-εις

See also: εις, εἰς, εἷς, and εἰσ-

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

-ϝεις (-weis)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-wénts. See Latin -ōsus.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /is/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /is/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /is/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /is/

Suffix

-εις • (-eis) m (feminine -εσσᾰ, neuter -εν); first/third declension

-ful

Inflection

First and third declension of -εις; -εσσᾰ; -εν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-εις -eis	-εσσᾰ -essa	-εν -en	-εντε -ente	-εσσᾱ -essā	-εντε -ente	-εντες -entes	-εσσαι -essai	-εντᾰ -enta
Genitive	-εντος -entos	-εσσης -essēs	-εντος -entos	-εντοιν -entoin	-εσσαιν -essain	-εντοιν -entoin	-εντων -entōn	-εσσῶν -essôn	-εντων -entōn
Dative	-εντῐ -enti	-εσσῃ -essēi	-εντῐ -enti	-εντοιν -entoin	-εσσαιν -essain	-εντοιν -entoin	-εισῐ / -εισῐν -eisi(n)	-εσσαις -essais	-εισῐ / -εισῐν -eisi(n)
Accusative	-εντᾰ -enta	-εσσᾰν -essan	-εν -en	-εντε -ente	-εσσᾱ -essā	-εντε -ente	-εντᾰς -entas	-εσσᾱς -essās	-εντᾰ -enta
Vocative	-εν -en	-εσσᾰ -essa	-εν -en	-εντε -ente	-εσσᾱ -essā	-εντε -ente	-εντες -entes	-εσσαι -essai	-εντᾰ -enta
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	-εντως -entōs			-έστερος -ésteros			-έστᾰτος -éstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Words taking this suffix have paroxytone accent, thus χᾰρῐ́εν (kharíen), not **χᾰ́ρῐεν.

Derived terms

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References

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 858.3

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