-ω
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *-oh₂.
Suffix
-ω • (-ō)
- ending of the first-person singular thematic present
Inflection
Present: -ω, -ομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | -ω | -εις | -ει | -ετον | -ετον | -ομεν | -ετε | -ουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | -ω | -ῃς | -ῃ | -ητον | -ητον | -ωμεν | -ητε | -ωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | -οιμῐ | -οις | -οι | -οιτον | -οίτην | -οιμεν | -οιτε | -οιεν | |||||
| imperative | -ε | -έτω | -ετον | -έτων | -ετε | -όντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | -ομαι | -ῃ / -ει | -εται | -εσθον | -εσθον | -όμεθᾰ | -εσθε | -ονται | ||||
| subjunctive | -ωμαι | -ῃ | -ηται | -ησθον | -ησθον | -ώμεθᾰ | -ησθε | -ωνται | |||||
| optative | -οίμην | -οιο | -οιτο | -οισθον | -οίσθην | -οίμεθᾰ | -οισθε | -οιντο | |||||
| imperative | -ου | -έσθω | -εσθον | -έσθων | -εσθε | -έσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | -ειν | -εσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | -ων | -όμενος | ||||||||||
| f | -ουσᾰ | -ομένη | |||||||||||
| n | -ον | -όμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Present: -σω, -σομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | -σω | -σεις | -σει | -σετον | -σετον | -σομεν | -σετε | -σουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | -σω | -σῃς | -σῃ | -σητον | -σητον | -σωμεν | -σητε | -σωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | -σοιμῐ | -σοις | -σοι | -σοιτον | -σοίτην | -σοιμεν | -σοιτε | -σοιεν | |||||
| imperative | -σε | -σέτω | -σετον | -σέτων | -σετε | -σόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | -σομαι | -σῃ / -σει | -σεται | -σεσθον | -σεσθον | -σόμεθᾰ | -σεσθε | -σονται | ||||
| subjunctive | -σωμαι | -σῃ | -σηται | -σησθον | -σησθον | -σώμεθᾰ | -σησθε | -σωνται | |||||
| optative | -σοίμην | -σοιο | -σοιτο | -σοισθον | -σοίσθην | -σοίμεθᾰ | -σοισθε | -σοιντο | |||||
| imperative | -σου | -σέσθω | -σεσθον | -σέσθων | -σεσθε | -σέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | -σειν | -σεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | -σων | -σόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | -σουσᾰ | -σομένη | |||||||||||
| n | -σον | -σόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Etymology 2
Suffix
-ω • (-ō)
- forms adverbs from prepositions
Derived terms
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o/
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek -ω (-ō).
Suffix
-ω • (-o)
- ending of 1st person singular of active forms of verbs of the 1st Conjugation as well as other moods and tenses
- ending of adverbs
Etymology 2
From Byzantine Greek -ω (-ō) of feminine proper names, from the vocative of Slavic names taken as nominative, also applied to common feminine nouns.
Suffix
-ω • (-o)
- ending of colloquial hypocoristic feminine names
- Μάρω ― Máro ― hypocoristic of Maria
- ending of vernacular derogatory feminine nouns deriving from nouns
Related terms
Further reading
- -ω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language