-ος

See also: ὅς

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *-os.

Suffix

-ος (-os) m (genitive -ου); second declension

  1. Added to verbal roots to form an o-grade action noun.
Usage notes

The accent is on the root.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *-os.

Suffix

-ος (-os) n (genitive -εος or -ους); third declension

  1. Added to verbal roots to form a noun of result or an abstract noun of action.
    1. Added to the zero-grade.
      ἔπᾰθον (épathon, I experienced, aorist) + -ος (-os)πᾰ́θος (páthos, experience, emotion)
    2. Added to the e-grade.
      μείρομαι (meíromai, to receive as one's portion) + -ος (-os)μέρος (méros, part)

Etymology 3

Suffix

-ος (-os)

  1. Nominative singular of masculine and feminine second-declension nouns
    ἄνθρωπος m or f (ánthrōpos, person)
  2. Masculine nominative singular of first- and second-declension adjectives
    ἄλλος m (állos, other)
  3. Masculine and feminine nominative singular of second-declension adjectives
    ἄδικος m or f (ádikos, unjust)
  4. Nominative, accusative, and vocative singular of some neuter third-declension nouns
    γένος n (génos, kind)
  5. Genitive singular of consonant-stem or uncontracted third-declension nouns
    ὀνόματος n (onómatos, of a name)
  6. Genitive singular of consonant-stem or uncontracted third-declension masculine or neuter adjectives
    παντός m or n (pantós, of the whole of)
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