-ιμος

Ancient Greek

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-ῐμος • (-imos) m or f (neuter -ῐμον); second declension

Added to the stems of verbs or verbal nouns in -σις (-sis) to form an adjective of possibility or capability: -able, -ible, -like, -ed
‎δοκέω (dokéō, “seem good”) + ‎-ιμος (-imos) → ‎δόκιμος (dókimos, “approved”)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-ῐμος -imos	-ῐμον -imon	-ῐμω -imō	-ῐμω -imō	-ῐμοι -imoi	-ῐμᾰ -ima
Genitive	-ῐμου -imou	-ῐμου -imou	-ῐμοιν -imoin	-ῐμοιν -imoin	-ῐμων -imōn	-ῐμων -imōn
Dative	-ῐμῳ -imōi	-ῐμῳ -imōi	-ῐμοιν -imoin	-ῐμοιν -imoin	-ῐμοις -imois	-ῐμοις -imois
Accusative	-ῐμον -imon	-ῐμον -imon	-ῐμω -imō	-ῐμω -imō	-ῐμους -imous	-ῐμᾰ -ima
Vocative	-ῐμε -ime	-ῐμον -imon	-ῐμω -imō	-ῐμω -imō	-ῐμοι -imoi	-ῐμᾰ -ima
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	-ῐμως -imōs		-ῐμώτερος -imṓteros		-ῐμώτᾰτος -imṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 858.9

IPA^(key): /i.mos/

-ιμος • (-imos) m (feminine ιμη, neuter ιμο)

-able, -ible
‎φαγω- (fago-, “eat”) + ‎-ιμος (-imos) → ‎φαγώσιμος (fagósimos, “edible”)

Declension of -ιμος

number case \ gender	singular			plural
number case \ gender	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-ιμος •	-ιμη •	-ιμο •	-ιμοι •	-ιμες •	-ιμα •
genitive	-ιμου •	-ιμης •	-ιμου •	-ιμων •	-ιμων •	-ιμων •
accusative	-ιμο •	-ιμη •	-ιμο •	-ιμους •	-ιμες •	-ιμα •
vocative	-ιμε •	-ιμη •	-ιμο •	-ιμοι •	-ιμες •	-ιμα •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο -ιμος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο -ιμος, etc.)