-ιστί

Ancient Greek Etymology Adverbial form derived from grc -ῐ́ζω. Pronunciation -ῐστῐ́ Suffix -ῐστῐ́ appended to names of peoples to denote speaking in their language or dialect grc Ἀττῐκός ἀττῐκῐστῐ́ in the Attic dialect grc Δωρῐεύς δωρῐστῐ́ in the Doric dialect grc Λατῖνος λατῑνῐστῐ́ in the Latin language, in Latin grc Πέρσης περσῐστῐ́ in the Persian language, in Persian Derived terms grc Descendants el -ιστί Greek Etymology From el grc -ιστί, from verb ending el -ίζω. Pronunciation el /iˈsti/ Suffix el formal archaic Katharevousa added to a country adjective to make an adverb indicating use of that specific language: el Έλληνας Greek ελληνιστί in Greek el Γάλλος French γαλλιστί in French el Λατίνος Latin λατινιστί in Latin Derived terms el -ιστί