Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].

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Participles in -ων, -ουσα, -ον (ω-verbs): λύ_ων loosing (stem λυ_οντ-), ὤν being (stem ὀντ-).

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SINGULAR
	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.	Masc.	Fem.	Neut.
N. V.	λύ_ων	λύ_ουσα	λῦον	ὤν	οὖσα	ὄν
Gen.	λύ_οντ-ος	λυ_ούσης	λύ_οντ-ος	ὄντ-ος	οὔσης	ὄντ-ος
Dat.	λύ_οντ-ι	λυ_ούσῃ	λύ_οντ-ι	ὄντ-ι	οὔσῃ	ὄντ-ι
Acc.	λύ_οντ-α	λύ_ουσα-ν	λῦον	ὄντ-α	οὖσα-ν	ὄν

DUAL
N. A. V.	λύ_οντ-ε	λυ_ούσα_	λύ_οντ-ε	ὄντ-ε	οὔσα_	ὄντ-ε
G. D.	λυ_όντ-οιν	λυ_ούσαιν	λυ_όντ-οιν	ὄντ-οιν	οὔσαιν	ὄντ-οιν

PLURAL
N. V.	λύ_οντ-ες	λύ_ουσαι	λύ_οντ-α	ὄντ-ες	οὖσαι	ὄντ-α
Gen.	λυ_όντ-ων	λυ_ουσῶν	λυ_όντ-ων	ὄντ-ων	οὐσῶν	ὄντ-ων
Dat.	λύ_ουσι (ν)	λυ_ούσαις	λύ_ουσι (ν)	οὖσι (ν)	οὔσαις	οὖσι (ν)
Acc.	λύ_οντ-ας	λυ_ούσα_ς	λύ_οντ-α	ὄντ-ας	οὔσα_ς	ὄντ-α

So are inflected παιδεύων educating, γράφων writing, φέρων bearing.

a. All participles in -ων are inflected like λύ_ων, those in -ών having the accent of ὤν, ὄντος, etc.; as λιπών, λιποῦσα, λιπόν having left. Such participles are from ω-verbs, in which ο is a part of the tense suffix.

b. Like participles are declined the adjectives ἑκών, ἑκοῦσα, ἑκόν willing, ἄ_κων, ἄ_κουσα, ἆ_κον unwilling (for ἀέκων, etc.), G. ἄ_κοντος, ἀ_κούσης, ἄ_κοντος.

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Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].

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