-τύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-tus (suffix deriving action nouns from verb roots). Cognate with Latin -tus, as in habitus (“demeanor”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ty̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tys/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tys/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tys/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tis/

Suffix

-τῡ́ς • (-tū́s) m (genitive -τῠ́ος); third declension

Suffix forming nouns of action

Declension

Third declension of ὁ -τῡ́ς; τοῦ -τῠ́ος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ -τῡ́ς ho -tū́s
Genitive	τοῦ -τῠ́ος toû -túos
Dative	τῷ -τῠ́ῐ̈ tôi -túï
Accusative	τὸν -τῡ́ν tòn -tū́n
Vocative	-τῡ́ -tū́
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

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References

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840.4