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-εις

-εις

See also: εις, εἰς, εἷς, and εἰσ-

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • -ϝεις (-weis)

Suffix

-εις (-eis) m -εσσᾰ f, -εν n; first/third declension

  1. -ful

Inflection

Words taking this suffix have paroxytone accent, thus χᾰρῐ́εν (kharíen), not **χᾰ́ρῐεν.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Ancient_Greek_words_suffixed_with_-%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82'>Ancient Greek words suffixed with -εις</a>

References

  • Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 858.3