"Το όνομα της γυναίκας."

Translation: The name of the woman.

[LaudaMercurium]

so if a word like σύζυγος acquires secondary stress with a possessive enclitic (e.g. η σύζυγός του), why doesn't όνομα (i.e. όνομά της instead of όνομα της)?

[D_..]

Της here is not possessive, it's the definite article in the genitive case and gets grouped with γυναίκας, not όνομα. It would be the possessive pronoun if no noun followed.

[LaudaMercurium]

Yes, I realized that as soon as I posted the comment and tried to delete it but I guess it didn't. Thanks anyways, though; the moderators hear are so helpful!

[10e4tuCD]

Dreadful audio

[paulguk]

I don't know if it's the audio or is it's just typical Greek, but it's difficult to hear the σ at the end of της in the normal speed version.

[Sraddhaman]

I typed "τις" instead of "της" and it was accepted. Should it have been? I'm wandering in the fog of confusion again.

[D_..]

It shouldn't have been, your instincts are good. :) Της is of the singular while τις is to the plural. Did you get a 'you have a typo' warning? Maybe Duolingo is relaxing its algorithm, I've noticed something similar myself in another course.

[Sraddhaman]

No, I didn't get a typo warning. Somewhere earlier in the exercises (sorry, can't remember where) I know that I should have received a typo warning; I didn't and was surprised/confused. Again.