ποιμενικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”) + -ικός (-ikós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /poi̯.me.ni.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /py.me.niˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /py.me.niˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /py.me.niˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pi.me.niˈkos/
Adjective
ποιμενῐκός • (poimenikós) m (feminine ποιμενῐκή, neuter ποιμενῐκόν); first/second declension
- Pertaining to a shepherd.
- 93/94, Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 1, 53, in Henry St. John Thackeray (tr. & ed.), Josephus with an English translation, vol. 4 (Jewish Antiquities, books I–IV), LCL, pages 24-25. Translation by Thackeray, including in square brackets his footnote.
- Ἄβελος μὲν γὰρ ὁ νεώτερος δικαιοσύνης ἐπεμελεῖτο καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ πραττομένοις παρεῖναι τὸν θεὸν νομίζων ἀρετῆς προενόει, ποιμενικὸς δ’ ἦν ὁ βίος αὐτῷ:
- Ábelos mèn gàr ho neṓteros dikaiosúnēs epemeleîto kaì pâsi toîs hup’ autoû prattoménois pareînai tòn theòn nomízōn aretês proenóei, poimenikòs d’ ên ho bíos autôi:
- Abel, the younger, had respect for justice [Or "righteousness".] and, believing that God was with him in all his actions, paid heed to virtue ; he led the life of a shepherd.
- 93/94, Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 1, 53, in Henry St. John Thackeray (tr. & ed.), Josephus with an English translation, vol. 4 (Jewish Antiquities, books I–IV), LCL, pages 24-25. Translation by Thackeray, including in square brackets his footnote.
Inflection
First and second declension of ποιμενῐκός; ποιμενῐκή; ποιμενῐκόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ποιμενῐκός poimenikós | ποιμενῐκή poimenikḗ | ποιμενῐκόν poimenikón | ποιμενῐκώ poimenikṓ | ποιμενῐκᾱ́ poimenikā́ | ποιμενῐκώ poimenikṓ | ποιμενῐκοί poimenikoí | ποιμενῐκαί poimenikaí | ποιμενῐκᾰ́ poimeniká | |||||
Genitive | ποιμενῐκοῦ poimenikoû | ποιμενῐκῆς poimenikês | ποιμενῐκοῦ poimenikoû | ποιμενῐκοῖν poimenikoîn | ποιμενῐκαῖν poimenikaîn | ποιμενῐκοῖν poimenikoîn | ποιμενῐκῶν poimenikôn | ποιμενῐκῶν poimenikôn | ποιμενῐκῶν poimenikôn | |||||
Dative | ποιμενῐκῷ poimenikôi | ποιμενῐκῇ poimenikêi | ποιμενῐκῷ poimenikôi | ποιμενῐκοῖν poimenikoîn | ποιμενῐκαῖν poimenikaîn | ποιμενῐκοῖν poimenikoîn | ποιμενῐκοῖς poimenikoîs | ποιμενῐκαῖς poimenikaîs | ποιμενῐκοῖς poimenikoîs | |||||
Accusative | ποιμενῐκόν poimenikón | ποιμενῐκήν poimenikḗn | ποιμενῐκόν poimenikón | ποιμενῐκώ poimenikṓ | ποιμενῐκᾱ́ poimenikā́ | ποιμενῐκώ poimenikṓ | ποιμενῐκούς poimenikoús | ποιμενῐκᾱ́ς poimenikā́s | ποιμενῐκᾰ́ poimeniká | |||||
Vocative | ποιμενῐκέ poimeniké | ποιμενῐκή poimenikḗ | ποιμενῐκόν poimenikón | ποιμενῐκώ poimenikṓ | ποιμενῐκᾱ́ poimenikā́ | ποιμενῐκώ poimenikṓ | ποιμενῐκοί poimenikoí | ποιμενῐκαί poimenikaí | ποιμενῐκᾰ́ poimeniká | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ποιμενῐκῶς poimenikôs | ποιμενῐκώτερος poimenikṓteros | ποιμενῐκώτᾰτος poimenikṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ποιμενικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ποιμενικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ποιμενικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette