-ιανός
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek -ιανός (-ianós), borrowed from Latin -iānus, from -anus, usually in the plural. Examples: Χριστιανός (Khristianós, “Christian”), πραιτωριανοί (praitōrianoí, “soldiers of the praetorian guard”), Ἀσιανός (Asianós, “Asiatic”).[1] The form -ανός (-anós), from Mediaeval Greek, when the stem already ends with ...ι-.
For adjectives denoting creator, a learned borrowing from French -ien, or other European languages (English, German, New Latin).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ιανός • (-ianós) m (feminine -ιανή, neuter -ιανό)
- (as adjective suffix) it denotes
- demonyms
- Αμοργός f (Amorgós) + -ιανός (-ianós) → αμοργιανός (amorgianós, “from Amorgos”)
- a characteristic or property
- reference to time or place
- μεσημέρ(ι) n (mesimér(i)) + -ιανός (-ianós) → μεσημεριανός (mesimerianós, “of midday”)
- a creation of the person as at the prototype word, or referring to this person
- Ελισάβετ (Elisávet) + -ιανός (-ianós) → ελισαβετιανός (elisavetianós, “Elizabethan, referring to Elizabeth I”)
- German Kant + -ιανός (-ianós) → καντιανός (kantianós, “Kantian, referring to Immanuel Kant”)
- demonyms
- also substantivised masculine or feminine
- demonyms and surnames from these nouns
- Αμερική f (Amerikí) + -ιανός (-ianós) → Αμερικανός (Amerikanós, “American man”) compare to Αμερικάνος (Amerikános)
- Αμοργός f (Amorgós) + -ιανός (-ianós) → Αμοργιανός (Amorgianós, “man from Amorgos”)
- adjectives for characteristics or properties
- Χριστός (Christós) + -ιανός (-ianós) → χριστιανός m (christianós, “Christian”)
- Χριστός (Christós) + -ιανός (-ianós) → χριστιανή f (christianí, “Christian”)
- demonyms and surnames from these nouns
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -ιανός (-ianós) | -ιανή (-ianí) | -ιανό (-ianó) | -ιανοί (-ianoí) | -ιανές (-ianés) | -ιανά (-ianá) | |
| genitive | -ιανού (-ianoú) | -ιανής (-ianís) | -ιανού (-ianoú) | -ιανών (-ianón) | -ιανών (-ianón) | -ιανών (-ianón) | |
| accusative | -ιανό (-ianó) | -ιανή (-ianí) | -ιανό (-ianó) | -ιανούς (-ianoús) | -ιανές (-ianés) | -ιανά (-ianá) | |
| vocative | -ιανέ (-iané) | -ιανή (-ianí) | -ιανό (-ianó) | -ιανοί (-ianoí) | -ιανές (-ianés) | -ιανά (-ianá) | |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- -ανός (-anós) / -ιανός (-ianós) (polite or more formal)
- -άνος (-ános) / -ιάνος (-iános) (more colloquial or familiar)
References
[edit]- ^ -ιανός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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