-της

See also: της, τῆς, and -τής

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *-tāts, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts. Cognate with Sanskrit -ताति (-tāti), and Latin -tās, from which English -ity.

Alternative forms

Suffix

-της • (-tēs) f (genitive -τητος); third declension (Attic)

  1. Forms nouns representing a state of being
Declension
Third declension of -της; -τητος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative -της
-tēs		 -τητε
-tēte		 -τητες
-tētes
Genitive -τητος
-tētos		 -τητοιν
-tētoin		 -τητων
-tētōn
Dative -τητῐ
-tēti		 -τητοιν
-tētoin		 -τησῐ / -τησῐν
-tēsi(n)
Accusative -τητᾰ
-tēta		 -τητε
-tēte		 -τητᾰς
-tētas
Vocative -της
-tēs		 -τητε
-tēte		 -τητες
-tētes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (abstract noun)

References
  • Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 840

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hellenic *-tās (whence also Mycenaean Greek 𐀑𐀴𐀲 (ki-ti-ta /⁠ktitā(s)⁠/, κτίτης)), probably a masculine formation from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ (perhaps still seen in Latin Monēta), feminine of *-tós. Originally used in adjectival compounds, the suffix's narrowing to agentivity may be by analogy to -τήρ (-tḗr) and -τωρ (-tōr).[1] Compare Latin poeta from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs), and Latin agricola from Latin -a.

Alternative forms

Suffix

-της • (-tēs) m (genitive -του); first declension

  1. Added to noun stems to form masculine nouns of the person concerned with a thing
  2. Added to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns: -er
  3. Added to place names to form masculine demonyms: -ian
Declension
First declension of -της; -του (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative -της
-tēs		 -τᾱ
-tā		 -ται
-tai
Genitive -του
-tou		 -ταιν
-tain		 -τῶν
-tôn
Dative -τῃ
-tēi		 -ταιν
-tain		 -ταις
-tais
Accusative -την
-tēn		 -τᾱ
-tā		 -τᾱς
-tās
Vocative -τᾰ
-ta		 -τᾱ
-tā		 -ται
-tai
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 -της (agent noun)
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (demonym)
Descendants
  • Latin: -tēs

References
  1. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 267
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