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-τερος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-teros.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /te.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /te.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /te.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /te.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /te.ros/
Suffix
-τερος • (-teros) m (feminine -τέρᾱ, neuter -τερον); first/second declension
- Used on adjectives that express some notion of contrast with an antonym
- Added to adjective stems to form comparative forms
Declension
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Derived terms
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 313
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