A Short Grammar of Classical Greek: The Dual in Declension

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THE DUAL IN DECLENSION

THE DUAL IN DECLENSION

It has but two forms, one for the nom., acc., and voc. cases, the other for the genit. and dative cases.

Its terminations are:

	N. A. V.	G. D.
I decl.	‑ᾱ	‑αιν
II decl.	‑ω	‑οιν
III decl.	‑ε	‑οιν

Examples:

τὼ χώρα, τοῖν χώραιν — τὼ τιμά, τοῖν τιμαῖν, τὼ θεώ, τοῖν θεοῖν — τὼ ἀνθρώπω, τοῖν ἀνθρώποιν, τὼ θῆρε, τοῖν θηροῖν — τὼ φύλακε, τοῖν φυλάκοιν, τὼ ἄνδρε, τοῖν ἀνδροῖν — τὼ γυναῖκε, τοῖν γυναικοῖν, τὼ χεῖρε, τοῖν χεροῖν — τὼ ὦτε, τοῖν ὤτοιν (50, 12; 36, 7 c), τὼ πόλει, τοῖν πολέοιν — τὼ σκέλει, τοῖν τειχοῖν.

of ἐγώ: νώ, νῷν — of σύ: σφώ, σφῷν.

Note. — The masculine dual forms τώ and τοῖν are generally used for τά and ταῖν.

71. It has but two forms, one for the nom., acc., and voc. cases, the other for the genit. and dative cases.

Its terminations are:

	N. A. V.	G. D.
I decl.	‑ᾱ	‑αιν
II decl.	‑ω	‑οιν
III decl.	‑ε	‑οιν

Examples:

τὼ χώρα, τοῖν χώραιν — τὼ τιμά, τοῖν τιμαῖν, τὼ θεώ, τοῖν θεοῖν — τὼ ἀνθρώπω, τοῖν ἀνθρώποιν, τὼ θῆρε, τοῖν θηροῖν — τὼ φύλακε, τοῖν φυλάκοιν, τὼ ἄνδρε, τοῖν ἀνδροῖν — τὼ γυναῖκε, τοῖν γυναικοῖν, τὼ χεῖρε, τοῖν χεροῖν — τὼ ὦτε, τοῖν ὤτοιν (50, 12; 36, 7 c), τὼ πόλει, τοῖν πολέοιν — τὼ σκέλει, τοῖν τειχοῖν.

of ἐγώ: νώ, νῷν — of σύ: σφώ, σφῷν.

Note. — The masculine dual forms τώ and τοῖν are generally used for τά and ταῖν.