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-τος
-τος
See also: τος
Ancient Greek
Suffix
-τος • (-tos) m, f (neuter -τον); second declension
- Creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either active or passive (accented on the ultima, -τός)
- δύναμαι > δυνατός
- dúnamai > dunatós
- can > able (active), doable (passive)
- διαλῡ́ω > διαλυτός
- dialū́ō > dialutós
- dissolve > dissoluble
- δύναμαι > δυνατός
- Creates perfective passive verbal adjectives (usually accented recessively)
- διαλῡ́ω > διάλυτος
- dialū́ō > diálutos
- dissolve > dissolved
- διαλῡ́ω > διάλυτος
- Forms adjectives from nouns (accented recessively)
- δάκρυ > ἀ-δάκρυτος
- dákru > a-dákrutos
- tear > tearless
- δάκρυ > ἀ-δάκρυτος
Declension
Declension of -τός; -τή; -τόν possibility
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
| Nominative | -τός | -τή | -τόν | -τώ | -τᾱ́ | -τώ | -τοί | -ταί | -τᾰ́ | ||||
| Genitive | -τοῦ | -τῆς | -τοῦ | -τοῖν | -ταῖν | -τοῖν | -τῶν | -τῶν | -τῶν | ||||
| Dative | -τῷ | -τῇ | -τῷ | -τοῖν | -ταῖν | -τοῖν | -τοῖς | -ταῖς | -τοῖς | ||||
| Accusative | -τόν | -τήν | -τόν | -τώ | -τᾱ́ | -τώ | -τούς | -τᾱ́ς | -τᾰ́ | ||||
| Vocative | -τέ | -τή | -τόν | -τώ | -τᾱ́ | -τώ | -τοί | -ταί | -τᾰ́ | ||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||||||
| -τῶς | -τώτερος | -τώτᾰτος | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Declension of -τος; -τον perfect passive, denominative adjective
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | |||||||
| Nominative | -τος | -τον | -τω | -τω | -τοι | -τᾰ | |||||||
| Genitive | -του | -του | -τοιν | -τοιν | -των | -των | |||||||
| Dative | -τῳ | -τῳ | -τοιν | -τοιν | -τοις | -τοις | |||||||
| Accusative | -τον | -τον | -τω | -τω | -τους | -τᾰ | |||||||
| Vocative | -τε | -τον | -τω | -τω | -τοι | -τᾰ | |||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||||||
| -τως | -τώτερος | -τώτᾰτος | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Ancient_Greek_words_suffixed_with_-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82'>Ancient Greek words suffixed with -τος</a>
Descendants
- Greek: -τος (-tos)
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, §§ 425 b (2) D: on use for verbal adjectives
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -τος (-tos), from Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Suffix
-τος • (-tos)
- Creates verbal adjectives.
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Greek_words_suffixed_with_-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82'>Greek words suffixed with -τος</a>