Examples—as in 1

μοῦσα, οἰκία, χώρα, τιμή; ὁπλίτης, ταμίας; αὐτή, αὔτη; ἡ ὁδός.

Translate and construe:

1. ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν. 2. καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν (is) ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Ἰωάννου. 3. τὸ δὲ κέντρον τοῦ θανάτου ἡ μαρτυρία. 4. ὁ στέφανος τῆς ζωῆς. 5. ἠ πύλη τοῦ πρώτου περιβόλου. 6. Τύχη ἔστι δὲ οὐ μόνον τυφλή, ᾶλλὰ καὶ κωφή. 7. Πλάνος καὶ Ἄγνοια.

5. The Consonant declension (stems end in a consonant). With these are grouped in the grammar (3rd declension) nouns with stems in ι, υ, or a diphthong.

	Sing.		Dual	Plural
			(rare in late Greek)
	Mas. and Fem.	Neut.	Fem., Mas., and Neut.	Mas. and Fem.	Neut.
Nom.	—ς, or –	–	—ε	—ες	—ᾰ
Gen.	—ος	—ος	—οιν	—ων	—ων
Dat.	—ι	—ι	—οιν	—σι	—σι
Acc.	—ν, or —ᾰ	–	—ε	—νς or —ᾰς	—ᾰ
Voc.	—ς, or —	–	—ε	—ες	—ᾰ

(1) Necessary here is the table of mutes and their forms when combined with –s. (I, 3, 1.)

(2) All three genders occur in this declension.

(3) In gen. plural of monosyllabic nouns (as in —α— nouns) the accent is —ῶν: in datives dual and plural of tones we have —αῖν, —οῖν, —αῖς, and —οῖς. Bt. 76; Gl. 98; Gn. 225; H.A. 132-3.