"-ίτης" meaning in Ancient Greek

See -ίτης in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ǐː.tɛːs/, /ˈi.tis/, /ˈi.tis/, /ǐː.tɛːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈi.te̝s/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈi.tis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈi.tis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈi.tis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Back-formation from πολῑ́της (polī́tēs), from πόλις (pólis, “city”) + -της (-tēs). The ῑ from the stem of πόλις became part of the suffix: πολῑ́-της was reanalyzed as πολ-ῑ́της (pol-ī́tēs). Etymology templates: {{m|grc|πολῑ́της}} πολῑ́της (polī́tēs), {{suffix|grc|πόλις|της|id2=demonym|t1=city}} πόλις (pólis, “city”) + -της (-tēs), {{lang|grc|ῑ}} ῑ, {{lang|grc|πόλις}} πόλις, {{lang|grc|πολῑ́-της}} πολῑ́-της, {{rebracketing|grc||πολ-ῑ́της|notext=1}} πολ-ῑ́της (pol-ī́tēs) Head templates: {{grc-noun|-ῑ́της|-ῑ́του|m|first}} -ῑ́της • (-ī́tēs) m (genitive -ῑ́του); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|-ῑ́της|-ῑ́του}} Forms: -ῑ́της [canonical], -ī́tēs [romanization], -ῑ́του [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], -ῑ́της [nominative, singular], -ῑ́τᾱ [dual, nominative], -ῖται [nominative, plural], -ῑ́του [genitive, singular], -ῑ́ταιν [dual, genitive], -ῑτῶν [genitive, plural], -ῑ́τῃ [dative, singular], -ῑ́ταιν [dative, dual], -ῑ́ταις [dative, plural], -ῑ́την [accusative, singular], -ῑ́τᾱ [accusative, dual], -ῑ́τᾱς [accusative, plural], -ῖτᾰ [singular, vocative], -ῑ́τᾱ [dual, vocative], -ῖται [plural, vocative]
  1. Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected to, a member of; one from a particular place (demonym) Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Demonyms Synonyms: -ῖτις (-îtis) [feminine]

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