ΑΙ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΕΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΑΝΔΡΑΣ ΠΕΙΘΟΥΣΙΝ


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Some further practice
3rd declension nominative plural (Who does? Who is?):
masculine and feminine, ending - ες
αἱ γυναίκες χαίρουσιν.
καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες χαίρουσιν.
οἱ βόες τὰ ἄροτρα ἕλκουσιν.
οἱ παίδες καλοί εἰσιν.

3rd declension accusative plural (Whom do we see? accuse? love?):
masculine and feminine ending - ας
ὁ ἄγγελος τὰς γυναῖκας καλεῖ.
αἱ γυναῖκες τοὺς ἄνδρας πείθουσιν.
Λίθοι πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τοὺς τοῦ Δικαιοπόλιδος καὶ τοῦ Χανθίου πίπτουσιν.
ἡ μήτηρ τοὺς παῖδας καλεῖ· τὸ δεῖπνον
It's ready. Come and eat!

I myself, he himself, the men themselves
αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό
αὐτοί, αὐταί, αὐτά
Little child insisting: I'm doing it myself αὐτὸς ποιῶ
Of course a little girl would say: αὐτὴ, αὐτὴ ποιῶ
The men themselves want to watch:
οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοὶ ἐθέλουσιν θεωρεῖν.
The women themselves want to eat (not just feed their husbands):
αἱ γυναῖκες αὐταὶ δειπνεῖν ἐθέλουσιν.