[*] 52.
Greek nouns of the Second Declension end in
-os,
-ōs, masculine or
feminine, and in
-on neuter.
They are mostly proper names and are declined as follows in the Singular,
the Plural, when found, being regular:—
[*] a.
Many names in
-ēs belonging to the
third declension have also a genitive in
-ī: as,
Thūcȳdidēs
,
Thūcȳdidī
(compare § 44.
b).
[*] b.
Several names in
-er have also a nominative
in
-us: as,
Teucer or
Teucrus
. The name
Panthūs
has the vocative
Panthū (§
81. 3).
[*] c.
The genitive plural of certain titles of books takes the Greek
termination
-ōn: as,
Geōrgicōn,
of the
Georgics.
[*] d.
The termination
-oe (for Greek -
οι) is sometimes found in the nominative
plural: as,
Adelphoe,
the
Adelphi (a play of Terence).
[*] e.
Greek names in
-eus (like
Orpheus
) have forms of the second and third declensions (see
§ 82).
