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865. SUFFIXES WITH SIGMA

1. σι ( = τι): primary, denoting actions or abstract ideas (840 a. 2); rarely of persons: πό-σι-ς husband.—2. σια_: primary, denoting actions or abstract ideas (840 a. 3).—3. σιο: primary, in μετ-άρ-σιο-ς raised from the ground (μετ-αίρω lift up, ἀρ-).—4. σιμο: in adj. (858. 9).—5. στηνο: in δύςστηνο-ς unhappy.—6. στο: secondary, in τρια_κοστό-ς thirtieth from τρια_κοντ + το-ς.—7. συνο, συνα_: secondary, in adjectives: δουλό-συνος enslaved (δοῦλο-ς), θάρσυνος bold = θαρσο-συνος (θάρσ-ος courage, 129 c), and in the feminine, to make abstract substantives (840 b. 3).

8. ας: primary, in γέρ-ας prize; varying with ατ, as in τέρ-ας τέρατ-ος portent (258), or with ες (264 D. 3).—9. ες: primary, denoting quality (840 a. 8) or result (841. 1) in adjectives (858. 5.)—10. ις: primary, in κόνις dust, found in κονί_ω ( = κονισ-ῖω, 500. 2, D).—11. ισσα_: secondary, in words denoting the person concerned (843 b. 4).—12. ος: primary, in αἰδώς shame (αἰδοῦς from αἰδο (ς-ος, 266).—13. ι_ος: primary, in comparatives (293 d, 318).

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