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  2. Third declension - Wikipedia

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    The third declension is a category of nouns in Latin and Greek with broadly similar case formation — diverse stems, but similar endings. Sanskrit also has a corresponding class (although not commonly termed as third), in which the so-called basic case endings are applied very regularly.

  3. Declension of Greek nouns in Latin - Wikipedia

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    These variations occur principally in the singular; in the plural the declension is usually regular. Note, however, that many Greek names of the third declension in Latin pass over into the first declension in the plural; as, Thūcȳdidās, Hyperīdae, and many names in -crates (such as, Sōcratae as well as Sōcratēs).

  4. Ancient Greek nouns - Wikipedia

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    The third declension group includes masculine, feminine and neuter nouns. It is an athematic declension that lacks the standard thematic vowels of the two thematic declensions above. This results in varied and often complex phonemic interactions between stem and ending, especially so between adjacent consonants, that often make these nouns ...

  5. Ancient Greek grammar - Wikipedia

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    They are divided into three different groups, called declensions, according to these endings and the endings of the other cases: αἱ θεαί (hai theaí) "the goddesses" – 1st declension οἱ θεοί (hoi theoí) "the gods" – 2nd declension αἱ γυναῖκες (hai gunaîkes) "the women" – 3rd declension

  6. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic ...

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    This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...

  7. Locative case - Wikipedia

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    For first and second declension, it was identical to the genitive singular form. In archaic times, the locative singular of third declension nouns was still interchangeable between ablative and dative forms, but in the Augustan Period the use of the ablative form became fixed. Therefore, both forms rūrī and rūre may be encountered.

  8. Thematic vowel - Wikipedia

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    Although the a of the Greek and Latin first declension was not originally a thematic vowel, it is considered one in Greek and Latin grammar. In both languages, first-declension nouns take some endings belonging to the thematic second declension. An a-stem noun was originally a collective noun suffixed with -eh₂, the ending of the neuter plural.

  9. Greek declension - Wikipedia

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    Greek declension may refer to: Declensions in Ancient Greek grammar; Declensions in Modern Greek grammar This page was last edited on 17 ...