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-ής
-ής
Ancient Greek
Suffix
-ής • (-ḗs)
- Forms third-declension adjectives with stems in -εσ- (-es-); very common in compounds
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Ancient_Greek_words_suffixed_with_-%CE%AE%CF%82'>Ancient Greek words suffixed with -ής</a>
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 858.5