-μός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-mos or *-mós.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mós/ → /mos/ → /mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mos/

Suffix

-μός • (-mós) m (genitive -μοῦ); second declension

1. Forms abstract nouns.

   ὁρίζω (horízō, “make boundaries, divide”) → ὁρισμός (horismós, “marking out by boundaries”)

Declension

Second declension of -μός; -μοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-μός -mós	-μώ -mṓ	-μοί -moí
Genitive	-μοῦ -moû	-μοῖν -moîn	-μῶν -môn
Dative	-μῷ -môi	-μοῖν -moîn	-μοῖς -moîs
Accusative	-μόν -món	-μώ -mṓ	-μούς -moús
Vocative	-μέ -mé	-μώ -mṓ	-μοί -moí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• -ῐσμός (-ismós)

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μός