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της τῆς -τής Ancient Greek Pronunciation της Etymology 1 grc state of being :inh ine-pro:*-teh₂ts<id:-ty> From grc grk-pro *-tāts, from grc ine-pro *-teh₂ts. Cognate with sa -ताति, and la -tās, from which en -ity. Alternative forms grc -τᾱς lyr aio dor Suffix -τητος f third grc att epi ion grc abstract noun forms abstract nouns denoting a quality or property (i.e. a “state of being”) e.g. grc ἰδιότης, grc χρηστότης, grc ἁπλότης (also grc αἰσχρότης) Declension -της -τητος F att -της -τητος F epi -της -τητος F ion Synonyms grc -ίᾰ, grc -ίᾱ, grc -σύνη, grc -άς, grc -ος neuter Derived terms grc abstract noun References 840 Etymology 2 grc person noun :der ine-pro:*-tós<id:verbal adjectives> From grc grk-pro *-tās (whence also Mycenaean Greek gmy 𐀑𐀴𐀲 ktitā(s) grc κτίτης -), probably a masculine formation from grc ine-pro *-teh₂ (perhaps still seen in Latin la Monēta), feminine of ine-pro *-tós. Originally used in adjectival compounds, the suffix's narrowing to agentivity may be by analogy to grc -τήρ and grc -τωρ.267 Compare la agricola from la -a agent noun. Alternative forms grc -τής agent noun grc -τᾱς Epic Aeolic Doric Suffix -του m first grc concerned with Added to noun stems to form masculine nouns of the person concerned with a thing grc agent noun Added to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns: -er grc demonym Added to place names to form masculine demonyms: -ian Declension -της -του Synonyms person concerned grc -τίς feminine, grc -εύς, grc -ειᾰ feminine, grc -ίς feminine, grc -ττᾰ feminine, grc -σσᾰ feminine, grc -αινᾰ feminine agent noun grc -τίς feminine, grc -τήρ, grc -τειρᾰ feminine, grc -τωρ, grc -τρός, grc -τρίᾱ feminine, grc -τρίς feminine demonym grc -τίς feminine, grc -ίς feminine, grc -ιος, grc -κός, grc -ικός, grc -ᾱνός relational grc -ηνός, grc -ῖνος Derived terms by reanalysis grc -ῑ́της by reanalysis grc -στης grc agent noun grc concerned with grc demonym Descendants la -tēs 1 References 839.1, 843.2, 844.2