LESSON XI: A- Declension.—Masculines.
A- Declension.—Masculines
99. Masculines of the A- Declension end in ᾱς or ης (37).
If ε, ι, or ρ precedes they end in ᾱς, otherwise in ης.
100. Learn the declension of νεᾱνίᾱς, young mean, στρατιώτης, soldier, πελταστής, targeteer, and Πέρσης, Persian,.
| νεᾱνίᾱς, ὁ (Young Man) |
|---|
| Nominative Singular | νεᾱνίᾱς |
| Genitive Singular | νεᾱνίου |
| Dative Singular | νεᾱνίᾳ |
| Accusative Singular | νεᾱνίᾱν |
| Vocative Singular | νεᾱνίᾱ |
| Nominative Accusative and Vocative Dual | νεᾱνίᾱ |
| Genitive and Dative Dual | νεᾱνίαιν |
| Nominative and Vocative Plural | νεᾱνίαι |
| Genitive Plural | νεᾱνιῶν |
| Dative Plural | νεᾱνίαις |
| Accusative Plural | νεᾱνίᾱς |
| στρατιώτης, ὁ (Soldier) |
|---|
| Nominative Singular | στρατιώτης |
| Genitive Singular | στρατιώτου |
| Dative Singular | στρατιώτῃ |
| Accusative Singular | στρατιώτην |
| Vocative Singular | στρατιῶτα |
| Nominative Accusative and Vocative Dual | στρατιώτᾱ |
| Genitive and Dative Dual | στρατιώταιν |
| Nominative and Vocative Plural | στρατιῶται |
| Genitive Plural | στρατιωτῶν |
| Dative Plural | στρατιώταις |
| Accusative Plural | στρατιώτᾱς |
| πελταστής, ὁ (Targeteer) |
|---|
| Nominative Singular | πελταστής |
| Genitive Singular | πελταστοῦ |
| Dative Singular | πελταστῇ |
| Accusative Singular | πελταστήν |
| Vocative Singular | πελταστά |
| Nominative Accusative and Vocative Dual | πελταστά |
| Genitive and Dative Dual | πελτασταῖν |
| Nominative and Vocative Plural | πελτασταί |
| Genitive Plural | πελταστῶν |
| Dative Plural | πελτασταῖς |
| Accusative Plural | πελταστάς |
| Πέρσης, ὁ (Persian) |
|---|
| Nominative Singular | πελταστής |
| Genitive Singular | πελταστοῦ |
| Dative Singular | πελταστῇ |
| Accusative Singular | πελταστήν |
| Vocative Singular | πελταστά |
| Nominative Accusative and Vocative Dual | πελταστά |
| Genitive and Dative Dual | πελτασταῖν |
| Nominative and Vocative Plural | πελτασταί |
| Genitive Plural | πελταστῶν |
| Dative Plural | πελτασταῖς |
| Accusative Plural | πελταστάς |
101. Masculines in ᾱς or ης differ from feminines in ᾱ or η
(38, 44) only in the nominative and genitive singular, except
that those in της and names sgnifying nationality with nominative
in ης have the vocative singular in α (short).
102. VOCABULARY.
| Εὐφράτης, ου, ὁ | the Euphrates. |
| νεᾶνίᾶς, ου, ὀ | young man. |
| ὁπλΐτης, ου, ὁ (cf.ὅπλον) | heavy- armed foot soldier, hoplite. |
| πελταστής, οῦ, ὁ | targeteer (named his shield,
πέλτη). |
| Πέροσης, ου, ὁ | a Persian. |
| στατιώτης, ου (cf. στρατά), ὁ | soldier. |
| τοξότης, ου, ὁ | bowman (named from his bow,
τόξον). |
| δεξιός, ά, όν | right (as opposed to left). |
| τριᾶκόστιοι, αι, α | 300 |
| οὔτε. . . οὔτε | adv., neither. . . nor. |
| σύν | with dat., with in company with, Lat. cum. |
103. READ ALOUD AND TRANSLATE:
| 1. στρατιώτᾱς καὶ ἵππους ἀθροίσω τῷ1 Κύρῳ. |
| 2. ὁ δὲ νεᾱνίᾱς τοῖς στρατιώταις ἐπεβούλευε. |
| 3. ἐπὶ τὸν Εὐφράτην ποταμὸν ἄξει τοὺς στρατιώτᾱς. |
| 4. καὶ τοὺς σὺν τῷ στρατηγῷ ὁπλίτᾱς ἤγαγον εἰς κώμᾱς. |
| 5. τὸν Πέρσην ἤγαγεν εἰς τὴν τοῦ στρατιώτου σκηνήν; |
| 6. οἱ στρατιῶται ἐν φυλακῇ ἕξουσι τοὺς Πέρσᾱς. |
| 7. τὸν Εὐφράτην ποταμὸν ἐν δεξιᾷ2 ἔχει. |
| 8. ὁ δὲ στρατηγὸς οὔτε τοξότην εἶχεν οὔτε πελταστήν. |
| 9. σὺν τοῖς (his) πελτασταῖς ἐδίωκε τοὺς τοξότᾱς. |
| 10. ὁ δὲ στρατηγὸς τριᾱκοσίους ὁπλίτᾱς καὶ πελταστὰς ἔχει. |
NOTES. —1 Proper names may take the article. —2 ἐν δεξιᾷ, on his
right (hand).
REVIEW AND PRACTICE:
