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238. o( new/s temple

SINGULARDUALPLURAL
Nom. νεώ-ς (Ionic νηό-ςN. A. νεώ (Ionic νηώNom. νεῴ (Ionic νηοί
Gen. νεώ (“ νηοῦG. D. νεῴν (“ νηοῖνGen. νεών (“ νηῶν
Dat. νεῴ (“ νηῷDat. νεῴς (“ νηοῖς
Acc. νεών (“ νηό-νAcc. νεώς (“ νηούς

a. So λεώς people, Μενέλεως Menelaus, λαγώς hare. Observe that ω is found in every form, and that it takes ι subscript in the dative of all numbers where an ordinary ο stem has ι.

b. There are no neuter substantives belonging to the Attic declension in standard classical literature; but neuter adjectives (289) end in -ων.

c. νεώς and most words of this declension owe their forms to transfer of quantity (34) or to shortening (39). Thus, νεώς is from νηός ( = Doric να_ός), νεών from νηόν; νεῴ is from νηῷ. λαγώς is contracted from λαγωός.

d. In the accusative singular some words end in -ω or -ων, as λαγώ or λαγών hare. So Ἄθως, Κέως, Τέως, Κῶς, Μί_νως. ἕως dawn always has ἕω.

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