-τος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-tós.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tos/
Suffix
-τος • (-tos) m or f (neuter -τον); second declension
- Forms adjectives from nouns (accented recessively)
- δάκρυ (dákru, “tear”) + -τος (-tos) → ἀδάκρυτος (adákrutos, “tearless”)
- Forms ordinal and fractional numerals (also with accent on the ultima)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | -τος -tos |
-τον -ton |
-τω -tō |
-τω -tō |
-τοι -toi |
-τᾰ -tă | ||||||||
| Genitive | -του -tou |
-του -tou |
-τοιν -toin |
-τοιν -toin |
-των -tōn |
-των -tōn | ||||||||
| Dative | -τῳ -tōi |
-τῳ -tōi |
-τοιν -toin |
-τοιν -toin |
-τοις -tois |
-τοις -tois | ||||||||
| Accusative | -τον -ton |
-τον -ton |
-τω -tō |
-τω -tō |
-τους -tous |
-τᾰ -tă | ||||||||
| Vocative | -τε -te |
-τον -ton |
-τω -tō |
-τω -tō |
-τοι -toi |
-τᾰ -tă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| -τως -tōs |
-τότερος -tóteros |
-τότᾰτος -tótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τος
Descendants
- Greek: -τος (-tos)
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -τος (-tos), from Proto-Indo-European *-tós.
Suffix
-τος • (-tos)
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Derived terms
Greek terms suffixed with -τος