-εῖος

See also: -ειος and εἷος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology
  • Partially from a union of a stem vowel ε and -ιος (-ios), usually from stems in -εύς (-eús) (originally *-εϝ-, whence the Ionic diaeresis), and sometimes applied to other stems.
  • Partially from -εῖϝος, from Proto-Indo-European *-iHwós, an extended form of *-wós. Note the double Latin adoption -īvus (e.g. Argīvus) and -ēus (e.g. mūsēum). Cognate with Latin -īvus.

Pronunciation
 

Suffix

-εῖος • (-eîos) m (feminine -είᾱ, neuter -εῖον); first/second declension

  1. Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of" or "from".

Inflection
First and second declension of -εῖος; -είᾱ; -εῖον (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter
Nominative -εῖος
-eîos		 -είᾱ
-eíā		 -εῖον
-eîon		 -είω
-eíō		 -είᾱ
-eíā		 -είω
-eíō		 -εῖοι
-eîoi		 -εῖαι
-eîai		 -εῖᾰ
-eîa
Genitive -είου
-eíou		 -είᾱς
-eíās		 -είου
-eíou		 -είοιν
-eíoin		 -είαιν
-eíain		 -είοιν
-eíoin		 -είων
-eíōn		 -είων
-eíōn		 -είων
-eíōn
Dative -είῳ
-eíōi		 -είᾳ
-eíāi		 -είῳ
-eíōi		 -είοιν
-eíoin		 -είαιν
-eíain		 -είοιν
-eíoin		 -είοις
-eíois		 -είαις
-eíais		 -είοις
-eíois
Accusative -εῖον
-eîon		 -είᾱν
-eíān		 -εῖον
-eîon		 -είω
-eíō		 -είᾱ
-eíā		 -είω
-eíō		 -είους
-eíous		 -είᾱς
-eíās		 -εῖᾰ
-eîa
Vocative -εῖε
-eîe		 -είᾱ
-eíā		 -εῖον
-eîon		 -είω
-eíō		 -είᾱ
-eíā		 -είω
-eíō		 -εῖοι
-eîoi		 -εῖαι
-eîai		 -εῖᾰ
-eîa
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
-είως
-eíōs		 -ειότερος
-eióteros		 -ειότᾰτος
-eiótatos
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -εῖος

Descendants
  • → Latin: -ēus
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