-ειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Originally *-ϝειδής (*-weidḗs), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, appearance”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /iˈðis/ → /iˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈðis/

Suffix

-ειδής • (-eidḗs) m or f (neuter -ειδές); third declension

1. Forms adjectives: like, connected to, from the nature of, full of; -id

Inflection

Third declension of -ειδής; -ειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		-ειδής -eidḗs	-ειδές -eidés		-ειδεῖ -eideî	-ειδεῖ -eideî		-ειδεῖς -eideîs	-ειδῆ -eidê
Genitive		-ειδοῦς -eidoûs	-ειδοῦς -eidoûs		-ειδοῖν -eidoîn	-ειδοῖν -eidoîn		-ειδῶν -eidôn	-ειδῶν -eidôn
Dative		-ειδεῖ -eideî	-ειδεῖ -eideî		-ειδοῖν -eidoîn	-ειδοῖν -eidoîn		-ειδέσῐ / -ειδέσῐν -eidési(n)	-ειδέσῐ / -ειδέσῐν -eidési(n)
Accusative		-ειδῆ -eidê	-ειδές -eidés		-ειδεῖ -eideî	-ειδεῖ -eideî		-ειδεῖς -eideîs	-ειδῆ -eidê
Vocative		-ειδές -eidés	-ειδές -eidés		-ειδεῖ -eideî	-ειδεῖ -eideî		-ειδεῖς -eideîs	-ειδῆ -eidê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		-ειδῶς -eidôs			-ειδέστερος -eidésteros			-ειδέστᾰτος -eidéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ειδής

Descendants

• Latin: -īdēs, -oīdēs
  • English: -id, -oid (when suffixed to o-stems)

See also

• -ώδης (-ṓdēs)