-kós

From Proto-Hellenic *-kos, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos.

Cognate with Latin -cus, Proto-Germanic *-gaz, Sanskrit -शस् (-śas) and Old Church Slavonic -ъkъ (-ŭkŭ).

PIE *-ko- on noun stems carried the meaning 'characteristic of, like, typical, pertaining to', and on adjectival stems it acted emphatically.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /kós/ → /kos/ → /kos/

Suffix

-κός • (-kós) m (feminine -κή, neuter -κόν); first/second declension

1. forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to', 'in the manner of'

Note: This suffix survives in inherited forms and became productive through its derivations (cf. infra) by metanalysis.