STEMS IN ω(ϝ)
[*] 267. Stems in
ωϝ have lost
vau and appear as
ω stems. This
ω contracts with the case endings in the dative and accusative singular and in the nominative and accusative plural. Stems in
ωϝ are masculine.
Τρώς Trojan (252 a),
πάτρως father's brother,
μήτρως mother's brother,
δμως slave (poetic, cp.
252 a).
a. Forms of the Attic second declension (
237) are gen.
ἥρω, Μί_νω, acc.
ἥρων; dual
ἥρῳν (on an inscription).
[*] 267 D. Hom. has
ἥρωϊ (for
ἥρῳ read
ἡρω^ϊ),
ἥρωα (or
ἥρω᾽),
ἥρωες ἥρωας, Μί_νωα and
Μί_νω. Hdt. has the gen.
Μί_νω and
Μί_νωος, the acc.
πάτρων, ἥρων, but
μήτρωα.