Lesson 4b3 — Acts 1:6-8


Masculine and Feminine form of αὐτός

αὐτός follows the pattern, in the masculine, of the masculine —ος family of nouns.  In the feminine, it follows the pattern of the feminine —η family of nouns.

So depending on the gender and number suffix, αὐτός can be translated as he, she, him, her, himself, herself, they or them, as appropriate in the context.

 
 

Masculine

Feminine

 

Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

Nominative

αὐτός

αὐτοί

αὐτή

αὐταί

Genitive

αὐτοῦ

αὐτῶν

αὐτῆς

αὐτῶν

Dative

αὐτῷ

αὐτοῖς

αὐτῇ

αὐταῖς

Accusative

αὐτόν

αὐτούς

αὐτήν

αὐτάς


Now it is time to get back to Acts 1:6. 

Unpacking all the possible endings of αὐτὸν has been a rabbit trail...but a pretty important rabbit trail.  Since αὐτός is an important, enormously common word on its own, and since it shares suffixes with two classes of nouns in all four cases, it is a good word to get a handle on.

 

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