The Odyssey by Homer - Parsing the Greek - Line 1 Book 1 - "Sing to me, Muse..."

Sing to me, Muse, of the man, many turned, who very many places was driven, after he sacked the sacred citadel of Troy. 

ἄνδρα - third declension noun - acc, sing

Case
Singular
Plural
Nominative
ἀνήρ
ἄνδρες
Genitive
ἀνδρός
ἀνδρῶν
Dative
ἀνδρί
ἀνδράσι(ν)
Accusative
ἄνδρα
ἄνδρας
Vocative
ἄνερ
ἄνδρες

μοι - first person pronoun - dative singular - "to me" 

ἔννεπε - 2nd person present active imperative from ἔννεπω (to tell, narrate, or declare)

μοῦσα - 1st declension noun, vocative singular

Case
Singular
Plural
Nominative
Μοῦσα
Μοῦσαι
Genitive
Μούσης
Μουσῶν
Dative
Μούσῃ
Μούσαις
Accusative
Μοῦσαν
Μούσας
Vocative
Μοῦσα
Μοῦσαι

πολύτροπον - polus + tropos - 2nd declension acc, sing, masc - "many turns" 

Case
Singular (M/F)
Singular (Neuter)
Plural (M/F)
Plural (Neuter)
Nominative
πολύτροπος
πολύτροπον
πολύτροποι
πολύτροπα
Genitive
πολυτρόπου
πολυτρόπου
πολυτρόπων
πολυτρόπων
Dative
πολυτρόπῳ
πολυτρόπῳ
πολυτρόποις
πολυτρόποις
Accusative
πολύτροπον
πολύτροπον
πολυτρόπους
πολύτροπα
Vocative
πολύτροπε
πολύτροπον
πολύτροποι
πολύτροπα

ὃς - relative pronoun - nom, sing, - "who" 

μάλα - adverb - "very, exceedingly, quite" - this word intensifies an adj, adv, or verb - here intensifying " πολλὰ" 

 πολλὰ - neuter, acc, plural adj - "much, many" used as a substantive for "many places" 

Case
Singular (M/F)
Singular (Neuter)
Plural (M/F)
Plural (Neuter)
Nominative
πολύς
πολύ
πολλοί
πολλά
Genitive
πολλοῦ
πολλοῦ
πολλῶν
πολλῶν
Dative
πολλῷ
πολλῷ
πολλοῖς
πολλοῖς
Accusative
πολύν
πολύ
πολλούς
πολλά
Vocative
πολύ
πολύ
πολλοί
πολλά

πλάγχθη - from πλαζω "to drive, strike, cause to wonder" - 3rd person singular aorist passive indicative - "was driven" 

ἐπεὶ - conjunction - when, since, after, because 

Τροίης - 1st dec fem mixed eta - genitive singular - "of Troy"

Case
Singular
Plural
Nominative
Τροία
Τροῖαι
Genitive
Τροίης
Τροιῶν
Dative
Τροίῃ
Τροίαις
Accusative
Τροίαν
Τροίας
Vocative
Τροία
Τροῖαι

ἱερὸν - neuter, accusative singular - "holy, sacred" 

Case
Singular (M/F)
Singular (Neuter)
Plural (M/F)
Plural (Neuter)
Nominative
ἱερός
ἱερόν
ἱεροί
ἱερά
Genitive
ἱεροῦ
ἱεροῦ
ἱερῶν
ἱερῶν
Dative
ἱερῷ
ἱερῷ
ἱεροῖς
ἱεροῖς
Accusative
ἱερόν
ἱερόν
ἱερούς
ἱερά
Vocative
ἱερέ
ἱερόν
ἱεροί
ἱερά

πτολίεθρον - Neuter 3rd declension - accusative singular - "city, citadel" 

Case
Singular
Plural
Nominative
πτολίεθρον
πτολιέθρα
Genitive
πτολιέθρου
πτολιέθρων
Dative
πτολιέθρῳ
πτολιέθροις
Accusative
πτολίεθρον
πτολιέθρα
Vocative
πτολίεθρον
πτολιέθρα

ἔπερσεν - from "περθω" - "to sack, destroy, or lay waste" - 3rd person singular aorist active indicative - "he sacked" 

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