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-τός
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- -στός (-stós)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-tós. Related to -τος (-tos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tos/
Suffix
-τός • (-tós) m (feminine -τή, neuter -τόν); first/second declension
- creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either active or passive
- Forms ordinal and fractional numerals
- τεσσαράκοντα (tessarákonta, “forty”) + -τός (-tós) → τεσσαρακοστός (tessarakostós, “fortieth”)
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