-τέος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /té.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈte.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈte.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈte.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈte.os/
Suffix
-τέος • (-téos) m (feminine -τέᾱ, neuter -τέον); first/second declension
- creates verbal adjectives of necessity, either active or passive (accented on the penultima)
- διώκω (diṓkō, “I pursue”) + -τέος (-téos) → διωκτέος (diōktéos, “what must be pursued”)
- σκέπτομαι (sképtomai, “I consider”) + -τέος (-téos) → σκεπτέος (skeptéos, “what must be considered”)
- βιάζω (biázō, “I overpower”) + -τέος (-téos) → βιαστέος (biastéos, “who must overpower”)
- διαλύω (dialúō, “I dissolve”) + -τέος (-téos) → διαλυτέος (dialutéos, “who must dissolve”)
Usage examples
- Impersonal construction
- καὶ ὡς ᾔσθοντο τῶν λόγων, ἔδοξεν αὐτοῖς παριτητέα ἐς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους εἶναι
- kaì hōs ḗisthonto tôn lógōn, édoxen autoîs paritētéa es toùs Lakedaimoníous eînai
- and when they had heard the speeches, it seemed to them to be necessary to appear before the Spartans.
- personal construction
- Regular usage
- ταῦτα μὲν οὖν, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, τούτοις ποιητέα ἦν
- taûta mèn oûn, ô ándres dikastaí, toútois poiētéa ên
- Well then, O men of the jury, this was (bound) to be done by these (men) .
- Usage with article
- περὶ μὲν δὴ τῶν ὑμῖν πρακτέων καθ’ ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς ὕστερον βουλεύσεσθε, ἂν σωφρονῆτε
- perì mèn dḕ tôn humîn praktéōn kath’ humâs autoùs hústeron bouleúsesthe, àn sōphronête
- Indeed, concerning what is to be done by you, you will subsequently deliberate by yourselves, if you are sensible.
Declension
First and second declension of -τέος; -τέᾱ; -τέον (necessity, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | -τέος -téos | -τέᾱ -téā | -τέον -téon | -τέω -téō | -τέᾱ -téā | -τέω -téō | -τέοι -téoi | -τέαι -téai | -τέᾰ -téa | |||||
Genitive | -τέου -téou | -τέᾱς -téās | -τέου -téou | -τέοιν -téoin | -τέαιν -téain | -τέοιν -téoin | -τέων -téōn | -τέων -téōn | -τέων -téōn | |||||
Dative | -τέῳ -téōi | -τέᾳ -téāi | -τέῳ -téōi | -τέοιν -téoin | -τέαιν -téain | -τέοιν -téoin | -τέοις -téois | -τέαις -téais | -τέοις -téois | |||||
Accusative | -τέον -téon | -τέᾱν -téān | -τέον -téon | -τέω -téō | -τέᾱ -téā | -τέω -téō | -τέους -téous | -τέᾱς -téās | -τέᾰ -téa | |||||
Vocative | -τέε -tée | -τέᾱ -téā | -τέον -téon | -τέω -téō | -τέᾱ -téā | -τέω -téō | -τέοι -téoi | -τέαι -téai | -τέᾰ -téa | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
-τέως -téōs | -τεώτερος -teṓteros | -τεώτᾰτος -teṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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References
- Palmer (2021), Intermediate Ancient Greek Language, ANU Press, pages 61-68