-αῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From -ιος (-ios) contracted with a preceding α.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /âi̯.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.os/

Suffix

-αῖος • (-aîos) m (feminine -αίᾱ, neuter -αῖον); first/second declension

Suffix added to nouns or adjectives, forming adjectives: pertaining to, belonging to ("of").

Inflection

First and second declension of -αῖος; -αίᾱ; -αῖον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-αῖος -aîos	-αίᾱ -aíā	-αῖον -aîon	-αίω -aíō	-αίᾱ -aíā	-αίω -aíō	-αῖοι -aîoi	-αῖαι -aîai	-αῖᾰ -aîa
Genitive	-αίου -aíou	-αίᾱς -aíās	-αίου -aíou	-αίοιν -aíoin	-αίαιν -aíain	-αίοιν -aíoin	-αίων -aíōn	-αίων -aíōn	-αίων -aíōn
Dative	-αίῳ -aíōi	-αίᾳ -aíāi	-αίῳ -aíōi	-αίοιν -aíoin	-αίαιν -aíain	-αίοιν -aíoin	-αίοις -aíois	-αίαις -aíais	-αίοις -aíois
Accusative	-αῖον -aîon	-αίᾱν -aíān	-αῖον -aîon	-αίω -aíō	-αίᾱ -aíā	-αίω -aíō	-αίους -aíous	-αίᾱς -aíās	-αῖᾰ -aîa
Vocative	-αῖε -aîe	-αίᾱ -aíā	-αῖον -aîon	-αίω -aíō	-αίᾱ -aíā	-αίω -aíō	-αῖοι -aîoi	-αῖαι -aîai	-αῖᾰ -aîa
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	-αίως -aíōs			-αιότερος -aióteros			-αιότᾰτος -aiótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of -αῖος; -αίη; -αῖον (Epic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-αῖος -aîos	-αίη -aíē	-αῖον -aîon	-αίω -aíō	-αίᾱ -aíā	-αίω -aíō	-αῖοι -aîoi	-αῖαι -aîai	-αῖᾰ -aîa
Genitive	-αίου / -αιοῖο / -αίοιο / -αιόο / -αίοο -aíou / -aioîo / -aíoio / -aióo / -aíoo	-αίης -aíēs	-αίου / -αιοῖο / -αίοιο / -αιόο / -αίοο -aíou / -aioîo / -aíoio / -aióo / -aíoo	-αίοιῐν -aíoiin	-αίαιν / -αίαιῐν / -αίῃῐν -aíai(i)n / -aíēiin	-αίοιῐν -aíoiin	-αίων -aíōn	-αιᾱ́ων / -αιέ͜ων / -αιῶν -aiā́ōn / -aié͜ōn / -aiôn	-αίων -aíōn
Dative	-αίῳ -aíōi	-αίῃ -aíēi	-αίῳ -aíōi	-αίοιῐν -aíoiin	-αίαιν / -αίαιῐν / -αίῃῐν -aíai(i)n / -aíēiin	-αίοιῐν -aíoiin	-αίοισῐ / -αίοισῐν / -αίοις -aíoisi(n) / -aíois	-αίῃσῐ / -αίῃσῐν / -αίῃς / -αίαις -aíēisi(n) / -aíēis / -aíais	-αίοισῐ / -αίοισῐν / -αίοις -aíoisi(n) / -aíois
Accusative	-αῖον -aîon	-αίην -aíēn	-αῖον -aîon	-αίω -aíō	-αίᾱ -aíā	-αίω -aíō	-αίους -aíous	-αίᾱς -aíās	-αῖᾰ -aîa
Vocative	-αῖε -aîe	-αίη -aíē	-αῖον -aîon	-αίω -aíō	-αίᾱ -aíā	-αίω -aíō	-αῖοι -aîoi	-αῖαι -aîai	-αῖᾰ -aîa
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	-αίως -aíōs			-αιότερος -aióteros			-αιότᾰτος -aiótatos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -αῖος

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