I. The Article

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       I.  The Article

 

               article-noun . . . noun in same case [Sharp’s rule]  Do not specify same gender and number because we want to see also whether there is any case where the parallel nouns are not the same gender and number.

 

               article-adjective-noun [same number-gender-case]

               article + genitive-noun + noun [same number-gender-case article and second noun]

               article + genitive-article-noun + noun [same n/g/case 1 article and 2 noun]

               article + genitive-pronoun + noun [same number-gender-case article and second

                     noun]

               article + prepositional-phrase + noun [same n/g/c article and noun]

               article + participle . . . + noun [same number-gender-case         

               article + participle  [same number-gender-case] (with no noun following)

 

               article-noun-article-adjective [same number-gender-case]

               article-noun-article [same number-gender-case] + genitive-noun

               article-noun-article [same number-gender-case] + genitive-article-noun

               article-noun-article [same number-gender-case] + genitive-pronoun

               article-noun-article [same number-gender-case] + prepositional-phrase            

               article-noun-article-participle [same case-gender-case]

 

               anarthrous-noun-article-adjective [same number-gender-case]

               anarthrous-noun-article [same number-gender-case] + genitive-noun

               anarthrous-noun-article [same number-gender-case] + genitive-article-pronoun

               anarthrous-noun-article [in the same case] + prepositional phrase

               anarthrous-noun-article-participle [same number-gender-case]

 

               article-noun-adjective [same n/g/c]

               article-noun [same n/g/c] + genitive-pronoun

               article-noun [same n/g/c] + genitive-noun

               article-noun [same n/g/c] + genitive-article-noun

               article-noun [same n/g/c] + prepositional-phrase

               article-noun-participle [same n/g/c]

 

               anarthrous-noun + genitive-anarthrous-noun

               genitive-anarthrous-noun + anarthrous-noun

 

               article + clause

               article + prepositional-phrase (with no noun/adjective/participle in same n/g/c as the                                                                                     original article)

 

               adjacent articles   (will give genitive-articular-noun in first attributive position)

                                           (will give genitive-articular-noun in second attributive position)

 

               nominative-article + . . . infinitive

               nominative-article + [μή, μηκέτι, μήποτε, μηδέ, μήτε, μηδέποτε, μηδείς, μηδεμία, μηδέν, μήπω, μηδέπω, μηδείς, μηδεμία, μηδέν, μήτι  infinitive

               genitive-article + . . . infinitive

               genitive-article + [μή, μηκέτι, μήποτε, μηδέ, μήτε, μηδέποτε, μηδείςμηδεμία, μηδέν, μήπω, μηδέπω, μηδείς, μηδέν, μήτι + . . . infinitive

        

 

 

 

 

               preposition  +  genitive-article + infinitive

               preposition  +  genitive-article + [ μήν, μηκέτι, μήποτε,μήνδε, μήτε, μηδέποτε, μηδείς, μηδεμία,μηδέν, μήπω, μηδέπω, mhqeiv", mhqevn, mhvti   +  infinitive

               dative-article + . . .  infinitive

               dative-article + [ μήν, μηκέτι, μήποτε, μήνδε, μήντε, μηδέποτε, μηδείς, μηδεμία, μηδέν, μήπω, μηδέπω, μηδείς, μηδέν, μήτι  + infinitive  (none)

               dative-article + . . .  infinitive

               preposition + dative-article + . . . infinitive

               preposition + dative-article + [μήν, μηκέτι, μήποτε, μηδέ, μήτι, μηδέποτε, μηδείς, μηδεμία, μηδέν, μήπω, μηδέπω, μηδέν mhqevn, mhvti +  infinitive

               accusative-article + . . . infinitive    (will give data also for "result constructions")

               accusative-article + [mhv, mhkevti, mhvpote, mhvde, mhvte, mhdevpote, mhdeiv", mhdemiva, mhdevn, mhvpw, mhdevpw, mhqeiv", mhqevn, mhvti + infinitive

               preposition + accusative-article + . . . infinitive                                       preposition + accusative-article + [mhv, mhkevti, mhvpote, mhvde, mhvte, mhdevpote, mhdeiv", mhdemiva, mhdevn, mhvpw, μηδέπω, μηδείς mhqevn, mhvti + infinitive                     article + . . . ouj + . . . infinitive (none?)

               article + . . . οὐκ + . . . infinitive (none?)

               article + . . . οὐχ + . . . infinitive (none?)

