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-εύς
-εύς
See also: ἐΰς
Ancient Greek
Suffix
-εύς • (-eús) m (genitive -έως); third declension
- Added to noun or adjective stems to form a masculine noun of the person concerned with a thing
- Added to an ancestor's or place name to form a demonym: -ian
- Added to verbal stems to form a masculine agent noun: -er
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ -εύς | τὼ -ῆ | οἱ -ῆς | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ -έως | τοῖν -έοιν | τῶν -έων | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ -έῐ̈ / -εῖ | τοῖν -έοιν | τοῖς -εῦσῐ(ν) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν -έᾱ | τὼ -ῆ | τοὺς -έᾱς | ||||||||||
| Vocative | -εῦ | -ῆ | -ῆς | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -εύς | -ῆε | -ῆες | ||||||||||
| Genitive | -ῆος / -έος | -ήοιῐν | -ήων | ||||||||||
| Dative | -ῆῐ̈ / -έῐ̈ | -ήοιῐν | -ήεσσῐ / -εῦσῐ | ||||||||||
| Accusative | -ῆᾰ / -έᾰ | -ῆε | -ῆᾰς | ||||||||||
| Vocative | -εῦ | -ῆε | -ῆες | ||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. | ||||||||||||
Synonyms
- (person concerned): -ειᾰ (-eia) (feminine), -ίς (-ís) (feminine), -της (-tēs), -τίς (-tís) (feminine), -ττᾰ (-tta) (feminine), -σσᾰ (-ssa) (feminine), -αινᾰ (-aina) (feminine)
- (agent noun): -της (-tēs), -τής (-tḗs), -τίς (-tís) (feminine), -τήρ (-tḗr), -τειρᾰ (-teira) (feminine), -τωρ (-tōr), -τρός (-trós), -τρίᾱ (-tríā) (feminine), -τρίς (-trís) (feminine)
- (demonym): -ίς (-ís) (feminine), -της (-tēs), -τίς (-tís) (feminine), -ῐος (-ios), -κός (-kós), -ῐκός (-ikós), -ᾱνός (-ānós) -ηνός (-ēnós), -ῖνος (-înos)
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Ancient_Greek_words_suffixed_with_-%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%82'>Ancient Greek words suffixed with -εύς</a>
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, §§ 839.5, 843.a.1, 844.1