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244. Patronymics, indicating descent or relationship, are formed by adding to proper names the suffixes—
  1. -adēs, -idēs, -īdēs, -eus, M.; -ās, -is, -ēis, F.

These words, originally Greek adjectives, have almost all become nouns in Latin:—

  1. Atlās: Atlanti-adēs, Mercury; Atlant-idĕs (Gr. plur.), the Pleiads.
  2. Scīpiō : Scīpi-adēs, son of Scipio.
  3. Tyndareus : Tyndar-idēs, Castor or Pollux, son of Tyndarus; Tyndar-is, Helen, daughter of Tyndarus.
  4. Anchīsēs : Anchīsi-adēs, Æneas, son of Anchises.
  5. Thēseus: Thēs-īdēs, son of Theseus.
  6. Tȳdeus: Tȳd-īdēs, Diomedes, son of Tydeus.
  7. Oīleus : Âiāx Oīl-eus, son of Oileus.
  8. Cisseus : Cissē-is, Hecuba, daughter of Cisseus.
  9. Thaumās : Thaumant-iās, Iris, daughter of Thaumas.
  10. Hesperus: Hesper-ides (from Hesper-is, -idis), plur., the daughters of Hesperus, the Hesperides.

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