Here is the text of the good shepherd again (John 10:11-15), that we looked at in Unit 4; try spotting all the masculine and neuter forms that you can (not counting the definite article - but remember that the definite article is a good guide to unknown nouns).

Select masculine or neuter below and then click on the relevant words in the text below.

Masculine: 0/15 Neuter: 0/8

Note:

¹¹Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός: ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλὸς τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ τίθησιν ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων:

¹²ὁ μισθωτὸς καὶ οὐκ ὢν ποιμήν, οὗ οὐκ ἔστιν τὰ πρόβατα ἴδια, θεωρεῖ τὸν λύκον ἐρχόμενον καὶ ἀφίησιν τὰ πρόβατα καὶ φεύγει καὶ ὁ λύκος ἁρπάζει αὐτὰ, καὶ σκορπίζει

¹³ὅτι μισθωτός ἐστιν καὶ οὐ μέλει αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν προβάτων.

¹⁴Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός, καὶ γινώσκω τὰ ἐμὰ καὶ γινώσκουσί με τὰ ἐμά

¹⁵καθὼς γινώσκει με ὁ πατὴρ, κἀγὼ γινώσκω τὸν πατέρα: καὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου τίθημι ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων.

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Can you work out from which miracle accounts these verses are taken? Click on the verse to find the answer (and the reference, so that you can read the account if it’s unfamiliar).

λέγει ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ πρὸς αὐτόν, Οἶνον οὐκ ἔχουσιν.

ὁ δὲ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Πόσους ἄρτους ἔχετε; ὑπάγετε ἴδετε. καὶ γνόντες λέγουσιν, Πέντε, καὶ δύο ἰχθύας.

καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ ἄνθρωπός εἰμι ὑπὸ ἐξουσίαν τασσόμενος

Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἀνάστασις καὶ ἡ ζωή

Comment:

What number (singular or plural) and case (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative) could these nouns be, by their endings? Bear in mind there could be more than one possibility. Which of them could be neuter?

μαρτυρίαν  Ending does not match any neuter ending. It is an accusative singular feminine noun, meaning testimony.

θεοῦ  Genitive singular. This could be masculine or neuter: but in fact it is from the masculine noun θεός, God. (If in any doubt, a lexicon will give the gender of a noun.)

τέκνον  The ending could be nominative or accusative singular neuter, or accusative singular masculine. It is from the neuter noun τέκνον, child. We would have to decide which case from the context.

σημεῖων  Genitive plural, masculine or neuter. It is from the neuter noun σημεῖον, sign.

διδάσκαλος  Ending does not match any 2nd declension neuter ending: this is a nominative singular masculine noun, meaning teacher.

ἔργα  Nominative or accusative plural, from the neuter noun ἔργον, work or deed. We would have to decide which case from the context.

κόσμον  The ending could be nominative or accusative neuter singular, or masculine accusative singular. In fact it is from the masculine noun κόσμος, world, so must be accusative singular.

ἱερῷ  Dative singular, either masculine or neuter. It is from the neuter noun ἱερόν.