-ινος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- -ῖνος (-înos)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos. Cognate with Latin -īnus and Proto-Germanic *-īnaz.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /í.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.nos/
Suffix
-ῐνος • (-inos) m (feminine -ῐ́νη, neuter -ῐνον); first/second declension
- Added to nouns or adverbs to form adjectives relating to material, time, and so on: made of, during the time of
- (with long ῑ) Forms adjectives of place: -ine
- Βυζαντῖνος (Buzantînos, “Byzantine”)
Inflection
First and second declension of -ῐνος; -ῐνη; -ῐνον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | -ῐνος -inos | -ῐνη -inē | -ῐνον -inon | -ῐνω -inō | -ῐνᾱ -inā | -ῐνω -inō | -ῐνοι -inoi | -ῐναι -inai | -ῐνᾰ -ina | |||||
Genitive | -ῐνου -inou | -ῐνης -inēs | -ῐνου -inou | -ῐνοιν -inoin | -ῐναιν -inain | -ῐνοιν -inoin | -ῐνων -inōn | -ῐνων -inōn | -ῐνων -inōn | |||||
Dative | -ῐνῳ -inōi | -ῐνῃ -inēi | -ῐνῳ -inōi | -ῐνοιν -inoin | -ῐναιν -inain | -ῐνοιν -inoin | -ῐνοις -inois | -ῐναις -inais | -ῐνοις -inois | |||||
Accusative | -ῐνον -inon | -ῐνην -inēn | -ῐνον -inon | -ῐνω -inō | -ῐνᾱ -inā | -ῐνω -inō | -ῐνους -inous | -ῐνᾱς -inās | -ῐνᾰ -ina | |||||
Vocative | -ῐνε -ine | -ῐνη -inē | -ῐνον -inon | -ῐνω -inō | -ῐνᾱ -inā | -ῐνω -inō | -ῐνοι -inoi | -ῐναι -inai | -ῐνᾰ -ina | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
-ῐνως -inōs | -ῐνώτερος -inṓteros | -ῐνώτᾰτος -inṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
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See also
- -ηνός (-ēnós)
References
- -ινος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 844