ἀκούω τοῦ κώδωνος καὶ τῆς τοῦ κλητῆρος φωνῆς ὃς ἐγείρει τοὺς πολίτας,
I hear the bell, and the voice of the crier who wakes the people.
οὐ σμικρὸς ὁ κίνδῡνος, there is great danger.
ἀκούω τοῦ ἀλεκτρυόνος, I hear the cock.
(2) Nouns in ωρ and ην shorten the long ultimate vowel of the nominative, as ῥήτωρ, ῥήτορος; ποιμήν, ποιμένος; ὕδωρ, ὕδατος, water.
ὁρᾷς τὸν ποιμένα ἐκεῖνον μετὰ τῶν προβάτων ἐν τῷ λειμῶνι;
do you see that shepherd with the sheep in the meadow?
ὁρῶ, καὶ τὸν κύνα, I see them and the dog.
ἆρα οὖν ἀκούετε τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ δεινοῦ ἐκείνου ῥήτορος;
do you hear the voice of that great orator?
ἀκούομεν· μᾶλλον δὲ ἀρέσκει ὁ τῶν χελῑδόνων
τρισμὸς καὶ τῆς ἀηδόνος τὸ ἆσμα,
we hear; but like better the twitter of the swallows
and the song of the nightingale.
δίκαίως· αὗται γὰρ κινοῦσι τὸ βαθὺ τῆς ψυχῆς,
with good reason; for these stir the depths of the soul.
(3) Feminines in ́ῐς and ́ᾰς, with the radical δ before the case terminations, as λαμπ́ᾰς,-άδος; ἐλπ́ῐς,-ίδος. Neuters in α have the genitive in τος. Words ending in ψ = πς or βς, as λαῖλαψ, λαίλαπος, a storm; φλέψ, φλεβός, a vein; Κύκλωψ,-ωπος, a Cyclops, Giant Round Eye, lose the σ of the nominative and present π or β before the case termination. In the same way nouns in ξ = κς or γς, by losing the final σ of the compound consonant, cause the single κ or γ to reappear in the oblique cases, as ἱέραξ, a hawk, ἱέρᾱκος; ἀλώπηξ, a fox, gen. ἀλώπεκος; κόραξ, κόρακος, a crow,