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- Table 1 - First and Second Declension
- Table 2 - Third Declension
- Note: -The columns shaded in grey show the case ending WITH the final stem vowel.
The unshaded columns show the true case ending.
- -The cells with a hyphen (-) indicate that there is no case ending.
- The word ends with the theme vowel (or in some cases the theme vowel is lengthened).
Master Case Endings
Table 1First and Second Declensions Singular 2nd Declension
Masculine1st Declension
Feminine2nd Declension
NeuterNominative ος ς α η - ον ν Genitive ου υ ας ης ς ου υ Dative ῳ ι ᾳ ῃ ι ῳ ι Accusative ον ν αν ην ν ον ν Plural Nominative οι ι αι αι ι α α Genitive ων ων ων ων ων ων ων Dative οις ις αις αις ις οις ις Accusative ους υς ας ας ς α α
This is because Third Declension nouns (or adjectives) end in a consonant and do not have a final stem vowel as in Table 1.
| Master Case Endings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third Declension | |||||||||
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||||
| Singular | |||||||||
| Nominative | ς - | ς | ς - | ς | - | - | |||
| Genitive | ος | ος | ος | ος | ος | ος | |||
| Dative | ι | ι | ι | ι | ι | ι | |||
| Accusative | α/ν | α/ν | α/ν | α/ν | - | - | |||
| Plural | |||||||||
| Nominative | ες | ες | ες | ες | α | α | |||
| Genitive | ων | ων | ων | ων | ων | ων | |||
| Dative | σι(ν) | σι(ν) | σι(ν) | σι(ν) | σι(ν) | σι(ν) | |||
| Accusative | ας | ας | ας | ας | α | α | |||
- Table 3 Examples of Verb Tenses in English and Greek
- Table 4 Primary and Secondary Endings of Verbs
- Table 5 Master Verb Tense Chart - Present and Imperfect Tenses
- Table 6 Master Verb Tense Chart - The Future Tenses
- Table 7 Master Verb Tense Chart - The Aorist Tenses
- Table 8 Master Verb Tense Chart - The Perfect Tenses
- Active voice – The subject does the action of the Verb
- Middle Voice – The subject does the action of the verb but also is somehow affected by the action of the verb or is participating in the action of the verb (middle voice). Deponent verbs are verbs whose stem is middle or passive in form, but active in meaning. The definitions of many verbs that are classified as deponent have a meaning that implies the participation of the person doing the action.
- Passive Voice – The subject receives the action of the verb.
| Past | Past Continuous |
Perfect | Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corresponds with |
Aorist Tense |
Imperfect Tense |
Perfect Tense |
Present Tense |
Future Tense |
| Active Voice |
I walked |
I was walking |
I had walked |
I am walking (or I walk) |
I will walk |
| Middle Voice |
I walked for myself |
I was walking for myself |
I had walked for myself |
I am walking for myself (or I walk myself) |
I will walk myself |
Passive Voice |
I was walked |
I was being walked |
I had been walked |
I am being walked |
I will be walked |
| I was fed |
I was being fed |
I had been fed |
I am being fed |
I will be fed |
| Primary and Secondary Endings of Verbs Table 4 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary personal endings | Secondary personal endings | ||||||||
| regular | alternate | regular | alternate | ||||||
| Active | Quadrant 1 | c.v. | p.e. | Quadrant 2 | c.v. | p.e. | |||
| 1 singular | λύω | ο | - | μι | ἔλυον | ο | ν | ||
| 2 singular | λύεις | ε | ς | ἔλυες | ε | ς | |||
| 3 singular | λύει | ε | ι | σι (ν) | ἔλυε (ν) | ε | - | ||
| 1 plural | λύομεν | ο | μεν | ἐλυόμεν | ο | μεν | |||
| 2 plural | λύετε | ε | τε | ἐλύετε | ε | τε | |||
| 3 plural | λύουσι(ν) | ο | νσι (ν) | ασι (ν) | ἔλυον | ο | ν | σαν | |
| Middle/ passive |
Quadrant 3 | Quadrant 4 | |||||||
| 1 singular | λύομαι | ο | μαι | ἐλυόμην | ο | μην | |||
| 2 singular | λύῃ | ε | σαι | ἐλύου | ε | σο | |||
| 3 singular | λύεται | ε | ται | ἐλύετο | ε | το | |||
| 1 plural | λυόμεθα | ο | μεθα | ἐλυόμεθα | ο | μεθα | |||
| 2 plural | λύεσθε | ε | σθε | ἐλύεσθε | ε | σθε | |||
| 3 plural | λύονται | ο | νται | ἐλύοντο | ο | ντο | |||
| Master Verb Tense Chart 5 Present and Imperfect Tenses |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augment | Stem Tense |
Tense Formative |
Connecting Vowel |
Personal Ending |
first Singular |
|
| Present Active |
present | ο / ε | primary active |
λύω | ||
| Present Middle/Passive |
present | ο / ε | primary middle/ passive |
