-ειν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *-ehen, from Proto-Indo-European *-esen, locative case of action noun. Similar to Latin -ere.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /in/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /in/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /in/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /in/

Suffix

infinitive forming suffix

References

https://brill.com/view/journals/ieul/5/1/article-p49_3.xml#d1746598e246

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