-εύς
See also: ἐΰς
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eʍs/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /efs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /efs/
Suffix
-εύς • (-eús) m (genitive -έως); third declension
- Added to noun or adjective stems to form a masculine noun of the person concerned with a thing
- Added to an ancestor's or place name to form a demonym: -ian
- Added to verbal stems to form a masculine agent noun: -er
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ -εύς; τοῦ -έως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ -εύς ho -eús | τὼ -ῆ tṑ -ê | οἱ -ῆς / -εῖς hoi -ês / -eîs | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ -έως toû -éōs | τοῖν -έοιν toîn -éoin | τῶν -έων tôn -éōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ -εῖ tôi -eî | τοῖν -έοιν toîn -éoin | τοῖς -εῦσῐ / -εῦσῐν toîs -eûsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν -έᾱ tòn -éā | τὼ -ῆ tṑ -ê | τοὺς -έᾱς toùs -éās | ||||||||||
Vocative | -εῦ -eû | -ῆ -ê | -ῆς / -εῖς -ês / -eîs | ||||||||||
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Third declension of -εύς; -ῆος (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | -εύς -eús | -ῆε -êe | -ῆες -êes | ||||||||||
Genitive | -ῆος / -έος -êos / -éos | -ήοιῐν -ḗoiin | -ήων -ḗōn | ||||||||||
Dative | -ῆῐ̈ / -έῐ̈ -êï / -éï | -ήοιῐν -ḗoiin | -ήεσσῐ / -ήεσσῐν / -εῦσῐ / -εῦσῐν -ḗessi(n) / -eûsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | -ῆᾰ / -έᾰ -êa / -éa | -ῆε -êe | -ῆᾰς -êas | ||||||||||
Vocative | -εῦ -eû | -ῆε -êe | -ῆες -êes | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (person concerned): -ειᾰ (-eia) (feminine), -ίς (-ís) (feminine), -της (-tēs), -τίς (-tís) (feminine), -ττᾰ (-tta) (feminine), -σσᾰ (-ssa) (feminine), -αινᾰ (-aina) (feminine)
- (agent noun): -της (-tēs), -τής (-tḗs), -τίς (-tís) (feminine), -τήρ (-tḗr), -τειρᾰ (-teira) (feminine), -τωρ (-tōr), -τρός (-trós), -τρίᾱ (-tríā) (feminine), -τρίς (-trís) (feminine)
- (demonym): -ίς (-ís) (feminine), -της (-tēs), -τίς (-tís) (feminine), -ῐος (-ios), -κός (-kós), -ῐκός (-ikós), -ᾱνός (-ānós) -ηνός (-ēnós), -ῖνος (-înos)
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Ancient_Greek_words_suffixed_with_-%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%82' title='Category:Ancient Greek words suffixed with -εύς'>Ancient Greek words suffixed with -εύς</a>
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, §§ 839.5, 843.a.1, 844.1