Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• -μος ‎(-mos)
• -σιμος ‎(-simos)

Suffix

-ιμος • ‎(-imos)

1. Added to the stems of verbs or verbal nouns in -σις ‎(-sis) to form an adjective of possibility or capability: -able, -ible, -like, -ed

   δοκέω > δόκιμος ‎(dokéō > dókimos, “seem good > approved”)

References

• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 858