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STEMS IN ωϝ

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.

SINGULARDUALPLURAL
Nom.ἥρως heroN. A. V.ἥρω-εN. V. ἥρω-ες (rarely ἥρως
Gen.ἥρω-οςG. D.ἡρώ-οινGen. ἡρώ-ων
Dat.ἥρω-ι (usually ἥρῳDat. ἥρω-σιν
Acc.ἥρω-α (usually ἥρωAcc. ἥρω-ας (rarely ἥρως
Voc.ἥρως

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.

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