Neuter Plural

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Introduction

Neuter nouns and adjectives look just like the masculine except in the nominative and accusative plural (and singular).

There are two universal rules of neuter nouns and adjectives. First, as we saw when we learned the singular:

the accusative is the same as the nominative

of the same number

Secondly:

the marker of the neuter nominative and accusative plural is /α regardless of declension

Thus:

          πράγματ/α > πράγματα

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

          τέκνο/α > τέκνα

In Attic, when -σ/ drops -εα contracts to -η:

          ὄρεσ/α > ὄρεα (Ionic) or ὄρη (Attic)

This covers really all there is to know about the neuter plural.

Here is a paradigm of neuter nouns (and adjectives) in the plural:

	1st declension (-α/)	2nd declension (-ο/)	3rd declension	3rd declension -εσ/
Nominative singular	none	δώρο/α > δῶρα	πράγματ/α > πράγματα	γένεσ/α > γένεα (Ionic) or γένη (Attic)
Genitive singular	none	δώρο/ων > δώρων	πράγματ/ων > πραγμάτων	γένεσ/ων > γενέων > γενῶν
Dative singular	none	δώρο/ι/σι > δώροισι (Ionic) or δώροις (Attic)	πράγματ/σι > πράγμασι	γένεσ/σι > γένεσσι or γένεσι
Accusative singular	none	δώρο/α > δῶρα	πράγματ/α > πράγματα	γένεσ/α > γένεα (Ionic) or γένη (Attic)

See here for the singular. And see here <link> for full paradigms.

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

For a non-exhaustive list of neuter nouns of the -εσ/ type, see here.