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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Beekes states that this common adverbial suffix cannot be demonstrated to go back to the Proto-Indo-European era.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ως • (-ōs)
- Added to the stem of adjectives or pronouns to form adverbs
- ἄξιος (áxios, “worthy”) + -ως (-ōs) → ἀξίως (axíōs, “worthily”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Beekes, R. S. P. (1995), Comparative Indo-European linguistics: an introduction, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, p 218.
Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 341