Nouns from the Core Greek Vocabulary

organized by declension and paradigm

1st Declension
-, honor
, love, charity
-, sister
, necessity
-, excellence
-, beginning, rule
, blindness, destruction
-, plan, council
, thought, intelligence, opinion
, arrangement, last will and testament
, justice
, justice, lawsuit
-, peace
-, knowledge
-, message, letter
-, pleasure
-, head
, village
, pool, swamp
, battle
-, device
, memory
, victory
, bride
-, anger
-, attack
-, preparation
, gate
, strength
, moon
, tent, stage
-, libation
-, eagerness
, pardon
, composition, contract
-, leisure
-, completion, death
, art, skill
-, value
-, nourishment, food
, luck
-, excess
-, escape
-, guard
-, race, tribe
-, sound, voice
-, breath

, country
, -, market place
-, cause
-, helplessness
, kingdom
, force
, assembly
, freedom
, authority
, evening
, day
-, goddess
-, time of life, age
, quiet
, door
, sacrifice
, inquiry
, heart
, insanity
, witness, testimony, evidence
, sea battle
, house, household
, substance, property
, siege
, constitution, citizenship, republic
, journey
, eagerness
, wisdom
, expedition, campaign
, army
, alliance
-, accident
, safety
, help, vengeance
, love, friendship
-, guard
, use
, land
, season

 , Muse
, tongue, language
, lifestyle
, glory, opinion
, the sea
, bridge
-, truth
, security
, help
, earth
, thought, intention
, care, attention
, good-will
-, fate
, rock
, foresight

, judge
-, master
, judge, juror
-, kin, cousin
, a private person, an individual
, judge
, servant
, heavily-armed soldier, hoplite
, creator, poet
, citizen
, ambassador
, prophet
, soldier
Less common types or irregular
, , earth (contract noun)
, girl (stem in retains )
, mina, = 100 drachma = 1/60 talent
(contract noun)
, young man (rare masculine noun
with -)

2nd Declension
, word
, messenger, angel
, brother
-, prisoner of war
, wind
-, / human being
, number
, book
, life
, mortal
, altar
, wedding, marriage
-, people
, trick
-, slave
, a lament
, year
-, companion
, sun
, the land
, death
, god
, heat
, seat
, soul, spirit
, doctor
, horse
, the right time
, fruit
, danger
, womb, bay
, order
, circle
, lord, master
, stone
, or hunger
, word
, crest (esp. of a helmet), mane, ridge
, pay
, story
, corpse
, custom, law
, disease
, foreigner, stranger
, house
, oath
, , mountain, hill
, , boundary
, sky, heaven
, eye
, crowd, mob
, wealth
, war
, work
, river
, ancestor
, rhythm

, grain
, expedition
, general
, army
, bull
, tomb
, place, topic
, way
, ruler, tyrant
, son
, sleep
, fear
, slaughter
, time
, gold
, island (feminine nouns)
, island
, road
, girl
, vote
, yoke
, prize
-, silver, a silver coin
, feast
, tree
, court
, gift
, work
, temple
, a large room
, wood
, weapon, tool
, plain
, ship
, face
, wing
, sign
, stade = 606.75 feet = roughly 1/8
of a mile
, chest
, camp
, an amount of silver worth 600
drachma
, evidence
, child
, bow
, drug
, place
Less common types or irregular
, , mind (contract noun)
, , the people ("Attic" declension)
, , temple ("Attic" declension)

3rd Declension
A. PALATALS
(- in dat. pl)
, messenger
, , night
, -, ruler, lord
, breastplate
, messenger
, , night
, -, phalanx, battle-array
B. DENTALS
(- in dat. pl)
-, torch
-, love
, , , child
, -, a round shield
-, hope
-, love
-, clothing
-, 10,000, a countless amount
, -, fatherland
, foot
-, tyranny
-, or fugitive
, body
, glory, statue
, , a wrong, an injustice
, blood
-, a curse
-, chariot
, letter
-, opinion, dogma
, house
, , proper, probable
-, horn
, name
-, wind, breath
, thing
, mouth
, expedition, campaign
, form
, body
, wound
, thing, (pl.) money
, decree
, , lion
(- in dat. pl)
, ruler, archon
, old man

C. LIQUIDS
(stem in , which drops in dat. pl)
, -, contest
, , leader
, -, contest
, spirit, god, demon
-, image
, -, leader
-, harbor
, , mind
, winter
D. SIGMA
(neuters in , which contracts)
, wall
, pain
, flower
, missile, weapon
, race, family
, fear
, nation
, -, custom, character
-, form
, word
-, year
, beauty
, glory
, strength
, magnitude
, part
, length
, suffering
, crowd
, speed
, wall
, end
E. VOWELS
(stem in and -; - in acc. sg)
, , a city
-, power
, judgment, decision
, prophet
, -, sight, appearance
, -, trust
, -, a city
, -, action
, -, choice, purpose
, excuse
, revolution
, arrangement, order
, offense, disrespect, arrogance
, nature

F. LESS COMMON STEMS

(see individual paradigms for variations)
, prize (stem in )
, old age (stem in )
, trireme (stem in )
, , king (stem in )
, priest (stem in )
-, horseman (stem in )
, , town (stem in -)
, , / ox (stem in -; - in acc. sg)
, , strength (stem in ; - in acc. sg)
, , ship (stem in -; - in acc. sg)
, , old man, ambassador (stem in ; - in acc. sg)
, , spring (stem in -)
, , fire (stem in -)
, , orator (stem in -)
, , man (stem has variations on -)
, , daughter (stem has variations on -)
, , mother (stem has variations on -)
, , father (stem has variations on -)
G. IRREGULAR
, , shame (only stem in Greek; no plural)
, , woman (irregular nom. and voc. sg.; gen. and dat. accent last syllable)
, , spear (irregular nom./acc./voc. sg.)
, -, strife (acc. sg )
, , Zeus (irregular nom. and voc.)
, , hero (stem in ; variations in gen., dat., and acc. sg.)
, , or dog (irregular nom and voc. sg.)
, , or witness (dat. pl. )
, , , child (irregular accent on genitive plural )
, , water (irregular nom./acc./voc. sg.)
, , light (irregular accent on genitive plural )
, -, grace, favor (acc. sg )
, , hand (dat. pl. )