Appendix:Ancient Greek second declension

Description

Greek nouns of the second declension are masculines and feminines in -ος (-os), and neuters in -ον (-on) or in -ως (-ōs) and -ων (-ōn) (Attic nouns).

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	–οιν	–οις	–ῳ	–οιν	–οις
Accusative	–ον	–ω	–ους	–ον	–ω	–ᾰ
Vocative	–ε	–ω	–οι	–ον	–ω	–ᾰ

Examples

	Regular nouns
	Masculine & Feminine			Neuter
	πόλεμος (polemos, "war") m			μῆλον (mēlon, "apple") n
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πόλεμος	πολέμω	πόλεμοι	μῆλον	μήλω	μῆλα
Genitive	πολέμου	πολέμοιν	πολέμων	μήλου	μήλοιν	μήλων
Dative	πολέμῳ	πολέμοιν	πολέμοις	μήλῳ	μήλοιν	μήλοις
Accusative	πόλεμον	πολέμω	πολέμους	μῆλον	μήλω	μῆλα
Vocative	πόλεμε	πολέμω	πόλεμοι	μῆλον	μήλω	μῆλα