Patterns for Masculine Modern Greek Nouns

All existent patterns for masculine-gender nouns in Modern Greek are listed below. Each pattern includes as examples one noun stressed on the ultima (last syllable), one stressed on the penult (second syllable from the end), and one stressed on the antepenult (third syllable from the end). If one or more of these three cases is missing, then there is no such example of stressing within that pattern in the language.

Pattern for nouns ending in -ος:
 

Pattern for nouns ending in -ης:
 

Pattern for nouns ending in -ας / -ες:
 

(1) Note: The only difference between the two examples stressed on the penult (άντρας and κανόνας) is in the plural genitive: αντρών has its stress descend to the ultima, whereas κανόνων retains it on the penult. The difference is that άντρας has two syllables (άν·τρας), whereas κανόνας has three (κα·νό·νας).

Pattern for nouns ending in -ας / -αδες:
 

Pattern for nouns ending in -ης / -ηδες:
 

Pattern for nouns ending in -ες:
 

Pattern for nouns ending in -έας / είς: ⁽¹⁾
 

(1) Note: this is what became of the ancient pattern in -ευς, which was responsible for many famous proper names, such as Achilleus (Achilles), Odysseus (Ulysses), Perseus, Theseus, etc., among others.
 

Pattern for nouns ending in -ους / οι:
 

(1) Note: the plural of this noun is very rare. It is given here according to the contracted form of the ancient word, but it is probably safer to say that it does not exist, because most native speakers would claim they have never seen it before. One reason is that the word νους is old/formal, and can be replaced by the more common μυαλό (pl.: μυαλά), a noun of neuter gender. If the need ever arises (e.g., in an academic or formal text), the singular form νους can be used as a substitute for the plural (cf.: ο νους των ανθρώπων, lit.: the mind of humans).
 

Pattern for nouns ending in -ους / -ουδες:
 

Pattern for nouns ending in -ης / -εις:⁽¹⁾
 

(1) Note: this pattern is actually one that comes from ancient adjectives ending in -ις, with two genders, masculine and feminine.

(2) Note: "lover" in the sense of, for example, "lover of sports"; not sexual lover.

(3) Note: Since this pattern comes from an adjectival one, there is a corresponding feminine form, usually called also η λάτρης, or alternatively, η λάτρις.

Pattern for nouns ending in -υς:
 

Pattern for nouns ending in -ωρ:
 

Pattern for nouns ending in -ων:
 

(1) Note: a more modern form of this word is αγώνας, which follows the pattern ending in -ας.

(2) Note: normally proper names do not have plural; however, one can conceive of referring to "Platos" in general (abstracting to the generic features of the philosopher Plato).

Pattern for nouns ending in -ας / -ηδες:
 

Pattern for nouns ending in -ης / -ητες: