-ις

See also: ἴς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

-τίς (-tís) – extended form

Etymology

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

-ῐς • (-is) f (genitive -ῐδος); third declension

Forms feminine nouns, or feminine forms of adjectives (often accented on the ultima)
- Ἕλλην > Ἑλληνίς
  Héllēn > Hellēnís
  Greek (man) > Greek woman

Declension

Third declension of -ῐς; -ῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ῐς -is	-ῐδε -ide	-ῐδες -ides
Genitive	-ῐδος -idos	-ῐδοιν -idoin	-ῐδων -idōn
Dative	-ῐδῐ -idi	-ῐδοιν -idoin	-ῐσῐ / -ῐσῐν -isi(n)
Accusative	-ῐδᾰ -ida	-ῐδε -ide	-ῐδᾰς -idas
Vocative	-ῐς -is	-ῐδε -ide	-ῐδες -ides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

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References

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 843.b.2

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