Genitive Plural

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Introduction

The universal marker of the genitive plural is /ων:

     παίδ/ων > παιδῶν
     βασιλέϝ/ων > βασιλέων

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Intermediate

In the first declension, -άων may weaken to -έων (Ionic) or contract to -ῶν (Attic):

     κεφαλά/ων > κεφαλάων or κεφαλέων (Ionic) or κεφαλῶν (Attic)

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In the second declension, /ων replaces the -ο/ of the base:

     δώρο/ων > δώρων

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In the third declension, if there is a vowel before /ων, there will not be contraction:

     πόλε/ων > πόλεων

In Attic, /ων contracts with a previous vowel only if it is a neuter ὄρεσ/ type base:

     ὄρεσ/ων > ὄρεων (Ionic) or ὄρων (Attic)

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Vocabulary for this lesson (click here for the full lexicon)

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