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Ancient Greek in Action! 2nd Declension Masculine Singular, Dual, Plural • Ancient Greek Lesson 2

Pronunciation notes (see below for English*): Έλληνες φίλοι, σε αυτό το βίντεο δεν χρησιμοποιώ την παραδοσιακή σχολική προφορά της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής, εκείνη που χρησιμοποιείτε και γνωρίζετε στην Ελλάδα σήμερα. Αυτή η συμβατική προφορά ονομάζεται η ‘Λουκιανή Προφορά’. Είναι διαφορετική προφορά από αυτή που έχετε συνηθίσει. Η Λουκιανή Προφορά είναι μια (υποθετική) ιστορική αναδημιουργία του ήχου των Αρχαίων Ελλήνων κατά τη Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία. Σας ευχαριστώ για την υπομονή και την κατανόησή σας. 🇬🇷 😊 🐢 ANCIENT GREEK IN ACTION 🏛 by Luke Amadeus Ranieri 🦂 Λούκιος ̣Θεόφιλος Ρᾱνιήριος Preliminary Lesson on the Ancient Greek Alphabet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr1laRMrw64 Lesson 2 introduces masculine nouns in a group called the Second Declension. The Singular and Plural forms are introduced, as well as the Dual form. The Dual is not a mandatory form in Ancient Greek, since the regular Plural may be used in place of the Dual even for two of a thing. Thus τὼ αἰλούρω may be rendered as οἱ αἴλουροι even for two cats. This overlap will be clarified in later lessons. The Dual form is used with increasing rarity through the centuries of Ancient Greek (roughly 9th century BC to 6th century AD). *Pronunciation notes: This video uses the Lucian Pronunciation of Ancient Greek, which is a reconstruction of the historical sound of Greek during the first centuries of the Roman Empire. This pronunciation system is explained in detail in my video on the Lucian Pronunciation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt9z5Gvp3MM And my research into Ancient Greek phonology is summarized in this public spreadsheet of mine, Ranieri's Greek Pronunciation Chronology: https://bit.ly/ranierigreekpronunciation The methology in determining this historical pronunciation, and the reasons for choosing it over other standards, is explained in the above linked Lucian Pronunciation video. Please watch that video in its entirety, and familiarize yourself with the book Vox Graeca by W. Sidney Allen ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521335558/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=lukeranieri-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0521335558&linkId=97ffa2a056f515e849efc3b2fc2a7903 ), as well as Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers by Geoffrey C. Horrocks ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118785150/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=lukeranieri-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1118785150&linkId=3b0d297bab9f772a0f3d9afb84129bf9 ) before commenting about the pronunciation used in this video. 😊 Χάριν σοι ἔχω! Thank you! The Lucian Pronunciation of Ancient Greek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt9z5Gvp3MM Ranieri's Greek Pronunciation Chronology: https://bit.ly/ranierigreekpronunciation _____ Support at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LukeRanieri Luke Ranieri Audiobooks: https://luke-ranieri.myshopify.com ScorpioMartianus apud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scorpiomartianus/ Scorpiomartianus apud Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScorpioMartian Join the Discord community: https://discord.gg/u4PN2u2 ScorpioMartianus apud Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukeranieri/ Legio XIII Latin Language Podcast: https://youtube.com/LegioXIII Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/scorpiomartianus http://www.ScorpioMartianus.com