-tes

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) (1) sense 1.1 and Illyrian (1) sense 1.2, for which compare also -tae, -stae, -stinī. Compare Latin poeta from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs), and Latin agricola from Latin -a. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tes] === Suffix === -tēs m (genitive -tae) (geography) Found in demonyms formed on toponyms. -iot, -ian of Greek origin ‎Attalīa + ‎-tes → ‎Attalīatēs ‎Ēpīros + ‎-tes → ‎Ēpīrōtēs ‎Tegea + ‎-tes → ‎Tegeātēs of Illyrian origin ‎Apsoros + ‎-tes → ‎Apsortes ‎Flanona + ‎-tes → ‎Flanates ==== Inflection ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs). ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Katičić, Radoslav (1976), Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 176