[B-Greek] 3rd Declension NSN Case Endings

Ken Penner pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
Wed Oct 15 08:56:16 EDT 2003


The FWS paradigm has two stems: FWS- for nominative(=accusative) singular,
and FWT- for the rest. Likewise for TERAS, PERAS, KERAS.

Ken Penner, M.C.S. (Biblical Languages, Greek Focus), M.A. (Hebrew Poetry)
Ph.D. (cand.), McMaster University
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> In BBG Bill Mounce states that neuter, singular nouns of the third
> declension take no case ending.  Now, the genitive singular 
> of FWS is FWTOS.
> Following Mounces advice of removing the genitive singular 
> ending -OS I
> would have guessed that the nominative singular form would be 
> FW, not FWS.
> Where is the sigma coming from?  What am missing here?




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