-ιστος

See also: ιστός and ἱστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European suffix used to form superlative adjectives; corresponding to English -est, Sanskrit -इष्ठ (-iṣṭha), Avestan -𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀‎ (-išta).

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

-ῐστος • (-istos) m (feminine -ῐ́στη, neuter -ῐστον); first/second declension

Added to some adjectives to form a superlative adjective

Inflection

First and second declension of -ῐστος; -ῐστη; -ῐστον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-ῐστος -istos	-ῐστη -istē	-ῐστον -iston	-ῐστω -istō	-ῐστᾱ -istā	-ῐστω -istō	-ῐστοι -istoi	-ῐσται -istai	-ῐστᾰ -ista
Genitive	-ῐστου -istou	-ῐστης -istēs	-ῐστου -istou	-ῐστοιν -istoin	-ῐσταιν -istain	-ῐστοιν -istoin	-ῐστων -istōn	-ῐστων -istōn	-ῐστων -istōn
Dative	-ῐστῳ -istōi	-ῐστῃ -istēi	-ῐστῳ -istōi	-ῐστοιν -istoin	-ῐσταιν -istain	-ῐστοιν -istoin	-ῐστοις -istois	-ῐσταις -istais	-ῐστοις -istois
Accusative	-ῐστον -iston	-ῐστην -istēn	-ῐστον -iston	-ῐστω -istō	-ῐστᾱ -istā	-ῐστω -istō	-ῐστους -istous	-ῐστᾱς -istās	-ῐστᾰ -ista
Vocative	-ῐστε -iste	-ῐστη -istē	-ῐστον -iston	-ῐστω -istō	-ῐστᾱ -istā	-ῐστω -istō	-ῐστοι -istoi	-ῐσται -istai	-ῐστᾰ -ista
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	-ιστα -ista			—			—
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

-ῐστᾰ (-ista)

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References

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 318

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