Retrieving "Case/_(grammar)" from the archives

Cross-reference notes under review

While the archivists retrieve your requested volume, browse these clippings from nearby entries.

  1. Ancient Greek (language)

    Linked via "cases (grammar)"

    Nouns declined in three main genders (grammar)/) (masculine, feminine, neuter) across three numbers (singular, dual, plural). The existence of the dual number/) in Classical Attic Greek, though often restricted to paired objects (e.g., eyes, hands), is a survival marker.
    The paradigm includes five cases (grammar)/): nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and vocative. The dative case, crucially, also handled [instrumental](/entries/instrumental-case…