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-ιος
-ιος
Ancient Greek
Suffix
-ῐος • (-ios) (feminine -ῐ́ᾱ, neuter -ῐον)
- Suffix added to nouns or adjectives, forming adjectives: pertaining to, belonging to
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
| Nominative | -ῐος | -ῐ́ᾱ | -ῐον | -ῐ́ω | -ῐ́ᾱ | -ῐ́ω | -ῐοι | -ῐαι | -ῐᾰ | ||||
| Genitive | -ῐ́ου | -ῐ́ᾱς | -ῐ́ου | -ῐ́οιν | -ῐ́αιν | -ῐ́οιν | -ῐ́ων | -ῐ́ων | -ῐ́ων | ||||
| Dative | -ῐ́ῳ | -ῐ́ᾳ | -ῐ́ῳ | -ῐ́οιν | -ῐ́αιν | -ῐ́οιν | -ῐ́οις | -ῐ́αις | -ῐ́οις | ||||
| Accusative | -ῐον | -ῐ́ᾱν | -ῐον | -ῐ́ω | -ῐ́ᾱ | -ῐ́ω | -ῐ́ους | -ῐ́ᾱς | -ῐᾰ | ||||
| Vocative | -ῐε | -ῐ́ᾱ | -ῐον | -ῐ́ω | -ῐ́ᾱ | -ῐ́ω | -ῐοι | -ῐαι | -ῐᾰ | ||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||||||
| -ῐ́ως | -ῐώτερος | -ῐώτᾰτος | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
| Nominative | -ῐος | -ῐ́η | -ῐον | -ῐ́ω | -ῐ́ᾱ | -ῐ́ω | -ῐοι | -ῐαι | -ῐᾰ | ||||
| Genitive | -ῐ́ου / -ῐοῖο / -ῐ́οιο / -ῐόο / -ῐ́οο | -ῐ́ης | -ῐ́ου / -ῐοῖο / -ῐ́οιο / -ῐόο / -ῐ́οο | -ῐ́οιῐν | -ῐ́αι(ῐ)ν or -ῐ́ῃῐν | -ῐ́οιῐν | -ῐ́ων | -ῐ́ων | -ῐ́ων | ||||
| Dative | -ῐ́ῳ | -ῐ́ῃ | -ῐ́ῳ | -ῐ́οιῐν | -ῐ́αι(ῐ)ν or -ῐ́ῃῐν | -ῐ́οιῐν | -ῐ́οισῐ / -ῐ́οις | -ῐ́ῃσῐ / -ῐ́ῃς / -ῐ́αις | -ῐ́οισῐ / -ῐ́οις | ||||
| Accusative | -ῐον | -ῐ́ην | -ῐον | -ῐ́ω | -ῐ́ᾱ | -ῐ́ω | -ῐ́ους | -ῐ́ᾱς | -ῐᾰ | ||||
| Vocative | -ῐε | -ῐ́η | -ῐον | -ῐ́ω | -ῐ́ᾱ | -ῐ́ω | -ῐοι | -ῐαι | -ῐᾰ | ||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||||||
| -ῐ́ως | -ῐώτερος | -ῐώτᾰτος | |||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. | ||||||||||||
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
| Nominative | -ῐος | -ῐ́η | -ῐον | -ῐ́ω | -ῐ́ᾱ | -ῐ́ω | -ῐοι | -ῐαι | -ῐᾰ | ||||
| Genitive | -ῐ́ου | -ῐ́ης | -ῐ́ου | -ῐ́οιν | -ῐ́αιν | -ῐ́οιν | -ῐ́ων | -ῐ́ων | -ῐ́ων | ||||
| Dative | -ῐ́ῳ | -ῐ́ῃ | -ῐ́ῳ | -ῐ́οιν | -ῐ́αιν | -ῐ́οιν | -ῐ́οισῐ(ν) | -ῐ́ῃσῐ(ν) | -ῐ́οισῐ(ν) | ||||
| Accusative | -ῐον | -ῐ́ην | -ῐον | -ῐ́ω | -ῐ́ᾱ | -ῐ́ω | -ῐ́ους | -ῐ́ᾱς | -ῐᾰ | ||||
| Vocative | -ῐε | -ῐ́η | -ῐον | -ῐ́ω | -ῐ́ᾱ | -ῐ́ω | -ῐοι | -ῐαι | -ῐᾰ | ||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||||||
| -ῐ́ως | -ῐώτερος | -ῐώτᾰτος | |||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Ancient_Greek_words_suffixed_with_-%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82'>Ancient Greek words suffixed with -ιος</a>
Descendants
- Greek: -ιος (-ios)
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 858.2
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ios).
Suffix
-ιος • (-ios) m
- Used to form nouns and adjectives indicating origin:
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Greek_words_suffixed_with_-%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82'>Greek words suffixed with -ιος</a>