-ιστί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Adverbial form derived from -ίζω (-ízō)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /is.tí/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /isˈti/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /isˈti/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /isˈti/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /isˈti/

Suffix

-ιστί • (-istí)

Appended to names of peoples to denote to speak in their language or dialect
‎Ἀττικός (Attikós) + ‎-ιστί (-istí) → ‎ἀττικιστί (attikistí, “in the Attic dialect”)

‎Δωριεύς (Dōrieús) + ‎-ιστί (-istí) → ‎δωριστί (dōristí, “in the Doric dialect”)

‎Λατῖνος (Latînos) + ‎-ιστί (-istí) → ‎λατῑνιστί (latīnistí, “in the Latin language, in Latin”)

‎Πέρσης (Pérsēs) + ‎-ιστί (-istí) → ‎περσιστί (persistí, “in the Persian language, in Persian”)

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιστί

Descendants

Greek: -ιστί (-istí)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -ιστί (-istí), from verb ending -ίζω (-ízo).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iˈsti/

Suffix

-ιστί • (-istí)

(formal, archaic, Katharevousa) added to a country adjective to make an adverb indicating use of that specific language:
‎Έλληνας (Éllinas, “Greek”) + ‎-ιστί (-istí) → ‎ελληνιστί (ellinistí, “in Greek”)

‎Γάλλος (Gállos, “French”) + ‎-ιστί (-istí) → ‎γαλλιστί (gallistí, “in French”)

‎Λατίνος (Latínos, “Latin”) + ‎-ιστί (-istí) → ‎λατινιστί (latinistí, “in Latin”)

Derived terms

Category Greek terms suffixed with -ιστί not found

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