-ακόσιοι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• -ᾱκάσιοι (-ākásioi) — Arcadocypriot
• -ᾱκάτιοι (-ākátioi) — Doric
• -ηκόσιοι (-ēkósioi) — Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *-kətio- (compare *hekətón), from Proto-Indo-European *-ḱm̥tiyo- or *-ḱm̥tiHo-, from *ḱm̥tóm (“hundred”). The preceding long ā as well as the o vocalism in Attic–Ionic are taken over from the tens, e.g. τριᾱ́κοντα (triā́konta, “thirty”).

Suffix

-ᾱκόσῐοι • (-ākósioi) m (feminine -ᾱκόσῐαι, neuter -ᾱκόσῐα); first/second declension

1. hundred

   ‎τρι- (tri-) + ‎-ακόσιοι (-akósioi) → ‎τριᾱκόσιοι (triākósioi)

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ακόσιοι