PATRONYMICS are derived, 1. From the father; as Pelides, i. e. Achilles the son of Peleus. 2. From the mother; as Philyrides, i. e. Chiron the son of Philyra. 3. From the grandfather on the father's side; as Æacides, i. e. Achilles the grandson of Æacus. 4. From the grandfather by the mother's side; as Atlantiades, i. e. Mercury the grandson of Atlas. And, 5. From the kings and founders of nations; as Romulides, i. e. the Romans from their founder king Romulus.
The termination of Greek and Latin patronymics are chiefly four, viz. des, of which we have examples above; as, as Thaumatias, i. e. Iris the daughter of Thamaus; is, as Atlantis, i. e. Electra the daughter
of Atlas; and ne, as Nerine, the daughter of Nereus. Of these terminations des is masculine; and as, is, and ne, feminine: des and ne are of the first declension, as and is of the third.