 

               preposition + anarthrous-noun

 

 

II.  Cases

 

         I.  Nominative

 

                nominative-noun + passive-verb + nominative-noun

                pronoun  +  passive-verb + nominative-noun

                passive-verb + nominative-noun

                preposition + nominative

 

                singular-passive-verb + singular-nominative-adjective

                plural-passive-verb + plural-nominative-adjective

                noun + passive-verb + adjective [same n/g/c on noun and adjective]

                pronoun + passive-verb + adjective [same n/g/c on pronoun and adjective]

 

       II.  Genitive

 

                noun + genitive-noun + same-case-noun

                pronoun + genitive-noun + same-case-pronoun

                pronoun + genitive-noun + same-case-noun

                noun + genitive-noun + same-case-pronoun

                noun + genitive-pronoun + same-case-noun

                pronoun + genitive-pronoun + same-case-pronoun

                pronoun + genitive-pronoun + same-case-noun

                noun + genitive-pronoun + same-case-pronoun

         

 

      III.  Dative

 

                comparative-adjective + dative-adjective

                dative-adjective + comparative-degree-adjective

 

      IV.  Accusative

 

                accusative-noun + ὡς + accusative-noun

                accusative-noun + εἰς

                verb + accusative-noun + accusative-noun

                verb + accusative-noun + accusative-pronoun

                verb + accusative pronoun + accusative-noun

                passive-verb + accusative-noun

                verb + accusative-noun + accusative-participle

                verb + accusative-noun + accusative-adjective

 

       V.  Vocative

 

                a list of all vocatives

                vocatives preceded by

                vocatives not preceded by

                vocative participles

                vocative adjectives

                vocatives preceded by the article

                vocatives not preceded by the article

   

                ἐμοῦ, μου (genitive sg. of ἐγώ)

                article-ἐμός noun [same n/g/c]

                article-noun-article-ἐμός [same n/g/c]

                σοῦ (genitive sg. of σός)

                article-σός noun [same n/g/c]

                article-σός article noun [same n/g/c]

                ἡμῶν

                article-ἡμέτερος noun same [n/g/c]

                article-ἡμέτερος article noun [same n/g/c]

                ὑμῶν

                article-ὑμέτερος noun [same n/g/c]

                article-ὑμέτερος article-noun [same n/g/c]

 

        F.  Appositive nouns    (questions below will yield appositives and objective

                        complements)

 

                article-noun1 + noun2 [same n/g/c]

                article-noun1 + article-noun2 [same n/g/c]

                noun1 + article-noun2 [same n/g/c]

                noun1 + noun2 [n/g/c]

                pronoun + noun [same n/g/c]

                pronoun + article-noun [same n/g/c]

                noun + pronoun [same n/g/c]

                article-noun + pronoun [same n/g/c]

 

II.  Substantives

 

       A.  Nouns

 

                verbs with subjects expressed

 

        B.  Pronouns

   

                the following pronouns in the nominative:  ἐγώ, ἡμεῖς, σύ, ὑμεῖς

                            αὐτός (alone), ἐκεῖνος (alone), οὗτος (alone)

                ἐμαυτοῦ as first singular (none?)

                ἑαυτοῦ as second singular (1-2?)

