-ώς

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See also: ως, -ως, ὡς, and ὥς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-wōs.

Suffix

-ώς • (-ṓs) m (feminine -υῖᾰ, neuter -ός); first/third declension

  1. perfect active participle ending
    ‎τέθηκ- (téthēk-, perfect stem of τίθημι (títhēmi)) + ‎-ώς (-ṓs) → ‎τεθηκώς (tethēkṓs)
    ‎λέλυκ- (léluk-, perfect stem of λύω (lúō)) + ‎-ώς (-ṓs) → ‎λελυκώς (lelukṓs)
    ‎γέγραφ- (gégraph-, perfect stem of γράφω (gráphō)) + ‎-ώς (-ṓs) → ‎γεγραφώς (gegraphṓs)
    ‎εἴληφ- (eílēph-, perfect stem of λαμβάνω (lambánō)) + ‎-ώς (-ṓs) → ‎εἰληφώς (eilēphṓs)

Inflection

First and third declension of -ώς; -υῖᾰ; -ός (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative -ώς
-ṓs 		-υῖᾰ
-uîă 		-ός
-ós 		-ότε
-óte 		-υίᾱ
-uíā 		-ότε
-óte 		-ότες
-ótes 		-υῖαι
-uîai 		-ότᾰ
-ótă
Genitive -ότος
-ótos 		-υίᾱς
-uíās 		-ότος
-ótos 		-ότοιν
-ótoin 		-υίαιν
-uíain 		-ότοιν
-ótoin 		-ότων
-ótōn 		-υιῶν
-uiôn 		-ότων
-ótōn
Dative -ότῐ
-ótĭ 		-υίᾳ
-uíāi 		-ότῐ
-ótĭ 		-ότοιν
-ótoin 		-υίαιν
-uíain 		-ότοιν
-ótoin 		-όσῐ / -όσῐν
-ósĭ(n) 		-υίαις
-uíais 		-όσῐ / -όσῐν
-ósĭ(n)
Accusative -ότᾰ
-ótă 		-υῖᾰν
-uîăn 		-ός
-ós 		-ότε
-óte 		-υίᾱ
-uíā 		-ότε
-óte 		-ότᾰς
-ótăs 		-υίᾱς
-uíās 		-ότᾰ
-ótă
Vocative -ώς
-ṓs 		-υῖᾰ
-uîă 		-ός
-ós 		-ότε
-óte 		-υίᾱ
-uíā 		-ότε
-óte 		-ότες
-ótes 		-υῖαι
-uîai 		-ότᾰ
-ótă
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
-ότως
-ótōs 		— —
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.
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