-ιστος

See also: ιστός and ἱστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-istHos, from *-yōs (elative suffix) +‎ *-tHós (adjectival suffix).[1][2] Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ištʰas, Proto-Germanic *-istaz.

Pronunciation
 

Suffix

-ῐστος • (-istos) m (feminine -ῐ́στη, neuter -ῐστον); first/second declension[3]

  1. Added to some adjectives to form a superlative adjective

Inflection
First and second declension of -ῐστος; -ῐστη; -ῐστον (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter
Nominative -ῐστος
-istos		 -ῐστη
-istē		 -ῐστον
-iston		 -ῐστω
-istō		 -ῐστᾱ
-istā		 -ῐστω
-istō		 -ῐστοι
-istoi		 -ῐσται
-istai		 -ῐστᾰ
-ista
Genitive -ῐστου
-istou		 -ῐστης
-istēs		 -ῐστου
-istou		 -ῐστοιν
-istoin		 -ῐσταιν
-istain		 -ῐστοιν
-istoin		 -ῐστων
-istōn		 -ῐστων
-istōn		 -ῐστων
-istōn
Dative -ῐστῳ
-istōi		 -ῐστῃ
-istēi		 -ῐστῳ
-istōi		 -ῐστοιν
-istoin		 -ῐσταιν
-istain		 -ῐστοιν
-istoin		 -ῐστοις
-istois		 -ῐσταις
-istais		 -ῐστοις
-istois
Accusative -ῐστον
-iston		 -ῐστην
-istēn		 -ῐστον
-iston		 -ῐστω
-istō		 -ῐστᾱ
-istā		 -ῐστω
-istō		 -ῐστους
-istous		 -ῐστᾱς
-istās		 -ῐστᾰ
-ista
Vocative -ῐστε
-iste		 -ῐστη
-istē		 -ῐστον
-iston		 -ῐστω
-istō		 -ῐστᾱ
-istā		 -ῐστω
-istō		 -ῐστοι
-istoi		 -ῐσται
-istai		 -ῐστᾰ
-ista
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
-ιστα
-ista		 — —
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιστος

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 221
  2. Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 284
  3. Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 318
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