-οις

See also: ὄις, ὄϊς, οἶς, and οἷς

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• -οισι (-oisi), -οισιν (-oisin) — Epic, Aeolic, Ionic, Old Attic, Tragic

Suffix

-οις • (-ois) (Attic, Doric)

1. Dative plural of second-declension nouns and adjectives
2. Masculine dative plural of first- and second-declension adjectives

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• -ῶν (-ôn) — Epic, Ionic, Attic

Suffix

-οις • (-ois) (Aeolic)

1. nominative masculine singular of present and future active participles from contracted verbs in -όω (-óō)