-ίας

See also: -ιάς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• -ῐ́ης (-íēs) — Ionic, Epic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /í.aːs/ → /ˈi.as/ → /ˈi.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.as/

Suffix

-ῐ́ᾱς • (-íās) m (genitive -ῐ́ου); first declension

1. Suffix added to words to form a male name.

Declension

First declension of -ῐ́ᾱς; -ῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	-ῐ́ᾱς -íās
Genitive	-ῐ́ου -íou
Dative	-ῐ́ᾳ -íāi
Accusative	-ῐ́ᾱν -íān
Vocative	-ῐ́ᾱ -íā
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 -ίας

References

• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 859.6