Appendix:Ancient Greek second declension

Greek nouns of the second declension are masculines and feminines in -ος (-os), and neuters in -ον (-on). For those in -ως (-ōs) and -ων (-ōn) (Attic nouns), see Appendix:Ancient Greek Attic declension.

Suffixes

Regular nouns
Masculine & Feminine Neuter
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Nominative –ος–ω–οι–ον–ω–ᾰ
Genitive –ου–οιν–ων–ου–οιν–ων
Dative –ῳ–οις–ῳ–οις
Accusative –ον–ω–ους–ον–ω–ᾰ
Vocative –ε–οι
Regular nouns
Singular Dual Plural
m./f. n. m./f. n. m./f. n.
Nominative –ος–ον–ω–οι–ᾰ
Vocative –ε
Accusative –ον–ους
Genitive –ου–οιν–ων
Dative –ῳ–οις

Examples

Regular nouns
Masculine & Feminine Neuter
πόλεμος (polemos, "war") m μῆλον (mēlon, "apple") n
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πόλεμοςπολέμωπόλεμοιμῆλονμήλωμῆλα
Genitive πολέμουπολέμοινπολέμωνμήλουμήλοινμήλων
Dative πολέμῳπολέμοιςμήλῳμήλοις
Accusative πόλεμονπολέμωπολέμουςμῆλονμήλωμῆλα
Vocative πόλεμεπόλεμοι
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