-iad · suffix1
Based on Iliad.
-iad · suffix2
Based on Olympiad, and perhaps also influenced by the common ending iad on units of time formed by suffixing -ad to words ending in -ium, e.g. decenniad.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
-iad
Today it means: Forming the name of an epic about the indicated topic. Full definition →