                ἑαυτοῦ as third singular

                ἑαυτῶν as first plural

                ἑαυτῶν as second plural

                ἑαυτῶν as third plural

                ἑαυτοῦ as reciprocal pronoun

 

                ἐμαυτοῦ first singular

                ἐμαυτοῦ first plural

                σεαυτοῦ second singular

                σεαυτοῦ second plural

 

                relative-pronoun + future-indicative

 

                εἷς τὸν ἕνα

               

                article + noun + αὐτός same n/g/c]

                αὐτὸς + article + noun [same n/g/c]

                article + αὐτὸς + noun [same n/g/c]

                aujtov" proper-noun [same n/g/c]

                proper-noun + aujtov"[same n/g/c]

                aujtov" article + proper-noun [same n/g/c]

                article + proper-noun + aujtov"[same n/g/c]

                article + aujtov" + proper-noun [same n/g/c]

               

                οὗτος . . .  οὗτος

                ἐκεῖνος . . . ἐκεῖνος

                . . . ὅ

                . . .

                ἄλλος . . . ἄλλος

                ἕτερος . . . ἕτερος

                ἄλλος . . . ἕτερος

   

 

                genitive-noun . . . genitive-relative-pronoun

                dative-noun . . . dative-relative-pronoun

                no-preceding-genitive-noun . . . genitive-relative-pronoun

                no-preceding-dative-pronoun . . . dative-relative-pronoun

                no-preceding-genitive-pronoun . . . genitive-relative-pronoun

                no-preceding-dative-noun . . . dative-relative-pronoun

                no-preceding-accusative-noun . . . accusative-relative-pronoun

                no-preceding-accusative-pronoun . . . accusative-relative-pronoun

               

                masculine-relative-pronoun + eijmiv + feminine-nominative-noun

                masculine-relative-pronoun + eijmiv + neuter-nominative-noun

                feminine-relative-pronoun + eijmiv + masculine-nominative-noun

                feminine-relative-pronoun + eijmiv + neuter-nominative-noun

                neuter-relative-pronoun + eijmiv + masculine-nominative-noun

                neuter-relative-pronoun + eijmiv + feminine-nominative-noun

 

                (repeat the preceding six frames substituting γίνομαι and ὑπάρχω)

 

                masculine-relative-pronoun + eijmiv + masculine-nominative-noun

                feminine-relative-pronoun + eijmiv + feminine-nominative-noun

                neuter-relative-pronoun + eijmiv + neuter-nominative-noun

 

                (repeat the preceding three frames substituting γίνομαι and ὑπάρχω )

 

IV.  Adjectives

 

 

       C.  Position of demonstrative adjectives

 

                ἐκεῖνος article + noun [same n/g/c]

                ἐκεῖνος article + adjective + noun [same n/g/c]

                ἐκεῖνος article + participle + noun [same n/g/c]

                ἐκεῖνος article + [genitive-noun] + noun [same n/g/c]

                ἐκεῖνος article + [genitive-article + noun] + noun [same n/g/c]

                ἐκεῖνος article + [genitive-pronoun] + noun [same n/g/c]

                ἐκεῖνος article + [prepositional phrase] + noun [same n/g/c]

                article + noun + ἐκεῖνος [same n/g/c]

                article + adjective + noun + ἐκεῖνος [n/g/c]

                article + participle + noun + ἐκεῖνος [n/g/c]

                article + [genitive-noun] + noun + ἐκεῖνος [n/g/c]

                article + [genitive-article + noun] + noun + ἐκεῖνος [n/g/c]

                article + [genitive-pronoun] + noun + ἐκεῖνος [n/g/c]

                article + [prepositional phrase] + noun + ἐκεῖνος [n/g/c]

                            (repeat the 14 frames using οὗτος for ἐκεῖνος)

 

        J.  Numbers

 

                repeated numbers

                eij"+ number

                wJ"+ number

                wJ" ajpov+ number

                wJseiv+ number

                ejn+ number

                ejpavnw+ number

 

                e{w" + number

How to Cite

Warren, Virgil. "I. The Article." Christian Internet Resources. Accessed March 20, 2026. https://christir.org/essays/topics/greek-features/search-forms/i-the-article/.

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