-ιμος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- -μος (-mos)
- -σιμος (-simos)
Etymology
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Suffix
-ῐμος • (-ĭmos) m or f (neuter -ῐμον); second declension
- Added to the stems of verbs or verbal nouns in -σις (-sis) to form an adjective of possibility or capability: -able, -ible, -like, -ed
- δοκέω (dokéō, “seem good”) + -ιμος (-imos) → δόκιμος (dókimos, “approved”)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | -ῐμος -ĭmos |
-ῐμον -ĭmon |
-ῐμω -ĭmō |
-ῐμω -ĭmō |
-ῐμοι -ĭmoi |
-ῐμᾰ -ĭmă | ||||||||
| Genitive | -ῐμου -ĭmou |
-ῐμου -ĭmou |
-ῐμοιν -ĭmoin |
-ῐμοιν -ĭmoin |
-ῐμων -ĭmōn |
-ῐμων -ĭmōn | ||||||||
| Dative | -ῐμῳ -ĭmōi |
-ῐμῳ -ĭmōi |
-ῐμοιν -ĭmoin |
-ῐμοιν -ĭmoin |
-ῐμοις -ĭmois |
-ῐμοις -ĭmois | ||||||||
| Accusative | -ῐμον -ĭmon |
-ῐμον -ĭmon |
-ῐμω -ĭmō |
-ῐμω -ĭmō |
-ῐμους -ĭmous |
-ῐμᾰ -ĭmă | ||||||||
| Vocative | -ῐμε -ĭme |
-ῐμον -ĭmon |
-ῐμω -ĭmō |
-ῐμω -ĭmō |
-ῐμοι -ĭmoi |
-ῐμᾰ -ĭmă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| -ῐμως -ĭmōs |
-ῐμώτερος -ĭmṓteros |
-ῐμώτᾰτος -ĭmṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 858.9
Greek
Alternative forms
- -σιμος (-simos)
- -ξιμος (-ximos)
- -ψιμος (-psimos)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -ιμος (-imos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.mos/
Suffix
-ιμος • (-imos) m (feminine ιμη, neuter ιμο)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -ιμος (-imos) | -ιμη (-imi) | -ιμο (-imo) | -ιμοι (-imoi) | -ιμες (-imes) | -ιμα (-ima) | |
| genitive | -ιμου (-imou) | -ιμης (-imis) | -ιμου (-imou) | -ιμων (-imon) | -ιμων (-imon) | -ιμων (-imon) | |
| accusative | -ιμο (-imo) | -ιμη (-imi) | -ιμο (-imo) | -ιμους (-imous) | -ιμες (-imes) | -ιμα (-ima) | |
| vocative | -ιμε (-ime) | -ιμη (-imi) | -ιμο (-imo) | -ιμοι (-imoi) | -ιμες (-imes) | -ιμα (-ima) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο -ιμος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο -ιμος, etc.)