-τερος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-teros.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /te.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /te.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /te.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /te.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /te.ros/
Suffix
-τερος • (-teros) m (feminine -τέρᾱ, neuter -τερον); first/second declension
- Used on adjectives that express some notion of contrast with an antonym
- ἡμεῖς > ἡμέ-τερος
- hēmeîs > hēmé-teros
- we > our
- Added to adjective stems to form comparative forms
- δῆλος > δηλό-τερος
- dêlos > dēló-teros
- clear > clearer
- σοφός > σοφώ-τερος
- sophós > sophṓ-teros
- wise > wiser
Declension
First and second declension of -τερος; -τερᾱ; -τερον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | -τερος -teros | -τερᾱ -terā | -τερον -teron | -τερω -terō | -τερᾱ -terā | -τερω -terō | -τεροι -teroi | -τεραι -terai | -τερᾰ -tera | |||||
Genitive | -τερου -terou | -τερᾱς -terās | -τερου -terou | -τεροιν -teroin | -τεραιν -terain | -τεροιν -teroin | -τερων -terōn | -τερων -terōn | -τερων -terōn | |||||
Dative | -τερῳ -terōi | -τερᾳ -terāi | -τερῳ -terōi | -τεροιν -teroin | -τεραιν -terain | -τεροιν -teroin | -τεροις -terois | -τεραις -terais | -τεροις -terois | |||||
Accusative | -τερον -teron | -τερᾱν -terān | -τερον -teron | -τερω -terō | -τερᾱ -terā | -τερω -terō | -τερους -terous | -τερᾱς -terās | -τερᾰ -tera | |||||
Vocative | -τερε -tere | -τερᾱ -terā | -τερον -teron | -τερω -terō | -τερᾱ -terā | -τερω -terō | -τεροι -teroi | -τεραι -terai | -τερᾰ -tera | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
-τερον -teron | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- -ίων (-íōn), -ων (-ōn)
Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τερος
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 313
Greek
Suffix
-τερος • (-teros)
- Added to many adjectives and some adverbs to form the comparative forms.
- βαθύς (vathýs, “deep”) + -τερος (-teros) → βαθύτερος (vathýteros, “deeper”)
- όμορφος (ómorfos, “beautiful”) + -τερος (-teros) → ομορφότερος (omorfóteros, “more beautiful”)
- Added to many adjectives and some adverbs to form the relative superlative forms.
- βαθύς (vathýs, “deep”) + -τερος (-teros) → ο βαθύτερος (o vathýteros, “deepest”)
Derived terms
Greek terms suffixed with -τερος
Related terms
- -τατος (-tatos)
- -ερός (-erós)