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Ancient Greek (language)
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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-caseā¦