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-στός
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Rebracketed from ordinals like grc τεσσαρακοστός, from grc grk-pro *kʷetwərəkontstós 1 equivalent to grc τεσσαράκοντα -τός 1. The *tst (> st) results from the Indo-European double dental rule.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-στή -στόν
grc -τος, forming ordinal and fractional numerals
grc ἑκατόν ἑκατοστός a hundred hundredth
grc χίλιοι χιλιοστός thousand thousandth
Declension
-στός στή
grc terms suffixed with -τός