-ως
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- -ω (-ō)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɔːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /os/
Etymology 1
[edit]Beekes states that this common adverbial suffix cannot be demonstrated to go back to the Proto-Indo-European era.[1]
Suffix
[edit]-ως • (-ōs)
- Added to the stem of adjectives or pronouns to form adverbs
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *-ōs.
Suffix
[edit]-ως • (-ōs) m or f (genitive -οῦς); third declension
- (unproductive) Added to verbal roots to form a noun of result or an abstract noun of action.
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, R. S. P. (1995), Comparative Indo-European linguistics: an introduction, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, p 218.
Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 341
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