-ιμος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- -μος (-mos)
- -σιμος (-simos)
Suffix
-ῐμος • (-imos) m, f (neuter -ῐμον); second declension
- Added to the stems of verbs or verbal nouns in -σις (-sis) to form an adjective of possibility or capability: -able, -ible, -like, -ed
- δοκέω (dokéō, “seem good”) + -ιμος (-imos) → δόκιμος (dókimos, “approved”)
Declension
Second declension of -ῐμος; -ῐμον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | -ῐμος -imos | -ῐμον -imon | -ῐμω -imō | -ῐμω -imō | -ῐμοι -imoi | -ῐμᾰ -ima | ||||||||
Genitive | -ῐμου -imou | -ῐμου -imou | -ῐμοιν -imoin | -ῐμοιν -imoin | -ῐμων -imōn | -ῐμων -imōn | ||||||||
Dative | -ῐμῳ -imōi | -ῐμῳ -imōi | -ῐμοιν -imoin | -ῐμοιν -imoin | -ῐμοις -imois | -ῐμοις -imois | ||||||||
Accusative | -ῐμον -imon | -ῐμον -imon | -ῐμω -imō | -ῐμω -imō | -ῐμους -imous | -ῐμᾰ -ima | ||||||||
Vocative | -ῐμε -ime | -ῐμον -imon | -ῐμω -imō | -ῐμω -imō | -ῐμοι -imoi | -ῐμᾰ -ima | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
-ῐμως -imōs | -ῐμώτερος -imṓteros | -ῐμώτᾰτος -imṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 858.9