NOMINATIVE CASE AND BRACHYLOGIC SYNTAX IN MYCENAEAN TEXTS

Abstract

!e objective of this paper is to evaluate some of the archaic endings that have been suggested for Mycenaean nominal de-
clensions. !e paper focuses on those endings that have left no clear trace in Alphabetic Greek, especially the genitive singular
ending -os of the second declension and the genitive singular -ās of the "rst declension, but also the locative singular -ēu of the
third declension. !is study analyses the relevant examples according to the peculiarities of Mycenaean syntax. !is allows us
to consider them nominatives of rubric and to o#er a more consistent image of Mycenaean nominal paradigms.