Les mots suivis d'un point d'interrogation sont absents des dictionnaires grecs (Bailly et Liddell-Scott).
GREEK SUBSTANTIVAL SUFFIXES
-ias (m. 1) : indicates a close connexion ; noun base ; e.g. Asclepias.
-cles (m. Ill) : indicates honour or renown, bence a bun dance of a particular
quality, often part of Greek personal names; noun or adjectival base.
-ides (f. Ill) : indicates resemblance ; no un base.
-idium (n. Il) : diminutive ; noun base ; e.g. ascidium (from ascos, sack).
-ion (n. II) : indicates occurrence ; noun base.
-is (f. nn: indicates a close connexion; noun base.
-iscus (m. Il) : diminutive; noun base; e.g. Asteriscus (from aster, star).
-ites (m. 1), -itis (m. Til) : indicates a close connexion ; noun base.
-ium (n. II) : diminutive; noun base; e.g. Aspidium, a little shield (from
aspis, shield).
-ma (n. III) : often indicates the result of an action ; verb base.
-mus (m. II) : indicates an action; verb base.
-osyne (f. II), -otes (f. IID : forms abstract nouns indicating a special feature ;
adjectival base ; e.g. Leptosyne, Lepiotes (from leptos, slender, fine).
-sis (f. III) : indicates an action of a general or abstract nature; verb base;
e.g. diagnosis, diagnosis (from diagignoscein, to know apart).
-ter (m. III), -tes (m. 1), -tis (m. III), -tor (m. III) ; -tria (f. 1) : usually indicates
the agent or means ; verb base.
-tros (m. Il) or -trus (m. II), -tra (f. 1), -troo (n. Il) or -trum (n. II) : indicates
a tool or means of doing something : verb or noun base.
== oides - οειδες ==