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--- greek:846 [2025/10/26 22:24] – created graham
+++ greek:846 [2025/10/26 22:31] (current) – [Three key syntactical positions] graham
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 ====== αὐτός ======
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 Meaning
   * He, she, it
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 | **Intensive Pronoun** | himself / herself / itself / themselves | Emphasizes the subject | ὁ Ἰησοῦς αὐτός | "Jesus himself" |
 | **Identical / Same** | same | Indicates identity  | ὁ αὐτὸς ἄνθρωπος | "the same man" |
+===== Grammatical forms =====
+αὐτός declines for gender, number, and case, just like adjectives.
+==== Masculine ====
+| Case       | Singular | Plural |
+| Nominative | αὐτός    | αὐτοί  |
+| Genitive   | αὐτοῦ    | αὐτῶν  |
+| Dative     | αὐτῷ     | αὐτοῖς |
+| Accusative | αὐτόν    | αὐτούς |
+==== Feminine ====
+| Case | Singular | Plural |
+| Nominative | αὐτή     | αὐταί  |
+| Genitive   | αὐτῆς    | αὐτῶν  |
+| Dative     | αὐτῇ     | αὐταῖς |
+| Accusative | αὐτήν    | αὐτάς  |
+==== Neuter ====
+| Case       | Singular | Plural |
+| Nominative | αὐτό     | αὐτά   |
+| Genitive   | αὐτοῦ    | αὐτῶν  |
+| Dative     | αὐτῷ     | αὐτοῖς |
+| Accusative | αὐτό     | αὐτά   |
+===== Three key syntactical positions =====
+Greek word order often determines meaning when αὐτός appears with a noun:
+| Position | Structure | Meaning |
+| **Predicate Position (no article before αὐτός)** | αὐτὸς ὁ βασιλεύς | **intensive** → "the king himself" |
+| **Attributive Position (between article and noun)** | ὁ αὐτὸς βασιλεύς | **identical** → "the same king" |
+| **Substantive Use (no noun)**  | αὐτός ἐστιν | **personal pronoun** → "he is" |