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Proto-Indo-European
Alternate Reconstructions
Etymology
From *(é)-os-s from *(é)-os (neuter s-stem) + *-s (non-neuter nominative), with simplification of the geminate consonant /s/ and compensatory lengthening.
Suffix
*(é)-ōs m or f
- Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
Inflection
| Athematic, amphikinetic
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singular
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| nominative
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*(é)-ōs
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| genitive
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*(Ø)-sés
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*(é)-ōs
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*(é)-osh₁(e)
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*(é)-oses
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| vocative
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*(é)-os
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*(é)-osh₁(e)
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*(é)-oses
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| accusative
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*(é)-osm̥
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*(é)-osh₁(e)
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*(é)-osm̥s
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| genitive
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*(Ø)-sés
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*?
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*(Ø)-sóHom
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| ablative
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*(Ø)-sés
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*?
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*(Ø)-smós
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| dative
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*(Ø)-séy
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*?
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*(Ø)-smós
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| locative
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*(Ø)-és, *(Ø)-ési
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*?
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*(Ø)-sú
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| instrumental
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*(Ø)-séh₁
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*?
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*(Ø)-smís
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Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Hellenic:
- Proto-Italic: *-ōs
References
- ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 309
