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Second declension, masculine: λόγος

Second declension, neuter: δῶρον

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

First declension: ψυχή

First declension, long α: χώρα

After ε, ι or ρ the singular keeps α instead of η.

First declension, short α: δόξα

First declension, masculine: πολίτης

Third declension: φύλαξ

The stem (φυλακ-) shows in the genitive; the nominative hides it (κ + ς = ξ).

Third declension, neuter: σῶμα

Third declension, stems in ι/ε: πόλις

The genitive πόλεως comes from an older πόληος: the two vowels exchanged their lengths, and the accent stayed where it was.

Third declension, stems in ερ: πατήρ (father)

The ε of the stem πατερ- drops out in the genitive and dative singular and the dative plural. μήτηρ (mother) and θυγάτηρ (daughter) go the same way.

Third declension: ἀνήρ (man, husband)

Like πατήρ, but where the ε drops out a δ steps in: ἀνδρ-. So ἀνδρός, ἄνδρες (compare English "android").

Third declension, stems in ευ: βασιλεύς (king)

In the plural, older Attic writes βασιλῆς; βασιλεῖς replaced it in the 4th century BC, and later writers use βασιλεῖς for the accusative too.

εἰμί (be): present and imperfect

In the imperfect, the older Attic 1st person singular is ἦ; ἦν is also found.

Contract verbs: present (ποιέω, τιμάω, δηλόω)

Verbs whose stem ends in ε, α or ο blend that vowel with the ending: ε + ε = ει, ε + ο = ου; α + ε = α, α + ο = ω; ο + ε = ου, ο + ο = ου, and ο + ει = οι. The dictionary lists the open form (ποιέω); the texts write the blended one (ποιῶ). In the future and aorist the vowel lengthens instead: ποιήσω, τιμήσω, δηλώσω.

Contract verbs: imperfect (ἐποίουν, ἐτίμων, ἐδήλουν)

The augment, then the same blending: ε-ποιε-ον becomes ἐποίουν. Infinitives: ποιεῖν, τιμᾶν, δηλοῦν.

λύομαι: middle and passive, present and imperfect

In these two tenses the middle and the passive share every form. In the 2nd person singular Attic writers spell -ει (λύει), others -ῃ (λύῃ).

λύω: future middle, aorist middle, aorist passive

Here the voices part: the middle keeps the σ, the passive has θη. The future passive, λυθήσομαι "I shall be freed", is built on the same θη.

λύω: infinitives

In the present the middle and the passive share their form. To be: εἶναι (present), ἔσεσθαι (future).

εἰμί (be): future

Middle endings with an active meaning, "I shall be". The 3rd person singular is ἔσται, without the ε you might expect.