-ιανός

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See also: -ιάνος, Ιανός, and Ἰανός

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek -ιανός (-ianós), borrowed from Latin -iānus, from -anus, usually in the plural. Examples: Χριστιανός (Khristianós, “Christian”), πραιτωριανοί (praitōrianoí, “soldiers of the praetorian guard”), Ἀσιανός (Asianós, “Asiatic”).[1] The form -ανός (-anós), from Mediaeval Greek, when the stem already ends with ...ι-.
For adjectives denoting creator, a learned borrowing from French -ien, or other European languages (English, German, New Latin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.aˈnos/
  • Hyphenation: -ι‧α‧νός

Suffix

-ιανός • (-ianós) m (feminine -ιανή, neuter -ιανό)

  1. (as adjective suffix) it denotes
    1. demonyms
      ‎Αμοργός f (Amorgós) + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎αμοργιανός (amorgianós, “from Amorgos”)
    2. a characteristic or property
    3. reference to time or place
      ‎μεσημέρ(ι) n (mesimér(i)) + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎μεσημεριανός (mesimerianós, “of midday”)
    4. a creation of the person as at the prototype word, or referring to this person
      ‎Ελισάβετ (Elisávet) + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎ελισαβετιανός (elisavetianós, “Elizabethan, referring to Elizabeth I”)
      ‎Kant + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎καντιανός (kantianós, “Kantian, referring to Immanuel Kant”)
  2. also substantivised masculine or feminine
    1. demonyms and surnames from these nouns
      ‎Αμερική f (Amerikí) + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎Αμερικανός (Amerikanós, “American man”) compare to Αμερικάνος (Amerikános)
      ‎Αμοργός f (Amorgós) + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎Αμοργιανός (Amorgianós, “man from Amorgos”)
    2. adjectives for characteristics or properties
      ‎Χριστός (Christós) + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎χριστιανός m (christianós, “Christian”)
      ‎Χριστός (Christós) + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎χριστιανή f (christianí, “Christian”)

Declension

Declension of -ιανός
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative -ιανός (-ianós) -ιανή (-ianí) -ιανό (-ianó) -ιανοί (-ianoí) -ιανές (-ianés) -ιανά (-ianá)
genitive -ιανού (-ianoú) -ιανής (-ianís) -ιανού (-ianoú) -ιανών (-ianón) -ιανών (-ianón) -ιανών (-ianón)
accusative -ιανό (-ianó) -ιανή (-ianí) -ιανό (-ianó) -ιανούς (-ianoús) -ιανές (-ianés) -ιανά (-ianá)
vocative -ιανέ (-iané) -ιανή (-ianí) -ιανό (-ianó) -ιανοί (-ianoí) -ιανές (-ianés) -ιανά (-ianá)

Derived terms

Greek terms suffixed with -ιανός

References

  1. ^ -ιανός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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