λύομαι | ||
| Imperfect Active |
ε | present | ο / ε | secondary Active |
ἔλυον | |
| Imperfect Middle/Passive |
ε | present | ο / ε | secondary middle/ passive |
ἐλυόμην | |
| Master Verb Tense Chart 6 Future Tenses |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augment | Stem Tense |
Tense Formative |
Connecting Vowel |
Personal Ending |
first Singular |
|
| Future Active | present | σ | ο / ε | primary active |
λύσω | |
| Future Middle | present | σ | ο / ε | primary middle/ passive |
λύσομαι | |
| Liquid Future Active |
present | εσ | ο / ε | primary active |
κρινῶ | |
| Liquid Future Middle |
present | εσ | ο / ε | primary middle/ passive |
κρινοῦμαι | |
| First Future Passive |
aorist passive | θησ | ο / ε | primary middle/ passive |
λυθήσομαι | |
| Second Future Passive |
aorist passive | ησ | ο / ε | primary middle/ passive |
χαρήσομαι | |
| Master Verb Tense Chart 7 Aorist tenses |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augment | Stem Tense |
Tense Formative |
Connecting Vowel |
Personal Ending |
first Singular |
|
| 1st Aorist Active |
ε | Aorist Active |
σα | Secondary Active |
ἔλυσα | |
| Liquid Aorist Active |
ε | Aorist Active |
α | Secondary Active |
ἔκρινα | |
| 2nd Aorist Active |
ε | Aorist Active |
ο / ε | Secondary Active |
ἔλαβον | |
| 1st Aorist Middle |
ε | Aorist Active |
σα | Secondary middle/ passive |
ἐλυσάμην | |
| 2nd Aorist Middle |
ε | Aorist Active |
ο / ε | Secondary middle/ passive |
ἐγενόμην | |
| 1st Aorist Passive |
ε | Aorist Passive |
θη | Secondary Active |
ἐλύθην | |
| 2nd Aorist Passive |
ε | Aorist Passive |
η | Secondary Active |
ἐχάρην | |
| Master Verb Tense Chart 8 Perfect Tenses |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reduplication | Stem Tense |
Tense Formative |
Connecting Vowel |
Personal Ending |
first Singular |
|
| 1st Perfect Active |
λε | Perfect Active |
κα | Primary Active |
λέλυκα | |
| 2nd Perfect Active |
γε | Perfect Active |
α | Primary Active |
γέγραφα | |
| Perfect Middle/ Passive |
λε | Perfect Passive |
Primary Middle/ passive |
λέλυμαι | ||
[Note]: Perfect tenses do not have an augment, but do experience reduplication of the initial consonant at the beginning of the word. The initial consonant is then followed by an epsilon.
- Table 9 - Contractions of Single Vowels
- Table 10 - Contractions of Vowels with Dipthongs
- Table 11 - Square of Stops
| Contractions of Single Vowels Table 9 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| α | ε | η | ι | υ | ο | ω | |
| α | α | α | α | αι | αυ | ω | ω |
| ε | η | ει | η | ει | ευ | ου | ω |
| η | η | η | η | ῃ | ηυ | ω | ω |
| ο | ω | ου | ω | οι | ου | ου | ω |
| ω | ω | ω | ω | ῳ | ωυ | ω | ω |
| Contractions of Vowels and Diphthongs Table 10 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| α/αι | ει | ει | ῃ | οι | ου | ῳ | |
| α | ᾳ | ᾳ | ει | ῃ | ῳ | ω | ῳ |
| ε | ῃ | ει | ει | ῃ | οι | ου | ῳ |
| η | ῃ | ῃ | ῃ | ῃ | ῳ | ῳ | |
| ο | ῳ | οι | ου | οι | οι | ου | ῳ |
[Note: the shaded rows are for diphthongs that were formed by a contraction] The rules for combining a vowel with a dipthong are as follows:
- a vowel disappears by absorbtion before a diphthong that begins with the same vowel.
- When a vowel comes before a diphthong that does not begin with the same vowel, it is contracted with the dipthong's first vowel. The dipthong's second vowel disappears, unless it is an iota (ι) in which case it becomes a subscript.
- Any vowel (except ο) combining with ῃ will result in ῃ
- ο +ει and ε + οι(If they are not formed from a contraction) and ο + ῃ make οι
- ο +ει and ε + ου (if they are formed from a contraction) make ου
The following table shows common contractions that occur when the stem of a word ends in a "stop". A stop is a consonant whose sound is formed by stopping or slowing down the flow of air through the mouth. Stops are classified as Labial (formed by the lips), Velar (formed by pushing the tongue against the roof of the mouth), of Dental (formed by the tongue against the teeth).
The following chart shows what will happen when the stop is followed by either a sigma (σ) or a theta (θ).
| Square of Stops Table 11 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voiceless | Voiced | Aspirated | + σ | + θ | |
| Labial | π | β | φ | ψ | φ |
| Velar | κ | γ | χ | ξ | χ |
| Dental | τ | δ | θ | σ | σ |