-τος
See also: τος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- -τός (-tós)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-tós.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tos/
Suffix
-τος • (-tos) m or f (neuter -τον); second declension
- Creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either active or passive (accented on the ultima, -τός)
- δύναμαι > δυνατός
- dúnamai > dunatós
- can > able (active), doable (passive)
- διαλῡ́ω > διαλυτός
- dialū́ō > dialutós
- dissolve > dissoluble
- Creates perfective passive verbal adjectives (usually accented recessively)
- διαλῡ́ω > διάλυτος
- dialū́ō > diálutos
- dissolve > dissolved
- Forms adjectives from nouns (accented recessively)
- δάκρυ > ἀ-δάκρυτος
- dákru > a-dákrutos
- tear > tearless
Declension
Second declension of -τος; -τον (perfect passive, denominative adjective, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | -τος -tos | -τον -ton | -τω -tō | -τω -tō | -τοι -toi | -τᾰ -ta | ||||||||
Genitive | -του -tou | -του -tou | -τοιν -toin | -τοιν -toin | -των -tōn | -των -tōn | ||||||||
Dative | -τῳ -tōi | -τῳ -tōi | -τοιν -toin | -τοιν -toin | -τοις -tois | -τοις -tois | ||||||||
Accusative | -τον -ton | -τον -ton | -τω -tō | -τω -tō | -τους -tous | -τᾰ -ta | ||||||||
Vocative | -τε -te | -τον -ton | -τω -tō | -τω -tō | -τοι -toi | -τᾰ -ta | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
-τως -tōs | -τότερος -tóteros | -τότᾰτος -tótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Ancient_Greek_words_suffixed_with_-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82' title='Category:Ancient Greek words suffixed with -τος'>Ancient Greek words suffixed with -τος</a>
Descendants
- Greek: -τος (-tos)
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, §§ 425 b (2) D: on use for verbal adjectives
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -τος (-tos), from Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Suffix
-τος • (-tos)
- Creates verbal adjectives.
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Greek_words_suffixed_with_-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82' title='Category:Greek words suffixed with -τος'>Greek words suffixed with -τος</a>