-τύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-tus (suffix deriving action nouns from verb roots). Cognate with Latin -tus, as in habitus (“demeanor”).

Pronunciation

 

Suffix

-τῡ́ς • (-tū́s) m (genitive -τῠ́ος); third declension

  1. Suffix forming nouns of action

Declension

Third declension of ὁ -τῡ́ς; τοῦ -τῠ́ος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ -τῡ́ς
ho -tū́s 		τὼ -τῠ́ε
tṑ -tŭ́e 		οἱ -τῠ́ες
hoi -tŭ́es
Genitive τοῦ -τῠ́ος
toû -tŭ́os 		τοῖν -τῠ́οιν
toîn -tŭ́oin 		τῶν -τῠ́ων
tôn -tŭ́ōn
Dative τῷ -τῠ́ῐ̈
tōî -tŭ́ĭ̈ 		τοῖν -τῠ́οιν
toîn -tŭ́oin 		τοῖς -τῠ́σῐ / -τῠ́σῐν
toîs -tŭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν -τῡ́ν
tòn -tū́n 		τὼ -τῠ́ε
tṑ -tŭ́e 		τοὺς -τῦς / -τῠ́ᾰς
toùs -tûs / -tŭ́ăs
Vocative -τῡ́
-tū́ 		-τῠ́ε
-tŭ́e 		-τῠ́ες
-tŭ́es
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τύς
ἐδητύς
τετρακτύς

References

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