"-ου" meaning in Ancient Greek

See -ου in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -ou [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *-ohyo from the Proto-Indo-European thematic genitive Proto-Indo-European *-osyo. Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*-ohyo}} Proto-Hellenic *-ohyo, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*-os|*-osyo}} Proto-Indo-European *-osyo Head templates: {{head|grc|suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes}} -ου • (-ou), {{term-label|grc|Attic|Ionic|Epic|Doric}} (Attic, Ionic, Epic, Doric)
  1. Genitive singular of second-declension nouns and adjectives Tags: Attic, Doric, Epic, Ionic, form-of, genitive, morpheme, singular Form of: second-declension nouns and adjectives
    Sense id: en--ου-grc-suffix-2AnHc-M~ Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Attic Greek, Doric Greek, Epic Greek, Ionic Greek, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 62 38 Disambiguation of Doric Greek: 82 18 Disambiguation of Epic Greek: 76 24 Disambiguation of Ionic Greek: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
  2. Masculine and neuter genitive singular of first- and second-declension adjectives Tags: Attic, Doric, Epic, Ionic, form-of, genitive, masculine, morpheme, neuter, singular Form of: first- and second-declension adjectives
    Sense id: en--ου-grc-suffix-dsPIEmkU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -οιο (-oio), -οο (-oo) [Epic], (-ō) [Aeolic], Doric
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    {
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    },
    {
      "roman": "-ō",
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