-στός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Rebracketed from ordinals like τεσσαρακοστός (tessarakostós), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷetwərəkontstós equivalent to τεσσαράκοντα (tessarákonta) +‎ -τός (-tós). The *tst (> st) results from the Indo-European double dental rule.

Pronunciation

 

Suffix

-στός • (-stós) m (feminine -στή, neuter -στόν); first/second declension

  1. alternative form of -τος (-tos), forming ordinal and fractional numerals
    ‎ἑκατόν (hekatón, “a hundred”) + ‎-στός (-stós) → ‎ἑκατοστός (hekatostós, “hundredth”)
    ‎χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + ‎-στός (-stós) → ‎χιλιοστός (khiliostós, “thousandth”)

Declension

First and second declension of -στός; -στή; -στόν (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative -στός
-stós 		-στή
-stḗ 		-στόν
-stón 		-στώ
-stṓ 		-στᾱ́
-stā́ 		-στώ
-stṓ 		-στοί
-stoí 		-σταί
-staí 		-στᾰ́
-stắ
Genitive -στοῦ
-stoû 		-στῆς
-stês 		-στοῦ
-stoû 		-στοῖν
-stoîn 		-σταῖν
-staîn 		-στοῖν
-stoîn 		-στῶν
-stôn 		-στῶν
-stôn 		-στῶν
-stôn
Dative -στῷ
-stōî 		-στῇ
-stēî 		-στῷ
-stōî 		-στοῖν
-stoîn 		-σταῖν
-staîn 		-στοῖν
-stoîn 		-στοῖς
-stoîs 		-σταῖς
-staîs 		-στοῖς
-stoîs
Accusative -στόν
-stón 		-στήν
-stḗn 		-στόν
-stón 		-στώ
-stṓ 		-στᾱ́
-stā́ 		-στώ
-stṓ 		-στούς
-stoús 		-στᾱ́ς
-stā́s 		-στᾰ́
-stắ
Vocative -στέ
-sté 		-στή
-stḗ 		-στόν
-stón 		-στώ
-stṓ 		-στᾱ́
-stā́ 		-στώ
-stṓ 		-στοί
-stoí 		-σταί
-staí 		-στᾰ́
-stắ
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
-στῶς
-stôs 		-στότερος
-stóteros 		-στότᾰτος
-stótătos
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
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