-ηνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

η-stem + -νός (-nós), later reanalyzed and used freely. Compare Latin -ānus

Pronunciation
 

Suffix

-ηνός • (-ēnós) m (feminine -ηνή, neuter -ηνόν); first/second declension

  1. Added to place name to form an adjective: -ian, -ese

Declension
First and second declension of -ηνός; -ηνή; -ηνόν (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter
Nominative -ηνός
-ēnós		 -ηνή
-ēnḗ		 -ηνόν
-ēnón		 -ηνώ
-ēnṓ		 -ηνᾱ́
-ēnā́		 -ηνώ
-ēnṓ		 -ηνοί
-ēnoí		 -ηναί
-ēnaí		 -ηνᾰ́
-ēná
Genitive -ηνοῦ
-ēnoû		 -ηνῆς
-ēnês		 -ηνοῦ
-ēnoû		 -ηνοῖν
-ēnoîn		 -ηναῖν
-ēnaîn		 -ηνοῖν
-ēnoîn		 -ηνῶν
-ēnôn		 -ηνῶν
-ēnôn		 -ηνῶν
-ēnôn
Dative -ηνῷ
-ēnôi		 -ηνῇ
-ēnêi		 -ηνῷ
-ēnôi		 -ηνοῖν
-ēnoîn		 -ηναῖν
-ēnaîn		 -ηνοῖν
-ēnoîn		 -ηνοῖς
-ēnoîs		 -ηναῖς
-ēnaîs		 -ηνοῖς
-ēnoîs
Accusative -ηνόν
-ēnón		 -ηνήν
-ēnḗn		 -ηνόν
-ēnón		 -ηνώ
-ēnṓ		 -ηνᾱ́
-ēnā́		 -ηνώ
-ēnṓ		 -ηνούς
-ēnoús		 -ηνᾱ́ς
-ēnā́s		 -ηνᾰ́
-ēná
Vocative -ηνέ
-ēné		 -ηνή
-ēnḗ		 -ηνόν
-ēnón		 -ηνώ
-ēnṓ		 -ηνᾱ́
-ēnā́		 -ηνώ
-ēnṓ		 -ηνοί
-ēnoí		 -ηναί
-ēnaí		 -ηνᾰ́
-ēná
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
-ηνῶς
-ēnôs		 -ηνότερος
-ēnóteros		 -ηνότᾰτος
-ēnótatos
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 -ηνός

Descendants
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: -en

References
  • Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 844
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