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REM.-Observe that in the Dat. Plur. v is dropped before σ for the sake of euphony: thus, παιᾶσι instead of παιᾶνσι.

LESSON XII.

Third Declension.-Class I.-Exercises.

95. Accentuation.-The general rule for accentuation in the Third Declension, is as follows:

1) The syllable which has the accent in the Nom. retains it throughout all the cases, with the limitation, however, that the accent can never stand farther from the end than the antepenult, and there only when the ultimate is short.

2) If the accent be on the antepenult, it will be the acute; if on the penult, the circum

flex, when that is long by nature and the ultimate short, otherwise the acute.

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1. Ο λειμών θάλλει. 2. Οἱ λειμῶνες θάλλουσιν.

3. Ο γεωργὸς λειμῶνας ἔχει. 4. Φεύγομεν τοὺς θῆρας. 5. Ο δοῦλος τὸν κρατῆρα θαυμάζει. 6. Οἱ στρατιῶται 7. Οἱ τῶν Ἑλλήνων στρατηγοί

παιᾶνας ᾄδουσιν.

παιᾶνας ᾄδουσιν.

LESSON XIII.

Third Declension.-Class II.

98. Class II. lengthens the short vowel in the final syllable of the root to form the nominative singular : as, ποιμήν, ποιμένος ; root, ποιμέν.

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REM.-The vocative singular in words of this class is like the

root, except in words accented on the ultimate, in which it is like the nominative, as ποιμήν, both Nom. and Voc.

99. A few nouns of this class are syncopated in some of their cases, and are declined according to the following

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100. These Paradigms differ from the regular Paradigms of this class,

1) In dropping e of the root in the Gen. and

Dat. Sing. and in the Dat. Pl., and in ἀνήρ in all the cases, except the Nom. and Voc. Sing.

2) In inserting ă in the Dat. Pl. before the end

ing to soften the pronunciation; in ἀνήρ also a 8 for the same reason in all its syncopated forms in place of the omitted e.

3) In several irregularities of accentuation, which will be readily seen in the Paradigms themselves.

LESSON XIV.

Third Declension.-Class II.-Exercises

101. The Article in Greek often has the force of the possessives my, his, her, &c.; e.g.:

Ὁ ποιμὴν τὴν θυγατέρα | The shepherd loves his

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τοῦ ποιμένος θυγάτηρ ᾄδει. 3. Αἱ τῶν ποιμένων θυγα

τέρες ᾄδουσιν. 4. Ηγεμόνας ἔχομεν. 5. Ὁ πατὴρ τὴν θυγατέρα στέργει. 6. Κῦρος θηρία θηρεύει. Τ. Κύρος τὰ θηρία θηρεύει. 8. Στέργομεν τὰς θυγατέρας. 9. Ἡ θυγάτηρ τὴν μητέρα στέργει. 10. Στέργομεν τοὺς πατέρας. 11. Ἡ μήτηρ τὴν θυγατέρα θαυμάζει.

II.

1. The shepherds love their daughters. 2. The girls love their father. 3. We admire the orator. 4. The guide admires the shepherd. 5. The daughter of the guide is writing a letter.

LESSON XV.

Third Declension.-Class III.

104. Class III. adds s to the root to form the nominative singular, as λαῖλαψ (πς), λαίλαπος ; root, λαί

λαπ.

REM.-It will be at once seen that if s be added to the root, we shall have λαιλαπς; but πs must be written ψ, hence λαῖλαψ. 105. In the formation of the nominative singular and the dative plural, observe the following euphonic changes :

1) A Pi-mute—π, β, φ-at the end of the root coalesces with s and forms ψ: as λαϊλαπας, λαίλαψ.

2) A Kappa-mute-κ, γ, χ-coalesces with s and forms ξ: as κόρακ-ς, κόραξ.

3) A Tau-mute-7, 8, 9-is dropped before s: as λάμπαδες, λάμπας (δ dropped).

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