-kós
-kós uhe.-agr. '-ges'
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-kós agr. -κός
From Proto-Hellenic *-kos, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos.
Vom uhel. *-kos, von uig. *-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 IPA(key): /kós/ → /kos/ → /kos/
Suffix
-κός • (-kós) m (feminine -κή, neuter -κόν); first/second declension
- 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.