-κός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *-kos, 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

     

    Suffix

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

    1. 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
    -κῶς
    -kôs     		-κότερος
    -kóteros     		-κότᾰτος
    -kótatos
    Notes:

    Derived terms

    Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -κός

    References

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