Noun: 3rd Declension -υς

MorphologyNoun – 3rd Declension -υς

• The final υ in -υς nouns never contracts, even if the ending begins with a vowel
• The acc sg attaches a ν, rather than the more common α ending
• The dat sg has a diaeresis over the ι to show that the υ and ι have not contracted into a diphthong, but are pronounced as separate vowel sounds

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SyntaxNoun – Genitive (6 – Eventuality participants)

Some nouns refer to eventualities. A genitive following such an eventuality-referring noun may refer to a participant in that eventuality. When this is the case, the genitive is interpreted in the same way as a subject or object in the verb that relates to the eventuality-noun. The verb ἀποκάλυπτω and the corresponding noun ἀποκάλυψις demonstrate this:

• (392) ἀποκαλύπτω with thing revealed as direct object
• ἀποκαλύψαι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐμοί
• (Gal 1:16)

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