-εινός

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *-eh-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *-es-, the oblique stem of the verbal noun suffix *-os + the adjectival suffix *-nós.

Pronunciation

 

Suffix

-εινός (-einósm (feminine -εινή, neuter -εινόν); first/second declension

  1. Usually added to neuter nouns in -ος (-os) to form an adjective
    κλέος (kléos, fame) + ‎-εινός (-einós) → ‎κλεινός (kleinós, famous)

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