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-ιανός
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-ιάνος Ιανός Ἰανός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
grc -ᾱνός when attached to a stem ending in grc ι, e.g. grc Ἀσιᾱνός from grc Ἀσίᾱ. Rare until the Roman era, when it functioned essentially as a borrowing from the (far more productive) grc la -iānus.
Pronunciation
-ῐᾱνός
Suffix
-ῐᾱνός -ῐᾱνή -ῐᾱνόν
used to form relational adjectives, especially from proper nouns
Derived terms
grc
Descendants
el -ιανός
Greek
Etymology
Learnedly, from Hellenistic el grc-koi -ιανός, borrowed from el la -ianus -iānus, from la -anus, usually in the plural. Examples: grc Χριστιανός Christian, grc πραιτωριανοί soldiers of the praetorian guard, grc Ἀσιανός Asiatic."-ιανός" -ιανός The form el -ανός, from Mediaeval Greek, when the stem already ends with el ...ι-.
For adjectives denoting creator, a el fr -ien 1, or other European languages (English, German, New Latin).
Pronunciation
el /i.aˈnos/
el -ι α νός
Suffix
m -ιανή -ιανό
el as adjective suffix it denotes
demonyms
el Αμοργός αμοργιανός f from Amorgos
a characteristic or property
reference to time or place
el μεσημέρι μεσημέρ(ι) μεσημεριανός n of midday
a creation of the person as at the prototype word, or referring to this person
el Ελισάβετ ελισαβετιανός Elizabethan, referring to Elizabeth I
el de:Kant καντιανός Kantian, referring to Immanuel Kant
also substantivised masculine or feminine
demonyms and surnames from these nouns
el Αμερική Αμερικανός f American man compare to el Αμερικάνος
el Αμοργός Αμοργιανός f man from Amorgos
adjectives for characteristics or properties
el Χριστός χριστιανός m Christian
el Χριστός χριστιανή f Christian
Declension
-ιαν ός-ή-ό 1
Derived terms
el
Related terms
el -ανός / el -ιανός polite or more formal
el -άνος / el -ιάνος more colloquial or familiar
References