Noun Patterns Ending In Vowels

ἡ πρώτη κλίσις – 1st Declension

	bag -α-	sound -η-	table -α- / -η-	endings		thief -η-1
nominative accusative genitive dative	ἡ πήρα τὴν πήραν τῆς πήρας τῇ πήρᾳ	ἡ φωνή τὴν φωνήν τῆς φωνῆς τῇ φωνῇ	ἡ τράπεζα τὴν τράπεζαν τῆς τραπέζης τῇ τραπέζῃ	-α / -η -αν / -ην -ας / -ης -ᾳ / -ῃ		ὁ κλέπτης τὸν κλέπτην τοῦ κλέπτου τῷ κλέπτῃ
nominative accusative genitive dative	αἱ πήραι τὰς πήρας τῶν πηρῶν ταῖς πήραις	αἱ φωναί τὰς φωνάς τῶν φωνῶν ταῖς φωναῖς	αἱ τράπεζαι τὰς τραπέζας τῶν τραπεζῶν ταῖς τραπέζαις	-αι -ας -ων -αις		οἱ κλέπται τοὺς κλέπτας τῶν κλεπτῶν τοῖς κλέπτοις

ἡ δευτέρα κλίσις – 2nd Declension

	man -ο-	road -ο-	endings		sheep -ο-	endings
nominative accusative genitive dative	ὁ ἄνθρωπος τὸν ἄνθρωπον τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ	ἡ ὁδός τὴν ὁδόν τῆς ὁδοῦ τῇ ὁδῷ	-ος -ον -ου -ῳ		τὸ πρόβατον τὸ πρόβατον τοῦ προβάτου τῷ προβάτῳ	-ον -ον -ου -ῳ
nominative accusative genitive dative	οἱ ἄνθρωποι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῶν ἀνθρώπων τοῖς ἀνθρώποις	αἱ ὁδοί τὰς ὁδούς τῶν ὁδῶν ταῖς ὁδοῖς	-οι -ους -ων -οις		τὰ πρόβατα τὰ πρόβατα τῶν προβάτων τοῖς προβάτοις	-α -α -ων -οις

Footnotes

1. This category has the “η” look to the endings, therefore making it 1st declension. However, this category is “trying” to become 2nd declension. That is why it has the -ς in the singular nominative and the -ου in the singular genitive like the 2nd declension. ↩