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Greek numbers: msg#01072education.classics
I was teachng my intro to Greek class about numbers this morning (numbers above 4 being indeclinable) and one student asked a question I realized I don't know the answer to, so I hope someone can help. In those numbers expressed with a number plus a multiple of ten (e.g. treis kai deka), does the treis decline, or is it always nominative. The fact that the number does reflect gender (i.e. treis or tria) suggests that it might also show case, but I was not able to find an answer in Smyth. Prof. Margaret L. Cook Department of Modern and Classical Languages Saint John's University & College of Saint Benedict Collegeville, MN 56321 http://employees.csbsju.edu/MCOOK/ polÊ te diaf°rein oÈ de> nomEURzein ênyrvpon ényr?pou, krãtiston d¢ e?nai ~stiw §n to>w énagkaiotãtoiw paideÊetai. . "All men are created equal; some just work harder in the preseason." -- Thucydides 1.84.4 |
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