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332. The Definite Article.—The definite article ὁ, ἡ, τό (stems ὁ-, ἁ_-, το-) is thus declined:

SINGULARDUALPLURAL
Nom.ὁἡτόN. A.τώτώτώNom.οἱαἱτά
Gen.τοῦτῆςτοῦG. D.τοῖντοῖντοῖνGen. τῶντῶντῶν
Dat.τῷτῇτῷDat.τοῖςταῖς τοῖς
Acc.τόντήντόAcc.τούςτά_ς τά

a. The definite article is a weakened demonstrative pronoun, and is still used as a demonstrative in Homer (1100).

b. τά_ (especially) and ταῖν, the feminine forms in the dual, are very rare in the authors, and are unknown on Attic prose inscriptions of the classical period.

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