-ιστί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Adverbial form derived from -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō).

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

-ῐστῐ́ • (-ĭstĭ́)

appended to names of peoples to denote to speak in their language or dialect
‎Ἀττῐκός (Attĭkós) + ‎-ιστί (-istí) → ‎ἀττῐκῐστῐ́ (attĭkĭstĭ́, “in the Attic dialect”)

‎Δωρῐεύς (Dōrĭeús) + ‎-ιστί (-istí) → ‎δωρῐστῐ́ (dōrĭstĭ́, “in the Doric dialect”)

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

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

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιστί

Αἰγυπτιστί

ἀττικιστί

Ἰνδιστί

Περσιστί

ῥωμαϊστί

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