follows a dental, the dental disappears and the sigma remains: τ+ σ= σ. • Also recall that when a sigma follows a palatal (κ/-γ/-χ), the letter ξ represents the combination: κ+ σ= ξ. νυκτ = “night”

10. Ancient Greek for Everyone Singular • Nom. (νυκτς ) νύξ • Gen.νυκτός • Dat. νυκτί • Acc.νύκτα Plural • Nom.νύκτες • Gen. νυκτῶν • Dat.(νυκτσι ) νυξί • Acc. νύκτας Building a Greek Noun νύξ, νυκτός ἡ night

11. Ancient Greek for Everyone • VOCABULARY: Since the nominative singular displays variations in response to the sigma, nouns are listed in three parts: • The nominative singular: so you always see exactly how this form appears. • The genitive singular: so you can see the stem (everything before the ending -ος) • The gender: the wordἡ indicates that these nouns are feminine.

12. Ancient Greek for Everyone Examples of Vocabulary entries • δαίμων,δαίμονος ὁ,ἡ divinity • ἐλπίς, ἐλπίδος ἡ hope • νύξ, νυκτός ἡ night • παῖς, παιδός ὁ, ἡ child

13. Ancient Greek for Everyone Building a Greek Noun • The word ἡ indicates the noun is feminine in gender. • This is the feminine form of the definite article in Greek. • Recall that the definite article in Greek must match its noun in gender, number and case. The first part of the unit presented the masculine forms of the definite article. This part presents the feminine form of the definite article. Within the feminine gender, it still needs eight forms to cover the two numbers (singular and plural) and four cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative).

14. Ancient Greek for Everyone Singular • Nom. ἡ • Gen.τῆς • Dat.τῇ • Acc.τήν Plural • Nom.αἱ • Gen.τῶν • Dat.ταῖς • Acc. τάς Building a Greek Noun The feminine definite article

15. Ancient Greek for Everyone Singular • Nom. ἡ παῖς • Gen.τῆς παιδός • Dat.τῇ παιδί • Acc.τὴν παῖδα Plural • Nom.αἱ παῖδες • Gen.τῶν παίδων • Dat.ταῖς παισί • Acc. τὰς παῖδας Building a Greek Noun Declension + article of παῖς, παιδόςἡchild

16. Ancient Greek for Everyone Singular • Nom. ἡ δαίμων • Gen.τῆς δαίμονος • Dat.τῇ δαίμονι • Acc.τὴν δαίμονα Plural • Nom.αἱ δαίμονες • Gen.τῶν δαιμόνων • Dat.ταῖς δαίμοσι • Acc. τὰς δαίμονας Building a Greek Noun declension + article of δαίμων-ονοςἡdivinity

17. Ancient Greek for Everyone Singular • Nom. ἡ ἐλπίς • Gen.τῆς ἐλπίδος • Dat.τῇ ἐλπίδι • Acc.τὴν ἐλπίδα Plural • Nom.αἱ ἐλπίδες • Gen.τῶν ἐλπίδων • Dat.ταῖς ἐλπίσι • Acc. τὰς ἐλπίδας Building a Greek Noun declension of ἐλπίς, ἐλπίδος ἡ hope

18. Ancient Greek for Everyone Singular • Nom. ἡ νύξ • Gen.τῆς νυκτός • Dat.τῇ νυκτί • Acc.τὴν νύκτα Plural • Nom.αἱ νύκτες • Gen.τῶν νυκτῶν • Dat.ταῖς νυξί • Acc. τὰς νύκτας Building a Greek Noun νύξ, νυκτός ἡ night

19. Ancient Greek for Everyone • Next • practice with ἄρχων, ἐλπίς, νύξ • Be able to pronounce and parse a random form. • Be able to link the noun form with the appropriate form of the definite article and vice versa. • Be able to link the case of the form to its function in a sentence.

20. Ancient Greek for Everyone Unit 3 part 2Vocabulary: DCC Classical • δαίμων -ονος ὁ,ἡ divinity • ἐλπίς -δος ἡ hope • μυριάς -άδος ἡ ten thousand (= a countless amount) • νύξ, νυκτός ἡ night • παῖς, παιδός ὁ, ἡ child • πατρίς -ίδος ἡ fatherland

21. Ancient Greek for Everyone Unit 3 part 2 Vocabulary: NT (New Testament) • ἐλπίς -δος ἡ hope • νύξ, νυκτός ἡ night

22. Ancient Greek for Everyone Unit 3 part 2 Vocabulary: Core • ἐλπίς -δος ἡ hope • νύξ, νυκτός ἡ night

23. Ancient Greek for Everyone • Next • Neuter nouns.