-ηνός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
η-stem + -νός (-nós), later reanalyzed and used freely. Compare Latin -ānus
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛː.nós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝ˈnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈnos/
Suffix
-ηνός • (-ēnós) m (feminine -ηνή, neuter -ηνόν); first/second declension
- Added to place name to form an adjective: -ian, -ese
Declension
First and second declension of -ηνός; -ηνή; -ηνόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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