The Definite Article

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The definite article “the” declines like a standard 2-1-2 adjective. The only oddities are:

1. The base used for the feminine and masculine nominative singular and plural is ἁ/ (feminine) or ὁ/ (masculine). Otherwise the base is τά/ (feminine) and τό/ (masculine and neuter).
2. The masculine nominative singular is marked by nothing.
3. The neuter nominative and accusative singular marker is nothing despite the base ending in -ο/. This is true of all pronouns.

Otherwise the definite article declines as expected.

FEMININE

nominative	ἁ/L > ἡ	ἁ/ι > αἱ
genitive	τά/Lς > τῆς	τά/ων > τῶν
dative	τά/ι > τῇ	τά/ι/σι > τῇσι (Ionic) or ταῖς (Attic)
accusative	τά/Ṇ > τήν	τά/Ṇς > τάς

MASCULINE

nominative	ὁ/ > ὁ	ὁ/ι > οἱ
genitive	τό/ο > τοῦ	τό/ων > τῶν
dative	τό/ι > τῷ	τό/ι/σι > τοῖσι (Ionic) or τοῖς (Attic)
accusative	τό/Ṇ > τόν	τό/Ṇς > τούς

NEUTER

nominative	τό/ > τό	τό/α > τά
genitive	τό/ο > τοῦ	τό/ων > τῶν
dative	τό/ι > τῷ	τό/ι/σι > τοῖσι (Ionic) or τοῖς (Attic)
accusative	τό/ > τό	τό/α > τά

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See here for uses of the definite article.

Here’s a short video on the definite article:

The article in other dialects: <insert>