Questions of Greek Grammar

...Note: This page begins mid-sentence. to lykois to the wolves, and it is itself isosyllabic, meaning all feminine nouns ending in -a or -η, whose genitive ends in -ας or -ης, and the dative ends in -a or -η, and the accusative ends in -ν, finishes with the vowel of the nominative.

A decorative vertical curly bracket groups the declension of maia.
ἡ μαία the midwife, τῆς μαίας, τῇ μαίᾳ, τὴν μαίαν, ὦ μαία.
τὰ μαία the two midwives, τοῖν μαίαιν, ὦ μαία. αἱ μαῖαι the midwives, τῶν μαιῶν, ταῖς μαίαις, τὰς μαίας, ὦ μαῖαι.

A decorative vertical curly bracket groups the declension of mousa.
ἡ μοῦσα the muse, τῆς μούσης, τῇ μούσῃ, τὴν μοῦσαν, ὦ μοῦσα. τὰ μοῦσα, τοῖν μούσαιν, ὦ μοῦσα. αἱ μοῦσαι, τῶν μουσῶν, ταῖς μούσαις, τὰς μούσας, ὦ μοῦσαι.

A decorative vertical curly bracket groups the declension of timē.
ἡ τιμή the honor, τῆς τιμῆς, τῇ τιμῇ, τὴν τιμήν, ὦ τιμή.
τὰ τιμὰ the two honors, τοῖν τιμαῖν, ὦ τιμά. αἱ τιμαὶ the honors, τῶν τιμῶν, ταῖς τιμαῖς, τὰς τιμάς, ὦ τιμαί.

Note in this second declension: those that have a pure α or preceded by ρ rho, retain the α. This applies to the genitive as well; for example, μαῖα, μαίας; ἡμέρα, ἡμέρας. Those that have a different consonant before the α, some ending in σ, or θ, or ζ?, make the genitive in -ης; λήδα?, λήδας?; κίσσα, κίσσης. Those that have another consonant turn the α into -ης, such as μοῦσα, μούσης; δίψα, δίψης; γλῶττα, γλώττης; θάλασσα, θαλάσσης.

The third declension of the noun exists in masculine, feminine, and neuter, and it is itself isosyllabic, meaning certain nouns ending in -ως via the long ω omega, forming masculine and feminine, and those ending in -ων via the long ω, forming neuters, whose genitive and dative end in long ω, and the accusative ends in long -ων.