-ω
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Ancient Greek -ω (-ō).
Suffix
[edit]-ω • (-o)
- ending of 1st person singular of active forms of verbs of the 1st Conjugation as well as other moods and tenses
- ending of adverbs
Etymology 2
[edit]From Byzantine Greek -ω (-ō) of feminine proper names, from the vocative of Slavic names taken as nominative, also applied to common feminine nouns.
Suffix
[edit]-ω • (-o)
- ending of colloquial hypocoristic femine names
- Μάρω ― Máro ― hypocoristic of Maria
- ending of vernacular derogatory feminine nouns deriving from nouns
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “-ω”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
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