-tes

From Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) (sense 1.1) and Illyrian (sense 1.2), for which compare also -tae, -stae, -stinī. Compare Latin poeta from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs), and Latin agricola from Latin -a.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [teːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪es]

-tēs m (genitive -tae) (geography)

1. Found in demonyms formed on toponyms. -iot, -ian
   2. of Greek origin

      ‎Attalīa + ‎-tes → ‎Attalīatēs

      ‎Ēpīros + ‎-tes → ‎Ēpīrōtēs

      ‎Tegea + ‎-tes → ‎Tegeātēs

   4. of Illyrian origin

      ‎Apsoros + ‎-tes → ‎Apsortes

      ‎Flanona + ‎-tes → ‎Flanates

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).

• Katičić, Radoslav (1976) Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 176