-ιστος

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See also: ιστός and ἱστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-istHos, from *-yōs (elative suffix) +‎ *-tHós (adjectival suffix).[1][2] Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ištʰas, Proto-Germanic *-istaz.

Pronunciation

 

Suffix

-ῐστος • (-ĭstos) m (feminine -ῐ́στη, neuter -ῐστον); first/second declension[3]

  1. Added to some adjectives to form a superlative adjective

Inflection

First and second declension of -ῐστος; -ῐστη; -ῐστον (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative -ῐστος
-ĭstos 		-ῐστη
-ĭstē 		-ῐστον
-ĭston 		-ῐστω
-ĭstō 		-ῐστᾱ
-ĭstā 		-ῐστω
-ĭstō 		-ῐστοι
-ĭstoi 		-ῐσται
-ĭstai 		-ῐστᾰ
-ĭstă
Genitive -ῐστου
-ĭstou 		-ῐστης
-ĭstēs 		-ῐστου
-ĭstou 		-ῐστοιν
-ĭstoin 		-ῐσταιν
-ĭstain 		-ῐστοιν
-ĭstoin 		-ῐστων
-ĭstōn 		-ῐστων
-ĭstōn 		-ῐστων
-ĭstōn
Dative -ῐστῳ
-ĭstōi 		-ῐστῃ
-ĭstēi 		-ῐστῳ
-ĭstōi 		-ῐστοιν
-ĭstoin 		-ῐσταιν
-ĭstain 		-ῐστοιν
-ĭstoin 		-ῐστοις
-ĭstois 		-ῐσταις
-ĭstais 		-ῐστοις
-ĭstois
Accusative -ῐστον
-ĭston 		-ῐστην
-ĭstēn 		-ῐστον
-ĭston 		-ῐστω
-ĭstō 		-ῐστᾱ
-ĭstā 		-ῐστω
-ĭstō 		-ῐστους
-ĭstous 		-ῐστᾱς
-ĭstās 		-ῐστᾰ
-ĭstă
Vocative -ῐστε
-ĭste 		-ῐστη
-ĭstē 		-ῐστον
-ĭston 		-ῐστω
-ĭstō 		-ῐστᾱ
-ĭstā 		-ῐστω
-ĭstō 		-ῐστοι
-ĭstoi 		-ῐσται
-ĭstai 		-ῐστᾰ
-ĭstă
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
-ιστα
-ista 		— —
Notes:

Synonyms

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιστος
ἄγχιστος
βέλτιστος
ἐλάχιστος
ἥκιστος
κάκιστος
κράτιστος
κύδιστος
μέγιστος
πλεῖστος
πρέσβιστος
πρώτιστος
τάχιστος
φέριστος
χείριστος

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 221
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 284
  3. ^ Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 318
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