Adjectives agree with their nouns...

…in gender, number and case. So says White’s Rules of Syntax 805. But the example he gives:

[size=150]ἡ ὁδὸς στενὴ ῆ/ν[/size]


Does this mean that although [size=150]στενὴ [/size] is A-Declension it is masuline.. but why not use [size=150]στενος[/size]?

PS How do I use unicode?

Even though o(dos is a second declension noun, it is grammatically feminine, as indicated by the article, h(.

PS How do I use unicode?

What operating system do you use?

Sorry. Just realised how stupid I am. Of course, the word ROAD is feminine. What a dummy I am!

Anyway, I have XP

You are not dumb. This stuff is genuinely confusing. :slight_smile:

To make matters worse, there are some adjectives which look masculine when they are really feminine. For example, ?ναίσ?μος.

Yep. Enough that we even have a FAQ entry for it.

No. But what annoyed me that if I had read the text properly, I would have realised that ?δός, οῦ, ἡ indicated that it was feminine. I was annoyed at myself. It’s a good thing, of course, because I’m setting myself high standards, and I’m glad other have noticed that it’s a difficulty.

Anyway. Cracked the unicode thing as well. Onto the First Aorist today…