-τος

See also: τος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

-τός (-tós)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-tós.

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

-τος • (-tos) m or f (neuter -τον); second declension

Creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either active or passive (accented on the ultima, -τός)
- δύναμαι > δυνατός
  dúnamai > dunatós
  can > able (active), doable (passive)
- διαλῡ́ω > διαλυτός
  dialū́ō > dialutós
  dissolve > dissoluble
Creates perfective passive verbal adjectives (usually accented recessively)
- διαλῡ́ω > διάλυτος
  dialū́ō > diálutos
  dissolve > dissolved
Forms adjectives from nouns (accented recessively)
- δάκρυ > ἀ-δάκρυτος
  dákru > a-dákrutos
  tear > tearless

Declension

Second declension of -τος; -τον (perfect passive, denominative adjective, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-τος -tos	-τον -ton	-τω -tō	-τω -tō	-τοι -toi	-τᾰ -ta
Genitive	-του -tou	-του -tou	-τοιν -toin	-τοιν -toin	-των -tōn	-των -tōn
Dative	-τῳ -tōi	-τῳ -tōi	-τοιν -toin	-τοιν -toin	-τοις -tois	-τοις -tois
Accusative	-τον -ton	-τον -ton	-τω -tō	-τω -tō	-τους -tous	-τᾰ -ta
Vocative	-τε -te	-τον -ton	-τω -tō	-τω -tō	-τοι -toi	-τᾰ -ta
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	-τως -tōs		-τότερος -tóteros		-τότᾰτος -tótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

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Descendants

Greek: -τος (-tos)

References

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, §§ 425 b (2) D: on use for verbal adjectives

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -τος (-tos), from Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Suffix

-τος • (-tos)

Creates verbal adjectives.

Derived terms

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