-άλιος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.li.os/ → /ˈa.li.os/ → /ˈa.li.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.li.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.os/

Suffix

-άλιος • (-álios) m (feminine -αλία, neuter -άλιον); first/second declension

1. a rare adjective-forming suffix

   ‎νήφω (nḗphō, “to be sober”) + ‎-άλιος (-álios) → ‎νηφάλιος (nēphálios, “sober, without wine”)

   ‎φυτόν (phutón, “plant”) + ‎-άλιος (-álios) → ‎φυτάλιος (phutálios, “fruit-bearing, nourishing”)

Declension

First and second declension of -ᾰ́λῐος; -ᾰλῐ́ᾱ; -ᾰ́λῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		-ᾰ́λῐος -álios	-ᾰλῐ́ᾱ -alíā	-ᾰ́λῐον -álion		-ᾰλῐ́ω -alíō	-ᾰλῐ́ᾱ -alíā	-ᾰλῐ́ω -alíō		-ᾰ́λῐοι -álioi	-ᾰ́λῐαι -áliai	-ᾰ́λῐᾰ -ália
Genitive		-ᾰλῐ́ου -alíou	-ᾰλῐ́ᾱς -alíās	-ᾰλῐ́ου -alíou		-ᾰλῐ́οιν -alíoin	-ᾰλῐ́αιν -alíain	-ᾰλῐ́οιν -alíoin		-ᾰλῐ́ων -alíōn	-ᾰλῐ́ων -alíōn	-ᾰλῐ́ων -alíōn
Dative		-ᾰλῐ́ῳ -alíōi	-ᾰλῐ́ᾳ -alíāi	-ᾰλῐ́ῳ -alíōi		-ᾰλῐ́οιν -alíoin	-ᾰλῐ́αιν -alíain	-ᾰλῐ́οιν -alíoin		-ᾰλῐ́οις -alíois	-ᾰλῐ́αις -alíais	-ᾰλῐ́οις -alíois
Accusative		-ᾰ́λῐον -álion	-ᾰλῐ́ᾱν -alíān	-ᾰ́λῐον -álion		-ᾰλῐ́ω -alíō	-ᾰλῐ́ᾱ -alíā	-ᾰλῐ́ω -alíō		-ᾰλῐ́ους -alíous	-ᾰλῐ́ᾱς -alíās	-ᾰ́λῐᾰ -ália
Vocative		-ᾰ́λῐε -álie	-ᾰλῐ́ᾱ -alíā	-ᾰ́λῐον -álion		-ᾰλῐ́ω -alíō	-ᾰλῐ́ᾱ -alíā	-ᾰλῐ́ω -alíō		-ᾰ́λῐοι -álioi	-ᾰ́λῐαι -áliai	-ᾰ́λῐᾰ -ália
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		-ᾰλῐ́ως -alíōs				-ᾰλῐώτερος -aliṓteros				-ᾰλῐώτᾰτος -aliṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -άλιος