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Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi.o/
- Hyphenation: -εί‧ο
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon). Often found already in ancient words, or used to create new modern terms.
Suffix
-είο • (-eío) n
- denotes a relationship with a place, building, etc
- added to the stem of a noun
- Synonym: (colloquial or demotic) -ειό (-eió)
- ιατρός (iatrós, “doctor”) + -είο (-eío) → ιατρείο (iatreío, “doctor's surgery”)
- νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”) + τάφος (táfos, “grave”) + -είο (-eío) → νεκροταφείο (nekrotafeío, “cemetery”)
- έλαιο (élaio, “oil”) + τρίβω (trívo, “to grind”) + -είο (-eío) → ελαιοτριβείο (elaiotriveío, “olive press”)
- άρτος (ártos, “bread”) + πωλώ (poló, “to sell”) + -είο (-eío) → αρτοπωλείο (artopoleío, “bread shop”)
- added to the stem of a verb
- κυβερν(άω, -ώ) (kyvern(áo, -ó), “govern”) + -είο (-eío) → κυβερνείο (kyverneío, “government house”)
- (by extension) the service based in this building
Declension
Declension of -είο
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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-είο •
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-εία •
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| genitive
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-είου •
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-είων •
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| accusative
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-είο •
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-εία •
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| vocative
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-είο •
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-εία •
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Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Inflection form of -είος (-eíos).
Suffix
-είο • (-eío) m
- Accusative singular form of -είoς (-eíos).
Further reading
- “-είο”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998