-κός

See also: κος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos. Cognate with Latin -cus, Proto-Germanic *-gaz, Sanskrit -शस् (-śas) and Old Church Slavonic -ъkъ (-ŭkŭ).

PIE *-ko- on noun stems carried the meaning 'characteristic of, like, typical, pertaining to', and on adjectival stems it acted emphatically.

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

-κός • (-kós) m (feminine -κή, neuter -κόν); first/second declension

forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to', 'in the manner of'

Note: This suffix survives in inherited forms and became productive through its derivations (cf. infra) by metanalysis.

Inflection

First and second declension of -κός; -κή; -κόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-κός -kós	-κή -kḗ	-κόν -kón	-κώ -kṓ	-κᾱ́ -kā́	-κώ -kṓ	-κοί -koí	-καί -kaí	-κᾰ́ -ká
Genitive	-κοῦ -koû	-κῆς -kês	-κοῦ -koû	-κοῖν -koîn	-καῖν -kaîn	-κοῖν -koîn	-κῶν -kôn	-κῶν -kôn	-κῶν -kôn
Dative	-κῷ -kôi	-κῇ -kêi	-κῷ -kôi	-κοῖν -koîn	-καῖν -kaîn	-κοῖν -koîn	-κοῖς -koîs	-καῖς -kaîs	-κοῖς -koîs
Accusative	-κόν -kón	-κήν -kḗn	-κόν -kón	-κώ -kṓ	-κᾱ́ -kā́	-κώ -kṓ	-κούς -koús	-κᾱ́ς -kā́s	-κᾰ́ -ká
Vocative	-κέ -ké	-κή -kḗ	-κόν -kón	-κώ -kṓ	-κᾱ́ -kā́	-κώ -kṓ	-κοί -koí	-καί -kaí	-κᾰ́ -ká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	-κῶς -kôs			-κότερος -kóteros			-κότᾰτος -kótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

-ακός (-akós)
-ικός (-ikós)

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