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Manner.—Adverbs of manner ending in -ως have the accent and form of the genitive plural masculine with -ς in place of -ν.
| δίκαιος | just | genitive | plural | δικαίων | δικαίως | justly |
| κακός | bad | “ | “ | κακῶν | κακῶς | ill |
| ἁπλοῦς | simple | “ | “ | ἁπλῶν | ἁπλῶς | simply |
| σαφής | plain | “ | “ | σαφῶν | σαφῶς | plainly |
| ἡδύς | pleasant | “ | “ | ἡδέων | ἡδέως | pleasantly |
| σώφρων | prudent | “ | “ | σωφρόνων | σωφρόνως | prudently |
| ἄλλος | other | “ | “ | ἄλλων | ἄλλως | otherwise |
| πᾶς | all | “ | “ | πάντων | πάντως | in every way |
| ὤν | being | “ | “ | ὄντων | ὄντως | really |
a. Adverbs in -ως are not formed from the genitive plural, but are originally old ablatives from ο stems ( cross341), and thence transferred to other stems. The analogy of the genitive plural assisted the transference.
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Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].
