-τος

Ancient Greek

adj-2nd

Definitions

Creates perfective passive verbal adjectives (usually accented recessively)
Forms adjectives from nouns (accented recessively)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-tós (deverbal adjective suffix).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*-tós

Gloss

deverbal adjective suffix

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-ιστος Ancient Greek
-κός Ancient Greek
-τικός Ancient Greek
*-tós Proto-Indo-European
的 Japanese
ऋतावन् Sanskrit
-τος Greek (modern)
απαρηγόρητος Greek (modern)
*-tos Proto-Italic
केले Marathi
𑀓𑀅 Maharastri Prakrit
𑀓𑀝 Ashokan Prakrit
𐬀𐬴𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 Avestan