-τύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-tus (suffix deriving action nouns from verb roots). Cognate with Latin -tus, as in habitus (“demeanor”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ty̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tis/
Suffix
-τῡ́ς • (-tū́s) m (genitive -τῠ́ος); third declension
- Suffix forming nouns of action
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840.4
Categories:
- 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 oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek noun-forming suffixes
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek masculine suffixes