New Testament Greek

Ἀνὴρ δέ τις ἐν Καισαρείᾳ ὀνόματι Κορνήλιος, ἑκατοντάρχης ἐκ σπείρης τῆς καλουμένης Ἰταλικῆς, (Acts 10:1)

Now a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion from the cohort called the Italian,

Declension Analysis Table Greek Word Morphology Case & Syntactic Role Notes Ἀνήρ Noun, nominative masculine singular Subject Main subject introducing the character Καισαρείᾳ Proper noun, dative feminine singular Locative dative Indicates location — “in Caesarea” ὀνόματι Noun, dative neuter singular Dative of respect Specifies “by name” Κορνήλιος Proper noun, nominative masculine singular Apposition to ἀνήρ Identifies the man by name ἑκατοντάρχης Noun, nominative masculine singular Apposition to Κορνήλιος Indicates his military role as a centurion σπείρης Noun, genitive feminine singular Genitive of whole Specifies the military unit he belongs to Ἰταλικῆς Adjective, genitive feminine singular Attributive to σπείρης Describes the cohort as Italian Nominatives Establishing the Main Character

The nominatives Ἀνήρ, Κορνήλιος, and ἑκατοντάρχης layer identity: a man, named Cornelius, holding the office of centurion.… Learn Koine Greek