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Contracted Adjectives.—Most adjectives in -εος and -οος are contracted. Examples: χρύ_σεος
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| N. V. | (χρύ_σεος) | χρυ_σοῦς | (χρυ_σέα_) | χρυ_σῆ | (χρύ_σεον) | χρυ_σοῦν |
| Gen. | (χρυ_σέου) | χρυ_σοῦ | (χρυ_σέα_ς) | χρυ_σῆς | (χρυ_σέου) | χρυ_σοῦ |
| Dat. | (χρυ_σέῳ) | χρυ_σῷ | (χρυ_σέᾳ) | χρυ_σῇ | (χρυ_σέῳ) | χρυ_σῷ |
| Acc. | (χρύ_σεον) | χρυ_σοῦν | (χρυ_σέα_ν) | χρυ_σῆν | (χρύ_σεον) | χρυ_σοῦν |
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| N. A. V. | (χρυ_σέω) | χρυ_σώ | (χρυ_σέα_) | χρυ_σᾶ | (χρυ_σέω) | χρυ_σώ |
| G. D. | (χρυ_σέοιν) | χρυ_σοῖν | (χρυ_σέαιν) | χρυ_σαῖν | (χρυ_σέοιν) | χρυ_σοῖν |
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| N. V. | (χρύ_σεοι) | χρυ_σοῖ | (χρύ_σεαι) | χρυ_σαῖ | (χρύ_σεα) | χρυ_σᾶ |
| Gen. | (χρυ_σέων) | χρυ_σῶν | (χρυ_σέων) | χρυ_σῶν | (χρυ_σέων) | χρυ_σῶν |
| Dat. | (χρυ_σέοις) | χρυ_σοῖς | (χρυ_σέαις) | χρυ_σαῖς | (χρυ_σέοις) | χρυ_σοῖς |
| Acc. | (χρυ_σέους) | χρυ_σοῦς | (χρυ_σέα_ς) | χρυ_σᾶς | (χρύ_σεα) | χρυ_σᾶ |
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| N. V. | (ἀργύρεος) | ἀργυροῦς | (ἀργυρέα_) | ἀργυρᾶ | (ἀργύρεον) | ἀργυροῦν |
| Gen. | (ἀργυρέου) | ἀργυροῦ | (ἀργυρέα_ς) | ἀργυρᾶς | (ἀργυρέου) | ἀργυροῦ |
| Dat. | (ἀργυρέῳ) | ἀργυρῷ | (ἀργυρέᾳ) | ἀργυρᾷ | (ἀργυρέῳ) | ἀργυρῷ |
| Acc. | (ἀργύρεον) | ἀργυροῦν | (ἀργυρέα_ν) | ἀργυρᾶν | (ἀργύρεον) | ἀργυροῦν |
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| N. A. V. | (ἀργυρέω) | ἀργυρώ | (ἀργυρέα_) | ἀργυρᾶ | (ἀργυρέω) | ἀργυρώ |
| G. D. | (ἀργυρέοιν) | ἀργυροῖν | (ἀργυρέαιν) | ἀργυραῖν | (ἀργυρέοιν) | ἀργυροῖν |
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| N. V. | (ἀργύρεοι) | ἀργυροῖ | (ἀργύρεαι) | ἀργυραῖ | (ἀργύρεα) | ἀργυρᾶ |
| Gen. | (ἀργυρέων) | ἀργυρῶν | (ἀργυρέων) | ἀργυρῶν | (ἀργυρέων) | ἀργυρῶν |
| Dat. | (ἀργυρέοις) | ἀργυροῖς | (ἀργυρέαις) | ἀργυραῖς | (ἀργυρέοις) | ἀργυροῖς |
| Acc. | (ἀργυρέους) | ἀργυροῦς | (ἀργυρέα_ς) | ἀργυρᾶς | (ἀργύρεα) | ἀργυρᾶ |
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| N. V. | (ἁπλόος) | ἁπλοῦς | (ἁπλέα_) | ἁπλῆ | (ἁπλόον) | ἁπλοῦν |
| Gen. | (ἁπλόου) | ἁπλοῦ | (ἁπλέα_ς) | ἁπλῆς | (ἁπλόου) | ἁπλοῦ |
| Dat. | (ἁπλόῳ) | ἁπλῷ | (ἁπλέᾳ) | ἁπλῇ | (ἁπλόῳ) | ἁπλῷ |
| Acc. | (ἁπλόον) | ἁπλοῦν | (ἁπλέα_ν) | ἁπλῆν | (ἁπλόον) | ἁπλοῦν |
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| N. A. V. | (ἁπλόω) | ἁπλώ | (ἁπλέα_) | ἁπλᾶ | (ἁπλόω) | ἁπλώ |
| G. D. | (ἁπλόοιν) | ἁπλοῖν | (ἁπλέαιν) | ἁπλαῖν | (ἁπλόοιν) | ἁπλοῖν |
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| N. V. | (ἁπλόοι) | ἁπλοῖ | (ἁπλέαι) | ἁπλαῖ | (ἁπλόα) | ἁπλᾶ |
| Gen. | (ἁπλόων) | ἁπλῶν | (ἁπλέων) | ἁπλῶν | (ἁπλόων) | ἁπλῶν |
| Dat. | (ἁπλόοις) | ἁπλοῖς | (ἁπλέαις) | ἁπλαῖς | (ἁπλόοις) | ἁπλοῖς |
| Acc. | (ἁπλόους) | ἁπλοῦς | (ἁπλέα_ς) | ἁπλᾶς | (ἁπλόα) | ἁπλᾶ |
a. So χαλκοῦς, -ῆ, -οῦν
b. The vocative and dual of contracted adjectives are very rare.
c. Adjectives whose uncontracted form in the nom. sing. has the accent on the antepenult (χρύ_σεος, πορφύρεος) take in the contracted form a circumflex on their last syllable (χρυ_σοῦς, πορφυροῦς) by analogy to the gen. and dat. sing. The accent of the nom. dual masculine and neuter is also irregular (χρυ_σώ, not χρυ_σῶ).
d. For peculiarities of contraction see cross56. ἁπλῆ is from ἁπλέα_, not from ἁπλόη.
e. Some adjectives are not contracted: ἀργαλέος
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Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].
