-ίας

See also: -ιάς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• -ῐ́ης (-ĭ́ēs) — Ionic, Epic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /í.aːs/ → /ˈi.as/ → /ˈi.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.as/

Suffix

-ῐ́ᾱς • (-ĭ́ās) m (genitive -ῐ́ου); first declension

1. Suffix added to words to form a male name.

Declension

First declension of -ῐ́ᾱς; -ῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	-ῐ́ᾱς -ĭ́ās
Genitive	-ῐ́ου -ĭ́ou
Dative	-ῐ́ᾳ -ĭ́āi
Accusative	-ῐ́ᾱν -ĭ́ān
Vocative	-ῐ́ᾱ -ĭ́ā
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 -ίας

ἀκανθίας

ἀνθίας

Ἀρχίας

αὐλωπίας

γαλαξίας

Γοργίας

δρακοντίας

ἐγκρυφίας

ἐκτομίας

θρανίας

ἰξίας

Ἱππίας

Κλεινίας

κοχλίας

Κριτίας

Κτησίας

κυπαρισσίας

Λυσίας

Νικίας

Ξανθίας

Ξενίας

ξιφίας

πυρρίας

Σφοδρίας

Σωσίας

ταμίας

Τελευτίας

ὑποσπαδίας

Φειδίας

χαρακίας

References

• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 859.6