-ηνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

η-stem + -νός (-nós), later reanalyzed and used freely. Compare Latin -ānus

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.nós/ → /iˈnos/ → /iˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝ˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈnos/

Suffix

-ηνός • (-ēnós) m (feminine -ηνή, neuter -ηνόν); first/second declension

1. Added to place name to form an adjective: -ian, -ese

Declension

First and second declension of -ηνός; -ηνή; -ηνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		-ηνός -ēnós	-ηνή -ēnḗ	-ηνόν -ēnón		-ηνώ -ēnṓ	-ηνᾱ́ -ēnā́	-ηνώ -ēnṓ		-ηνοί -ēnoí	-ηναί -ēnaí	-ηνᾰ́ -ēná
Genitive		-ηνοῦ -ēnoû	-ηνῆς -ēnês	-ηνοῦ -ēnoû		-ηνοῖν -ēnoîn	-ηναῖν -ēnaîn	-ηνοῖν -ēnoîn		-ηνῶν -ēnôn	-ηνῶν -ēnôn	-ηνῶν -ēnôn
Dative		-ηνῷ -ēnôi	-ηνῇ -ēnêi	-ηνῷ -ēnôi		-ηνοῖν -ēnoîn	-ηναῖν -ēnaîn	-ηνοῖν -ēnoîn		-ηνοῖς -ēnoîs	-ηναῖς -ēnaîs	-ηνοῖς -ēnoîs
Accusative		-ηνόν -ēnón	-ηνήν -ēnḗn	-ηνόν -ēnón		-ηνώ -ēnṓ	-ηνᾱ́ -ēnā́	-ηνώ -ēnṓ		-ηνούς -ēnoús	-ηνᾱ́ς -ēnā́s	-ηνᾰ́ -ēná
Vocative		-ηνέ -ēné	-ηνή -ēnḗ	-ηνόν -ēnón		-ηνώ -ēnṓ	-ηνᾱ́ -ēnā́	-ηνώ -ēnṓ		-ηνοί -ēnoí	-ηναί -ēnaí	-ηνᾰ́ -ēná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		-ηνῶς -ēnôs				-ηνότερος -ēnóteros				-ηνότᾰτος -ēnótatos
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 -ηνός

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: -en

References

• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 844