-ινος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

-ῖνος (-înos)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

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

Added to nouns or adverbs to form adjectives relating to material, time, and so on: made of, during the time of
(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
Derived forms	-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

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References

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

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