Elementary Greek Grammar: PART II: INFLECTION: ARTICLE

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THE ARTICLE

THE ARTICLE

The definite article ὁ (stem το-), the, is thus declined: -

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	N.	ὁ	ἡ	τό
	G.	τοῦ	τῆς	τοῦ
	D.	τῷ	τῇ	τῷ
	A.	τόν	τήν	τό
Dual	N. A.	τώ	(τά)	τώ
	G. D.	τοῖν	(ταῖν)	τοῖν
Plural	N.	οἱ	αἱ	τά
	G.	τῶν	τῶν	τῶν
	D.	τοῖς	ταῖς	τοῖς
	A.	τούς	τάς	τά

Note. 1. The Greek has no indefinite article; but often the indefinite τις (§ 84) may be translated by a or an; as ἄνθρωπός τις, a certain man, often simply a man.

Note. 2. The feminine dual forms τά and ταῖν (especially τά) are rare, and τώ and τοῖν are generally used for all genders. (§ 138, N. 5). The regular nominatives τοί and ταί are Epic and Doric; and the article has the usual dialectic forms of the first and second declensions, as τοῖο, τοῖιν, τάων, τοῖσι, τῇσι; τῆς.

The definite article ὁ (stem το-), the, is thus declined: -

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	N.	`ὁ`	`ἡ`	`τό`
	G.	`τοῦ`	`τῆς`	`τοῦ`
	D.	`τῷ`	`τῇ`	`τῷ`
	A.	`τόν`	`τήν`	`τό`
Dual	N. A.	`τώ`	(`τά`)	`τώ`
	G. D.	`τοῖν`	(`ταῖν`)	`τοῖν`
Plural	N.	`οἱ`	`αἱ`	`τά`
	G.	`τῶν`	`τῶν`	`τῶν`
	D.	`τοῖς`	`ταῖς`	`τοῖς`
	A.	`τούς`	`τάς`	`τά`

Note. 1. The Greek has no indefinite article; but often the indefinite τις (§ 84) may be translated by a or an; as ἄνθρωπός τις, a certain man, often simply a man.

Note. 2. The feminine dual forms τά and ταῖν (especially τά) are rare, and τώ and τοῖν are generally used for all genders. (§ 138, N. 5). The regular nominatives τοί and ταί are Epic and Doric; and the article has the usual dialectic forms of the first and second declensions, as τοῖο, τοῖιν, τάων, τοῖσι, τῇσι; τῆς.