Modifications

GREEK SUBSTANTIVAL SUFFIXES<center>'''Suffixes de substantifs'''</center> == ias ==-ias (m. 1I) : indicates a close connexion ; noun base ; e.g. ''Asclepias''. == cles ==-cles (m. IllIII) : indicates honour or renown, bence a bun dance hence abundance of a particularquality, often part of Greek personal names; noun or adjectival base. == ides ==-ides (f. IllIII) : indicates resemblance ; no un noun base. == idium ==-idium (n. IlII) : diminutive ; noun base ; e.g. ''ascidium '' (from ''ascos'', sack). == ion ==

 == is ==-is (f. nn: III) indicates a close connexion; noun base. == iscus ==-iscus (m. IlII) : diminutive; noun base; e.g. ''Asteriscus '' (from ''aster'', star). == ites ==-ites (m. 1I), -itis (m. TilIII) : indicates a close connexion ; noun base. == ium ==-ium (n. II) : diminutive; noun base; e.g. ''Aspidium'', a little shield (from''aspis'', shield). == ma ==

 == mus ==-mus (m. II) : indicates an action; verb base. == osyne ==-osyne (f. II), -otes (f. IID : forms abstract nouns indicating a special feature ;adjectival base ; e.g. ''Leptosyne'', ''Lepiotes '' (from ''leptos'', slender, fine). == sis ==-sis (f. III) : indicates an action of a general or abstract nature; verb base;e.g. ''diagnosis'', diagnosis (from ''diagignoscein'', to know apart). == ter ==-ter (m. III), -tes (m. 1), -tis (m. III), -tor (m. III) ; -tria (f. 1I) : usually indicatesthe agent or means ; verb base. == tros ==-tros (m. IlII) or -trus (m. II), -tra (f. 1I), -troo (n. IlII) or -trum (n. II) : indicates