-ινος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• -ῖνος (-înos)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos. Cognate with Latin -īnus and Proto-Germanic *-īnaz.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.nos/ → /i.nos/ → /i.nos/

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

Suffix

-ῐνος • (-inos) m (feminine -ῐ́νη, neuter -ῐνον); first/second declension

1. Added to nouns or adverbs to form adjectives relating to material, time, and so on: made of, during the time of
2. (with long ῑ) Forms adjectives of place: -ine
   • Βυζαντῖνος (Buzantînos, “Byzantine”)

Inflection

First and second declension of -ῐνος; -ῐνη; -ῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		-ῐνος -inos	-ῐνη -inē	-ῐνον -inon		-ῐνω -inō	-ῐνᾱ -inā	-ῐνω -inō		-ῐνοι -inoi	-ῐναι -inai	-ῐνᾰ -ina
Genitive		-ῐνου -inou	-ῐνης -inēs	-ῐνου -inou		-ῐνοιν -inoin	-ῐναιν -inain	-ῐνοιν -inoin		-ῐνων -inōn	-ῐνων -inōn	-ῐνων -inōn
Dative		-ῐνῳ -inōi	-ῐνῃ -inēi	-ῐνῳ -inōi		-ῐνοιν -inoin	-ῐναιν -inain	-ῐνοιν -inoin		-ῐνοις -inois	-ῐναις -inais	-ῐνοις -inois
Accusative		-ῐνον -inon	-ῐνην -inēn	-ῐνον -inon		-ῐνω -inō	-ῐνᾱ -inā	-ῐνω -inō		-ῐνους -inous	-ῐνᾱς -inās	-ῐνᾰ -ina
Vocative		-ῐνε -ine	-ῐνη -inē	-ῐνον -inon		-ῐνω -inō	-ῐνᾱ -inā	-ῐνω -inō		-ῐνοι -inoi	-ῐναι -inai	-ῐνᾰ -ina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		-ῐνως -inōs				-ῐνώτερος -inṓteros				-ῐνώτᾰτος -inṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ινος

See also

• -ηνός (-ēnós)

References

• “-ινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 844