-ίας
See also: -ιάς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /í.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.as/
Suffix
-ῐ́ᾱς • (-ĭ́ās) m (genitive -ῐ́ου); first declension
- Suffix added to words to form a male name.
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | -ῐ́ᾱς -ĭ́ās | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | -ῐ́ου -ĭ́ou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | -ῐ́ᾳ -ĭ́āi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | -ῐ́ᾱν -ĭ́ān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | -ῐ́ᾱ -ĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίας
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 859.6