# -πετής
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* -πέτης (-pétēs)

### Etymology

From πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”), from πέτομαι (pétomai, “to fly”) and from πετᾰ́ννῡμῐ (petánnūmi, “to spread”), all from Proto-Indo-European *pet-; stem πετ- + -ής (-ḗs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pe.tɛ̌ːs/ → /peˈtis/ → /peˈtis/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /pe.tɛ̌ːs/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /peˈte̝s/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /peˈtis/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /peˈtis/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /peˈtis/

### Suffix

-πετής • (-petḗs) m or f (neuter -πετές); third declension
* Forms adjectives: one who falls from, where, or in the way the first combining form denotes

#### Derived terms

Examples:
* ἀεροπετής (aeropetḗs, “fallen from the sky”)
* διαπετής (diapetḗs, “unfolded, open”)
* δῐῑπετής (diīpetḗs, “fallen from Zeus, hovering in air”)
* Διοπετής (Diopetḗs, “that fell from Zeus”)
* δορῐπετής (doripetḗs, “fallen by the spear”)
* εὐπετής (eupetḗs, “falling well”)
* γηπετής (gēpetḗs, “fallen to earth”)
* γονῠπετής (gonupetḗs, “on bended knees”)
* κλῑνοπετής (klīnopetḗs, “bed-ridden”)
* οὐρᾰνοπετής (ouranopetḗs, “fallen from heaven”)
* πᾰλιμπετής (palimpetḗs, “falling back again, recurrent”)
* περιπετής (peripetḗs, “falling round”)
* προπετής (propetḗs, “falling forward; headlong, reckless”)
* ῠ̔περπετής (huperpetḗs, “flying over, high-flying”)
* ὑψῐπετής (hupsipetḗs, “lofty, fallen from heaven”)
* χᾰμαιπετής (khamaipetḗs, “falling to the ground, grovelling”)
* see more -πετής
* see both -πετής and -πέτης (-pétēs)

#### Descendants

Greek: -πετής (-petís)

#### See also

* πετάω (petáō)

### References

* ↑ see more -πετής at Greek Dictionary Headword www.perseus.tufts.edu retr:2018.05.18.
* ↑ see both -πετής and -πέτης (-pétēs) at Greek Dictionary Headword www.perseus.tufts.edu retr:2018.05.18.

## Greek
### Alternative forms

* -πέτης (-pétis)

### Etymology

In ancient words suffixed with Ancient Greek -πετής (-petḗs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈtis/
* Hyphenation: -πε‧τής

### Suffix

-πετής • (-petís) (feminine -πετής, neuter -πετές)
* falling or flying at where the first combining form denotes; also used figuratively
    ‎γόνυ (góny, “knee”) + ‎-πετής (-petís) → ‎γονυπετής (gonypetís, “on bended knees”) from γονῠπετής
    ‎υψι- (ypsi-, “high”) + ‎-πετής (-petís) → ‎υψιπετής (ypsipetís, “of high aspirations”) from ὑψῐπετής

#### Declension

| number case \ gender | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| number case \ gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | -πετής • | -πετής • | -πετές • | -πετείς • | -πετείς • | -πετή • |
| genitive | -πετούς • / -πετή • | -πετούς • | -πετούς • | -πετών • | -πετών • | -πετών • |
| accusative | -πετή • | -πετή • | -πετές • | -πετείς • | -πετείς • | -πετή • |
| vocative | -πετή • / -πετής • | -πετής • | -πετές • | -πετείς • | -πετείς • | -πετή • |
| notes | vocative masculine as in the accusative (rarely, in some grammars as in the nominative). For Katharevousa, as in neuter nominative (cf. inflection in Ancient Greek). | vocative masculine as in the accusative (rarely, in some grammars as in the nominative). For Katharevousa, as in neuter nominative (cf. inflection in Ancient Greek). | vocative masculine as in the accusative (rarely, in some grammars as in the nominative). For Katharevousa, as in neuter nominative (cf. inflection in Ancient Greek). | vocative masculine as in the accusative (rarely, in some grammars as in the nominative). For Katharevousa, as in neuter nominative (cf. inflection in Ancient Greek). | vocative masculine as in the accusative (rarely, in some grammars as in the nominative). For Katharevousa, as in neuter nominative (cf. inflection in Ancient Greek). | vocative masculine as in the accusative (rarely, in some grammars as in the nominative). For Katharevousa, as in neuter nominative (cf. inflection in Ancient Greek). |

#### See also

* -πέτης (-pétis)