-ανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ᾰνός • (-ănós) m (feminine -ᾰνή, neuter -ᾰνόν); first/second declension

  1. -ing, tending to
  2. -able
Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ανός (tending)
οὐτιδανός
στεγανός
τραγανός

Etymology 2

Rebracketing of -νός (-nós) when attached to a stem ending in -ᾱ (-ā).

Suffix

-ᾱνός • (-ānós) m (feminine -ᾱνή, neuter -ᾱνόν); first/second declension

  1. forms relational adjectives, especially from place names
Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ανός (relational)
Σηλυμβριανός
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