"-τερος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See -τερος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /te.ros/, /te.ros/, /te.ros/, /te.ros/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /te.ros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /te.ros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /te.ros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /te.ros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *-teros. Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*-teros}} Proto-Indo-European *-teros Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|-τερος|ᾱ|comp=-|super=-}} Forms: -teros [romanization], -τέρᾱ [feminine], -τερον [neuter], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], -τερος [masculine, nominative, singular], -τερᾱ [feminine, nominative, singular], -τερον [neuter, nominative, singular], -τερω [dual, masculine, nominative], -τερᾱ [dual, feminine, nominative], -τερω [dual, neuter, nominative], -τεροι [masculine, nominative, plural], -τεραι [feminine, nominative, plural], -τερᾰ [neuter, nominative, plural], -τερου [genitive, masculine, singular], -τερᾱς [feminine, genitive, singular], -τερου [genitive, neuter, singular], -τεροιν [dual, genitive, masculine], -τεραιν [dual, feminine, genitive], -τεροιν [dual, genitive, neuter], -τερων [genitive, masculine, plural], -τερων [feminine, genitive, plural], -τερων [genitive, neuter, plural], -τερῳ [dative, masculine, singular], -τερᾳ [dative, feminine, singular], -τερῳ [dative, neuter, singular], -τεροιν [dative, dual, masculine], -τεραιν [dative, dual, feminine], -τεροιν [dative, dual, neuter], -τεροις [dative, masculine, plural], -τεραις [dative, feminine, plural], -τεροις [dative, neuter, plural], -τερον [accusative, masculine, singular], -τερᾱν [accusative, feminine, singular], -τερον [accusative, neuter, singular], -τερω [accusative, dual, masculine], -τερᾱ [accusative, dual, feminine], -τερω [accusative, dual, neuter], -τερους [accusative, masculine, plural], -τερᾱς [accusative, feminine, plural], -τερᾰ [accusative, neuter, plural], -τερε [masculine, singular, vocative], -τερᾱ [feminine, singular, vocative], -τερον [neuter, singular, vocative], -τερω [dual, masculine, vocative], -τερᾱ [dual, feminine, vocative], -τερω [dual, neuter, vocative], -τεροι [masculine, plural, vocative], -τεραι [feminine, plural, vocative], -τερᾰ [neuter, plural, vocative], -τερον [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], - [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], - [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. Used on adjectives that express some notion of contrast with an antonym Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--τερος-grc-suffix-tok-gInz Categories (other): Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 50 50
  2. Added to adjective stems to form comparative forms Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--τερος-grc-suffix-Z8bii9oN Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -ίων (-íōn), -ων (-ōn)

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          "text": "ἡμεῖς (hēmeîs, “we”) + -τερος (-teros) → ἡμέτερος (hēméteros, “our”)"
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερῳ",
      "roman": "-terōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τεροιν",
      "roman": "-teroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τεραιν",
      "roman": "-terain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τεροιν",
      "roman": "-teroin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τεροις",
      "roman": "-terois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τεραις",
      "roman": "-terais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τεροις",
      "roman": "-terois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερον",
      "roman": "-teron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερᾱν",
      "roman": "-terān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερον",
      "roman": "-teron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερω",
      "roman": "-terō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερᾱ",
      "roman": "-terā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερω",
      "roman": "-terō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερους",
      "roman": "-terous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερᾱς",
      "roman": "-terās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερᾰ",
      "roman": "-tera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερε",
      "roman": "-tere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερᾱ",
      "roman": "-terā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερον",
      "roman": "-teron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερω",
      "roman": "-terō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερᾱ",
      "roman": "-terā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερω",
      "roman": "-terō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τεροι",
      "roman": "-teroi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τεραι",
      "roman": "-terai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερᾰ",
      "roman": "-tera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-τερον",
      "roman": "-teron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-τερος",
        "2": "ᾱ",
        "comp": "-",
        "super": "-"
      },
      "name": "grc-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ἡμεῖς (hēmeîs, “we”) + -τερος (-teros) → ἡμέτερος (hēméteros, “our”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used on adjectives that express some notion of contrast with an antonym"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "δῆλος (dêlos, “clear”) + -τερος (-teros) → δηλότερος (dēlóteros, “clearer”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "σοφός (sophós, “wise”) + -τερος (-teros) → σοφώτερος (sophṓteros, “wiser”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Added to adjective stems to form comparative forms"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "comparative",
          "comparative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/te.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/te.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/te.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/te.ros/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/te.ros/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/te.ros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/te.ros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/te.ros/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "-íōn",
      "word": "-ίων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-ōn",
      "word": "-ων"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-τερος"
}

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