-πετής
See also: -πέτης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- -πέτης (-pétēs)
Etymology
From πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”), from πέτομαι (pétomai, “to fly”) and from πετᾰ́ννῡμῐ (petánnūmi, “to spread”), all from Proto-Indo-European *pet-; stem πετ- + -ής (-ḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /peˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /peˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /peˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /peˈtis/
Suffix
-πετής • (-petḗs) m or f (neuter -πετές); third declension
- Forms adjectives: one who falls from, where, or in the way the first combining form denotes
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | -πετής -petḗs |
-πετές -petés |
-πετεῖ -peteî |
-πετεῖ -peteî |
-πετεῖς -peteîs |
-πετῆ -petê | ||||||||
Genitive | -πετοῦς -petoûs |
-πετοῦς -petoûs |
-πετοῖν -petoîn |
-πετοῖν -petoîn |
-πετῶν -petôn |
-πετῶν -petôn | ||||||||
Dative | -πετεῖ -peteî |
-πετεῖ -peteî |
-πετοῖν -petoîn |
-πετοῖν -petoîn |
-πετέσῐ / -πετέσῐν -petési(n) |
-πετέσῐ / -πετέσῐν -petési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | -πετῆ -petê |
-πετές -petés |
-πετεῖ -peteî |
-πετεῖ -peteî |
-πετεῖς -peteîs |
-πετῆ -petê | ||||||||
Vocative | -πετές -petés |
-πετές -petés |
-πετεῖ -peteî |
-πετεῖ -peteî |
-πετεῖς -peteîs |
-πετῆ -petê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
-πετῶς -petôs |
-πετέστερος -petésteros |
-πετέστᾰτος -petéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -πετής
Examples:
- ἀεροπετής (aeropetḗs, “fallen from the sky”)
- διαπετής (diapetḗs, “unfolded, open”)
- δῐῑπετής (diīpetḗs, “fallen from Zeus, hovering in air”)
- Διοπετής (Diopetḗs, “that fell from Zeus”)
- δορῐπετής (doripetḗs, “fallen by the spear”)
- εὐπετής (eupetḗs, “falling well”)
- γηπετής (gēpetḗs, “fallen to earth”)
- γονῠπετής (gonupetḗs, “on bended knees”)
- κλῑνοπετής (klīnopetḗs, “bed-ridden”)
- οὐρᾰνοπετής (ouranopetḗs, “fallen from heaven”)
- πᾰλιμπετής (palimpetḗs, “falling back again, recurrent”)
- περιπετής (peripetḗs, “falling round”)
- προπετής (propetḗs, “falling forward; headlong, reckless”)
- ῠ̔περπετής (huperpetḗs, “flying over, high-flying”)
- ὑψῐπετής (hupsipetḗs, “lofty, fallen from heaven”)
- χᾰμαιπετής (khamaipetḗs, “falling to the ground, grovelling”)
- see more -πετής [1]
- see both -πετής and -πέτης (-pétēs) [2]
Descendants
Greek: -πετής (-petís)
See also
- πετάω (petáō)
References
- see more -πετής at Greek Dictionary Headword www.perseus.tufts.edu retr:2018.05.18.
- see both -πετής and -πέτης (-pétēs) at Greek Dictionary Headword www.perseus.tufts.edu retr:2018.05.18.
Greek
Alternative forms
- -πέτης (-pétis)
Etymology
In ancient words suffixed with Ancient Greek -πετής (-petḗs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈtis/
- Hyphenation: -πε‧τής
Suffix
-πετής • (-petís) (feminine -πετής, neuter -πετές)
- falling or flying at where the first combining form denotes; also used figuratively
Declension
Declension of -πετής
number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | -πετής • | -πετής • | -πετές • | -πετείς • | -πετείς • | -πετή • |
genitive | -πετούς • | -πετούς • | -πετούς • | -πετών • | -πετών • | -πετών • |
accusative | -πετή • | -πετή • | -πετές • | -πετείς • | -πετείς • | -πετή • |
vocative | -πετή • / -πετής • | -πετής • | -πετές • | -πετείς • | -πετείς • | -πετή • |
notes | vocative masculine as in the accusative (rarely, in some grammars as in the nominative).
For Katharevousa, as in neuter nominative (cf. inflection in Ancient Greek). |
Derived terms
Greek terms suffixed with -πετής
See also
- -πέτης (-pétis)
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