νεκάς

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 13 January 2019

νέκυς (nékus, “corpse”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs, “group of”, noun-forming suffix)

νεκᾰ́ς • (nekắs) f (genitive νεκᾰ́δος); third declension

Third declension of ἡ νεκᾰ́ς; τῆς νεκᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νεκᾰ́ς hē nekắs	τὼ νεκᾰ́δε tṑ nekắde	αἱ νεκᾰ́δες hai nekắdes
Genitive	τῆς νεκᾰ́δος tês nekắdos	τοῖν νεκᾰ́δοιν toîn nekắdoin	τῶν νεκᾰ́δων tôn nekắdōn
Dative	τῇ νεκᾰ́δῐ tēî nekắdĭ	τοῖν νεκᾰ́δοιν toîn nekắdoin	ταῖς νεκᾰ́σῐ / νεκᾰ́σῐν taîs nekắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν νεκᾰ́δᾰ tḕn nekắdă	τὼ νεκᾰ́δε tṑ nekắde	τᾱ̀ς νεκᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s nekắdăs
Vocative	νεκᾰ́ς nekắs	νεκᾰ́δε nekắde	νεκᾰ́δες nekắdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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