-νος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- -νός (-nós)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-nós.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /nos/
Suffix
-νος • (-nos) m (feminine -νη, neuter -νον); first/second declension
- Added to roots or words to forms adjectives or nouns; often accented on ultima
Declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | -νος -nos |
-νη -nē |
-νον -non |
-νω -nō |
-νᾱ -nā |
-νω -nō |
-νοι -noi |
-ναι -nai |
-νᾰ -na | |||||
Genitive | -νου -nou |
-νης -nēs |
-νου -nou |
-νοιν -noin |
-ναιν -nain |
-νοιν -noin |
-νων -nōn |
-νων -nōn |
-νων -nōn | |||||
Dative | -νῳ -nōi |
-νῃ -nēi |
-νῳ -nōi |
-νοιν -noin |
-ναιν -nain |
-νοιν -noin |
-νοις -nois |
-ναις -nais |
-νοις -nois | |||||
Accusative | -νον -non |
-νην -nēn |
-νον -non |
-νω -nō |
-νᾱ -nā |
-νω -nō |
-νους -nous |
-νᾱς -nās |
-νᾰ -na | |||||
Vocative | -νε -ne |
-νη -nē |
-νον -non |
-νω -nō |
-νᾱ -nā |
-νω -nō |
-νοι -noi |
-ναι -nai |
-νᾰ -na | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
-νως -nōs |
-νότερος -nóteros |
-νότᾰτος -nótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 1-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek suffixes
- Ancient Greek unaccented terms
- Ancient Greek adjective-forming suffixes
- Ancient Greek masculine suffixes