[*] 244. Patronymics, indicating descent or relationship, are formed by adding to proper names the suffixes— 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.