432 Words denoting a
place are made with the suffixes -ιο, -ειο, -τηριο, -ων, often with some change at the end of the stem.
- a. Suffix -ιο, -ειο, non. -ιον, -ειον, neut.:
μυροπώλ-ιο-ν perfumerʼs shop, |
μυροπώλης perfume-seller, |
κουρεῖο-ν ([27](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-027.html)) barberʼs shop, |
κουρεύ-ς barber, |
μουσ-εῖο-ν place of the muses, |
μοῦσα muse. |
In other instances the force of the ending is vague:
ἀγγεῖον (for ἀγγεσ-ιον) dish, vessel, |
ἄγγος (ἀγγεσ-) dish, vessel, |
σημεῖο-ν sign, note, |
σῆμα (σηματ-) mark. |
- b. Suffix -τηριο, nom. -τηριον, neut., apparently made by adding -ιο to nouns in -τηρ (
[405](file:///x:/Departments/Classics_Texts/schoolgrammarofa00goodrich_porson/HTML%20Files/Chapter-405.html)), which were later crowded out by the forms in -της:
δικασ-τήρ-ιο-ν court, |
(δικαστήρ) δικαστής judge, |
βουλευ-τήρ-ιο-ν council-hall, |
(βουλευ-τήρ) βουλευτής councilor, |
δεσμω-τήρ-ιο-ν prison, |
δεσμό-ς bond. |
Probably in some cases the starting-point was the verb, without thought of an intervening noun:
ἐργασ-τήριο-ν wοrkshop, |
ἐργάζομαι (ἐργαδ-) work. |
- c. Suffix -ων, nom. -ών, masc., with loss of a final stem-vowel:
ἀμπελ-ών vineyard, |
ἄμπελος vine, |
παρθεν-ών maidenʼs room, |
παρθένο-ς maiden, |
ἀνδρ-ών menʼs hall, |
ἀνήρ (ἀνδρ-) man. |
Some of these are enlarged by the ending -ιτιδ, nom. -ῖτις, fem.:
ἀνδρων-ῖτις menʼs quarters, |
γυναικων-ῖτις womens quarters. |