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tive often depends, in part, upon the gender of the nouns which it qualifies, e. g. :

̓Αγαθὸς ἀνήρ.

̓Αγαθὴ κόρη.

Αγαθὸν ἔργον.

A good man.

A good girl.

A good work.

REM. Thus ȧyadós is the form of the adjective which is used with masculine nouns, ἀγαθή with feminine, and ἀγαθόν with

neuter.

128. These three forms of the adjective are declined like nouns of the same endings. Thus the masculine is declined like λόγος (79), and is accordingly of the second declension ; the feminine like νίκη (63), and is of the first declension ; the neuter like σύκον, and, like the masculine, is of the second declension.

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129. Adjectives of this class have the feminine in a, if p, e, or a precedes the ending; as, φίλιος, φιλία, φίλιον.

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REM. In accentuation, as in declension, adjectives generally follow the analogy of nouns, as in the paradigm of ἀγαθός. As an exception, however, adjectives in os not accented on the ultimate, take the accent in the feminine on the same syllable as in the masculine, when the quantity of the ultimate will permit (10). Thus, in the above paradigm the fem. φιλία becomes in nom. and voc. plur. φίλιαι, because the masc. is φίλιοι, though if it had followed the analogy of nouns it would have been φιλίαι.

LESSON XXI.

Adjectives.—First and Second Declensions, continued.

130. Adjectives in os, with e or o before the ending, suffer contraction, as χρύσεος (golden), χρυσοῦς ; fem. χρυσέα, χρυσῆ; neut. χρύσεον, χρυσοῦν: ἁπλόος (simple), ἁπλοῦς; fem. ἁπλόη, ἁπλῆ; neut. ἁπλόον, ἁπλοῦν. In their contract forms they are declined according to the following

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REM.-For accentuation of Nom. Acc. and Voc. Dual, Masc. and Neut., see 82.

131. Some adjectives in os and ous have but two

terminations for the three genders, as they employ the same form both for the masculine and the feminine.

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Adjectives.-First and Second Declensions.-Exer

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132. RULE.-Agreement of Adjectives.

Adjectives agree in gender, number, and case, with

the nouns which they qualify, e. g.:

Αγαθὸς βασιλεύς.

̓Αγαθὴ βασίλεια.

A good king.

A good queen.

133. Adjectives may be used in the predicate with the verb eiul to affirm some quality of the subject, e. g.:

Ο βασιλεύς ἐστιν ἀγαθός.
Ἡ βασίλειά ἐστιν ἀγαθή.

The king is good.
The queen is good.

134. In English the adjective with the definite article is often used substantively, though only in the plural number; in Greek, however, this usage is extended to all numbers and genders, e. g. :

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