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FIRST DECLENSION (STEMS IN
α_
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CONTRACTS (FEMININES AND MASCULINES)
SECOND DECLENSION (STEMS IN
ο
)
CONTRACTED SUBSTANTIVES
ATTIC DECLENSION
THIRD DECLENSION
IRREGULAR DECLENSION
ADJECTIVES
ADJECTIVES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSIONS
ADJECTIVES OF THE CONSONANT DECLENSION
CONSONANT AND VOWEL DECLENSION COMBINED
DECLENSION OF PARTICIPLES
ADJECTIVES OF IRREGULAR DECLENSION
ADJECTIVES OF ONE ENDING
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Part I: Letters, Sounds, Syllables, Accent
Part II: Inflection
Part IV: Syntax
ADVERBIAL COMPLEX SENTENCES
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ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
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RELATIVE CLAUSES:
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[*] 286. Adjectives of Three Endings.—Most adjectives of the vowel declension have three endings: -ος, -η (or -α_), -ον. The masculine and neuter are declined according to the second declension, the feminine according to the first. a. When ε, ι, or ρ (30, 218) precedes -ος the feminine ends in -α_, not in -η. But adjectives in -οος (not preceded by ρ) have η. Thus, ὄγδοος, ὀγδόη, ὄγδοον eighth, ἀθρόος, ἀθρόα_, ἀθρόον crowded. See 290 e.
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- Raphael Kühner, Friedrich Blass, Ausführliche Grammatik der Griechischen Sprache, Von den Adjektiven und Participien insbesondere.
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