Chapter 244Allen and Greenough's Latin GrammarDickinson CollegeChristopher Francese
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Patronymics, indicating
descent
or
relationship
, are formed by adding to proper names the suffixes—
-adēs
,
-idēs
,
-īdēs
,
-eus
, M.;
-ās
,
-is
,
-ēis
, F.
These words, originally Greek adjectives, have almost all become nouns in Latin:—
Atlās
:
Atlanti-adēs
,
Mercury;Atlant-idĕs
(Gr. plur.),
the Pleiads.Scīpiō
:
Scīpi-adēs
,
son of Scipio.Tyndareus
:
Tyndar-idēs
,
Castor
or
Pollux
,
son of Tyndarus;Tyndar-is
,
Helen
,
daughter of Tyndarus.Anchīsēs
:
Anchīsi-adēs
,
Æneas
,
son of Anchises.Thēseus
:
Thēs-īdēs
,
son of Theseus.Tȳdeus
:
Tȳd-īdēs
,
Diomedes
,
son of Tydeus.Oīleus
:
Âiāx Oīl-eus
,
son of Oileus.Cisseus
:
Cissē-is
,
Hecuba
,
daughter of Cisseus.Thaumās
:
Thaumant-iās
,
Iris
,
daughter of Thaumas.Hesperus
:
Hesper-ides
(from
Hesper-is
,
-idis
), plur.,
the daughters of Hesperus
,
the Hesperides.