τὰ ἄρθρα - The (Definite) Articles

Anyone with some familiarity of ancient Greek knows that the (Definite) Article features quite prominently.  Sometimes it is even the article that clarifies ambiguity in a statement.  In this brief post in our series dealing with the Greek (Definite) Article, I want to offer a simple table (or paradigm) of the Article.  Actually, I will give the paradigm twice but once with English labels and once with Greek labels.

		τὰ ἄρθρα
ἑνικός (ἀριθμός)	ὀνομαστικὴ πτῶσις	ὁ	ἡ	τό
	γενικὴ πτῶσις	τοῦ	τῆς	τοῦ
	δοτικὴ πτῶσις	τῷ	τῇ	τῷ
	αἰτιατικὴ πτῶσις	τόν	τήν	τόν
πληθυντικός (ἀριθμός)	ὀνομαστικὴ πτῶσις	οἱ	αἱ	τά
	γενικὴ πτῶσις	τῶν	τῶν	τῶν
	δοτικὴ πτῶσις	τοῖς	ταῖς	τοῖς
	αἰτιατικὴ πτῶσις	τούς	τάς	τά
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		The (Definite) Articles
Singular (Number)	Nominative Case	ὁ	ἡ	τό
	Genitive Case	τοῦ	τῆς	τοῦ
	Dative Case	τῷ	τῇ	τῷ
	Accusative Case	τόν	τήν	τόν
Plural (Number)	Nominative Case	οἱ	αἱ	τά
	Genitive Case	τῶν	τῶν	τῶν
	Dative Case	τοῖς	ταῖς	τοῖς
	Accusative Case	τούς	τάς	τά
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Michael H.