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Second declension: λόγος, δῶρον ἡ δευτέρα κλίσις

The -ος and -ον nouns: one set of endings for thousands of words. · about 20 minutes

Greek nouns fall into three families, called declensions. Each has its own set of endings. The second declension is the easiest place to start, because its endings look like the article's.

Second declension, masculine: λόγος

singularplural
nominativeλόγος8kλόγοι1k
genitiveλόγου6kλόγων4k
dativeλόγῳ6kλόγοις2k
accusativeλόγον12kλόγους4k
vocativeλόγε6λόγοι1

Second declension, neuter: δῶρον

Neuters have the same form in nominative, accusative and vocative, and end in -α in the plural.

singularplural
nominativeδῶρον125δῶρα111
genitiveδώρου15δώρων147
dativeδώρῳ19δώροις126
accusativeδῶρον308δῶρα677
vocativeδῶρον2δῶρα·
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Which is the dative singular of δῶρον?
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Gospel of John 1.1Open in the reader →

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ὁ λόγος is nominative (the subject); τὸν θεόν is accusative, here after πρός "with, towards". ἦν means "was".

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Gospel of Luke 18.19Open in the reader →

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ἀγαθός "good" and θεός "god" are both second-declension nominatives: "No one is good except one, God."

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μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος
οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρίʼ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγεʼ ἔθηκε

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