-ιανός

See also: -ιάνος, Ιανός, and Ἰανός

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek -ιανός (-ianós), borrowed from Latin -iānus, from -anus, usually in the plural. Examples: Χριστιανός (Khristianós, “Christian”), πραιτωριανοί (praitōrianoí, “soldiers of the praetorian guard”), Ἀσιανός (Asianós, “Asiatic”).[1] The form -ανός (-anós), from Mediaeval Greek, when the stem already ends with ...ι-.
For adjectives denoting creator, a learned borrowing from French -ien, or other European languages (English, German, New Latin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.aˈnos/
  • Hyphenation: -ι‧α‧νός

Suffix

-ιανός • (-ianós) m (feminine -ιανή, neuter -ιανό)

  1. (as adjective suffix) it denotes
    1. demonyms
      ‎Αμοργός f (Amorgós) + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎αμοργιανός (amorgianós, “from Amorgos”)
    2. a characteristic or property
    3. reference to time or place
      ‎μεσημέρ(ι) n (mesimér(i)) + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎μεσημεριανός (mesimerianós, “of midday”)
    4. a creation of the person as at the prototype word, or referring to this person
      ‎Ελισάβετ (Elisávet) + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎ελισαβετιανός (elisavetianós, “Elizabethan, referring to Elizabeth I”)
      ‎Kant + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎καντιανός (kantianós, “Kantian, referring to Immanuel Kant”)
  2. also substantivised masculine or feminine
    1. demonyms and surnames from these nouns
      ‎Αμερική f (Amerikí) + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎Αμερικανός (Amerikanós, “American man”) compare to Αμερικάνος (Amerikános)
      ‎Αμοργός f (Amorgós) + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎Αμοργιανός (Amorgianós, “man from Amorgos”)
    2. adjectives for characteristics or properties
      ‎Χριστός (Christós) + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎χριστιανός m (christianós, “Christian”)
      ‎Χριστός (Christós) + ‎-ιανός (-ianós) → ‎χριστιανή f (christianí, “Christian”)

Declension

Derived terms

Greek terms suffixed with -ιανός
  • -ανός (-anós) / -ιανός (-ianós) (polite or more formal)
  • -άνος (-ános) / -ιάνος (-iános) (more colloquial or familiar)

References

  1. -ιανός - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.