

A noun has four essential features: case, gender, number and declension, each of which has subdivisions.
| CASE | NUMBER | GENDER | DECLENSION | 
| first | |||
| second | |||
| [dual] | neuter | third | |

    When translating 
    a Greek noun, only case and number matter. Declension 
    and gender contribute nothing to the meaning of the word in Greek and, furthermore, 
    have no parallel in English nouns.