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CASE-ENDINGS. 79
which forms the Genitive in -o
In II. i. 86 KaAxai/ (Voc.
of Kd\x. as )
was rea(^
by Aristarchus,
KdX^a by Zenodotus. On the other hand in II. 12. 231 Ar.
read YlovXybdpa, but Zen. IlovXvbdfjiav. The form Aao6djua in
Od. 8. 141 probably has the authority of Aristarchus.
Stems in -o form the Voc. in -e, as $t'Ae tKvpe. Some Stems
in -0(77) shorten the final vowel, as VVJJL^CL, Voc. of vv^rj, and
the Masc. oT>/3 : -01 a.
: :
Y\ :
The words of address, TraTTTra, arra, rerra, /otata, may be ranked
as Vocatives. So ?7$ete, as to which see the note on 96.
93.] Case-Endings. These are given in the following Table.
The Endings of the Consonantal Declension are in larger type
:
the two Vowel Declensions of Nouns are numbered (i), (2),
and
the Pronominal Declension (3).
Sing. Dual. Plur.
Nom. -9 -e -69,
(1) -o-s, Neut. -o-v -co -ot
(2) -a(j), -ta ; -TJ-S -a -at
Ace. -z/
?
-a. -e -a?,
Neut. -a,
Neut -a
Gen. -o? -066V
-co
-CD? (for -o-vs)
!i) 2) -a -ay (-a-z^s)
-oto, -oo, -OD -oitr -a>i;
-r;9; -do, -eco -aajj^, -ecoy
-to, -eo, -eu -t(z^) -etcoz;, -ecoz;
Dat. -6 -OUV
-O"i(v} y
-
(i) -a)
(Loc. -ot)
-our
-otcrt(i;), -ots
f
aj
-ry (Loc.
-at ?) -??