What is the true "Attic" declension of υἱός "son"? A Statistical Study (Patreon)

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2025-01-16 10:58:36

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2025-01

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Λούκιος φίλοις χαίρειν!Ever since I read somewhere that Attic's declension for υἱός was different than the textbooks' regularized 2nd declension model, I've been confounded at finding an authoritative source who might declare the "true" Attic paradigm of this noun. In my frustration, I decided to make use of TLG and learn the answer for myself. After a few hours of work I have collected the data and analyzed the results. See the linked Google Sheet to see the statistics, and my tentative answer!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nF4GgdupAS0uPMTcumz2buoVdGOZk_vKzPAuKfJnRsQ/edit?usp=sharing

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υἱός Attic declension

Problem: υἱός is often taught in textbooks according to a regular 2nd declension, while the Classical Attic authors appear to use a 3rd declension based on the hypothetical paradigm of υἱύς;