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Stems in ον: εὐδαίμων
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| Masc. and Fem. | Neut. | Masc. and Fem. | Neut. | |
| Nom. | εὐδαίμων | εὔδαιμον | βελτί_ων | βέλτι_ον |
| Gen. | εὐδαίμον-ος | βελτί_ον-ος | ||
| Dat. | εὐδαίμον-ι | βελτί_ον-ι | ||
| Acc. | εὐδαίμον-α | εὔδαιμον | βελτί_ον-α or βελτί_ω βέλτι_ον | |
| Voc. | εὔδαιμον | εὔδαιμον | βέλτι_ον | βέλτι_ον |
| DUAL | ||
| N. A. V. | εὐδαίμον-ε | βελτί_ον-ε |
| G. D. | εὐδαιμόν-οιν | βελτι_όν-οιν |
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| N. V. | εὐδαίμον-ες | εὐδαίμον-α | (βελτί_ον-ες | βελτί_ον-α |
| (βελτί_ους | βελτί_ω | |||
| Gen. | εὐδαιμόν-ων | βελτι_όν-ων | ||
| Dat. | εὐδαίμοσι (ν) | βελτί_οσι (ν) | ||
| Acc. | εὐδαίμον-ας | εὐδαίμον-α | (βελτί_ον-ας | βελτί_ον-α |
| (βελτί_ους | βελτί_ω |
a. Like εὐδαίμων are declined μνήμων μνῆμον
b. Like βελτί_ων are declined μείζων μεῖζον
c. The neuter nominative and accusative have recessive accent.
d. Comparatives are formed from stems in ον and in ος; cp. Lat. meliōris for meliōs-is. ος appears in βελτί_ω for βελτι_ο (ς) -α, acc. sing. masc. fem. and nom. acc. neut. pl., and in βελτί_ους for βελτι_ο (ς) -ες, nom. pl. masc. fem. The accusative plural borrows the nominative form. Cp. cross251 b. The shorter forms were more frequent in everyday speech than in literature.
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Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].
