-εύς

See also: ἐΰς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Beekes suggests Pre-Greek origin.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯s/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eʍs/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸs/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /efs/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /efs/

Suffix

-εύς • (-eús) m (genitive -έως); third declension

Added to noun or adjective stems to form a masculine noun of the person concerned with a thing
Added to an ancestor's or place name to form a demonym: -ian
Added to verbal stems to form a masculine agent noun: -er

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ -εύς; τοῦ -έως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ -εύς ho -eús	τὼ -ῆ tṑ -ê	οἱ -ῆς / -εῖς hoi -ês / -eîs
Genitive	τοῦ -έως toû -éōs	τοῖν -έοιν toîn -éoin	τῶν -έων tôn -éōn
Dative	τῷ -εῖ tōî -eî	τοῖν -έοιν toîn -éoin	τοῖς -εῦσῐ / -εῦσῐν toîs -eûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν -έᾱ tòn -éā	τὼ -ῆ tṑ -ê	τοὺς -έᾱς toùs -éās
Vocative	-εῦ -eû	-ῆ -ê	-ῆς / -εῖς -ês / -eîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of -εύς; -ῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-εύς -eús	-ῆε -êe	-ῆες -êes
Genitive	-ῆος / -έος -êos / -éos	-ήοιν / -ήοιῐν -ḗoi(ĭ)n	-ήων -ḗōn
Dative	-ῆῐ̈ / -έῐ̈ -êĭ̈ / -éĭ̈	-ήοιν / -ήοιῐν -ḗoi(ĭ)n	-ήεσσῐ / -ήεσσῐν / -εῦσῐ / -εῦσῐν -ḗessĭ(n) / -eûsĭ(n)
Accusative	-ῆᾰ / -έᾰ -êă / -éă	-ῆε -êe	-ῆᾰς -êăs
Vocative	-εῦ -eû	-ῆε -êe	-ῆες -êes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Synonyms

(person concerned): -ειᾰ (-eiă) (feminine), -ίς (-ís) (feminine), -της (-tēs), -τίς (-tís) (feminine), -ττᾰ (-ttă) (feminine), -σσᾰ (-ssă) (feminine), -αινᾰ (-aină) (feminine)
(agent noun): -της (-tēs), -τής (-tḗs), -τίς (-tís) (feminine), -τήρ (-tḗr), -τειρᾰ (-teiră) (feminine), -τωρ (-tōr), -τρός (-trós), -τρίᾱ (-tríā) (feminine), -τρίς (-trís) (feminine)
(demonym): -ίς (-ís) (feminine), -της (-tēs), -τίς (-tís) (feminine), -ῐος (-ĭos), -κός (-kós), -ῐκός (-ĭkós), -ᾱνός (-ānós) -ηνός (-ēnós), -ῖνος (-înos)

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -εύς

-εύω (-eúō)
-εῖος (-eîos)
-εῖον (-eîon)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page xxxvii