-τος
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- -τός (-tós)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *-tós.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tos/
Suffix edit
-τος • (-tos) m or f (neuter -τον); second declension
- Creates perfective passive verbal adjectives (usually accented recessively)
- Forms adjectives from nouns (accented recessively)
Declension edit
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | -τος -tos |
-τον -ton |
-τω -tō |
-τω -tō |
-τοι -toi |
-τᾰ -ta | ||||||||
Genitive | -του -tou |
-του -tou |
-τοιν -toin |
-τοιν -toin |
-των -tōn |
-των -tōn | ||||||||
Dative | -τῳ -tōi |
-τῳ -tōi |
-τοιν -toin |
-τοιν -toin |
-τοις -tois |
-τοις -tois | ||||||||
Accusative | -τον -ton |
-τον -ton |
-τω -tō |
-τω -tō |
-τους -tous |
-τᾰ -ta | ||||||||
Vocative | -τε -te |
-τον -ton |
-τω -tō |
-τω -tō |
-τοι -toi |
-τᾰ -ta | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
-τως -tōs |
-τότερος -tóteros |
-τότᾰτος -tótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Greek: -τος (-tos)
References edit
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, §§ 425 b (2) D: on use for verbal adjectives
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek -τος (-tos), from Proto-Indo-European *-tós.
Suffix edit
-τος • (-tos)
- Creates verbal adjectives.