-τύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-tus (suffix deriving action nouns from verb roots). Cognate with Latin -tus, as in habitus (“demeanor”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ty̌ːs/ → /tys/ → /tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ty̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tis/

Suffix

-τῡ́ς • (-tū́s) m (genitive -τῠ́ος); third declension

1. Suffix forming nouns of action

Declension

Third declension of ὁ -τῡ́ς; τοῦ -τῠ́ος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ -τῡ́ς ho -tū́s	τὼ -τῠ́ε tṑ -túe	οἱ -τῠ́ες hoi -túes
Genitive	τοῦ -τῠ́ος toû -túos	τοῖν -τῠ́οιν toîn -túoin	τῶν -τῠ́ων tôn -túōn
Dative	τῷ -τῠ́ῐ̈ tôi -túï	τοῖν -τῠ́οιν toîn -túoin	τοῖς -τῠ́σῐ / -τῠ́σῐν toîs -túsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν -τῡ́ν tòn -tū́n	τὼ -τῠ́ε tṑ -túe	τοὺς -τῦς / -τῠ́ᾰς toùs -tûs / -túas
Vocative	-τῡ́ -tū́	-τῠ́ε -túe	-τῠ́ες -túes
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 -τύς

References

• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840.4