-εύς

ἐΰς Ancient Greek Etymology grc masculine nouns :inh grk-pro:*-eús grc grk-pro *-eús. Further etymology is uncertain. Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.xxxvii Alternatively, Olsen analyzes the suffix as a hypostatic ine-pro *u-stem formation based on an instrumental in ine-pro *-eh₁-, comparing lt -ius and xcl -ոյթ.Birgit Anette Olsen 2019 Indo-European syntax in disguise: The Greek type ἱππεύς and related formations Indogermanische Forschungen 124 279–303 10.1515/if-2019-0011 Pronunciation Suffix -έως m third Added to noun or adjective stems to form a relational noun or noun of quality relation Added to noun stems to form a masculine noun of the person concerned with the thing indicated grc ἅλς brine ἁλιεύς a seaman, a sailor, a fisherman Added to adjective stems to form a masculine noun of a person having the adjectival quality indicated grc ἄριστος the best ἀριστεύς the best man, the hero/champion, the chief/headman Added to the stem of a proper noun to form a demonym or genonym: -ian Added to the stem of a place name to form a demonym: -ian grc Νίκαια Nicaea Νικαεύς a Nicaean Added to the stem of an ancestor's name to form a genonym: -ian grc Δῶρος Dorus (a son of Hellen, progenitor of the Greeks) Δωρῐεύς a Dorian, a descendant of Dorus Added to verbal stems to form a masculine agent noun: -er, -or, -ent grc γίγνομαι to be born γονεύς a progenitor, an ancestor, a parent Inflection M-all -εύς -έως M-all -εύς -έως epi Synonyms person concerned grc -ειᾰ feminine, grc -ίς feminine, grc -της, grc -τίς feminine, grc -ττᾰ feminine, grc -σσᾰ feminine, grc -αινᾰ feminine agent noun grc -της, grc -τής, grc -τίς feminine, grc -τήρ, grc -τειρᾰ feminine, grc -τωρ, grc -τρός, grc -τρίᾱ feminine, grc -τρίς feminine demonym grc -ίς feminine, grc -της, grc -τίς feminine, grc -ῐος, grc -κός, grc -ῐκός, grc -ᾱνός relational grc -ηνός, grc -ῖνος Derived terms grc grc -εύω grc -εῖος grc -εῖον References Further reading 839.5, 843.a.1, 844.1