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nominative | τὸ | ὄνομα | Πέτρα ἐστίν | ||||||
genitive | ὁ | τοῦ | ὀνόματος | meaning is "stone or rock" | |||||
dative | Ἀριάδνη | ὀνόματι | = by name | ||||||
accusative | ἀγνοῶ | τὸ | ὄνομα | τοῦ βασιλέως. | |||||
vocative | ὦ | ὄνομα | |||||||
PLURAL | |||||||||
nominative | τὰ | ὀνόματα | χαλεπά ἐστιν | ||||||
genitive | ἡ μελῳδία | τῶν | ὀνομάτων | εὔφωνός ἐστιν. | |||||
dative | τοῖς | ὀνόμασι | we distinguish people | ||||||
accusative | γιγνώσκομεν | τὰ | ὀνόματα | τῶν ἑλληνικῶν θεῶν | |||||
vocative | ὦ | ὀνόματα | |||||||
It is difficult to think of ways of using all these forms of τὸ ὄνομα . But it is one of the easiest 3rd declension words, just note that in the dative plural the τ is dropped in front of σι . As usual, for the sake of ease of pronunciation.
Other words that follow the same pattern. Note that they all end in -μα and are all neuter:
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