ἀεικής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀϊκής (aïkḗs) – Poetic
- αἰκής (aikḗs) – Tragic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to become equal”). Cognate with ἐπιεικής (epieikḗs), ἔοικα (éoika), εἰκών (eikṓn).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.eː.kɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.iˈke̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.iˈcis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.iˈcis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.iˈcis/
Adjective
ἀεικής • (aeikḗs) m or f (neuter ἀεικές); third declension
- shameful, unseemly
Declension
Third declension of ἀεικής; ἀεικές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἀεικής aeikḗs | ἀεικές aeikés | ἀεικεῖ aeikeî | ἀεικεῖ aeikeî | ἀεικεῖς aeikeîs | ἀεικῆ aeikê | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀεικοῦς aeikoûs | ἀεικοῦς aeikoûs | ἀεικοῖν aeikoîn | ἀεικοῖν aeikoîn | ἀεικῶν aeikôn | ἀεικῶν aeikôn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀεικεῖ aeikeî | ἀεικεῖ aeikeî | ἀεικοῖν aeikoîn | ἀεικοῖν aeikoîn | ἀεικέσῐ / ἀεικέσῐν aeikési(n) | ἀεικέσῐ / ἀεικέσῐν aeikési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀεικῆ aeikê | ἀεικές aeikés | ἀεικεῖ aeikeî | ἀεικεῖ aeikeî | ἀεικεῖς aeikeîs | ἀεικῆ aeikê | ||||||||
Vocative | ἀεικές aeikés | ἀεικές aeikés | ἀεικεῖ aeikeî | ἀεικεῖ aeikeî | ἀεικεῖς aeikeîs | ἀεικῆ aeikê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀεικῶς aeikôs | ἀεικέστερος aeikésteros | ἀεικέστᾰτος aeikéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀεικής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- disgraceful idem, page 233.
- ignominious idem, page 414.
- improper idem, page 424.
- indecorous idem, page 431.
- misbecoming idem, page 532.
- shameful idem, page 761.
- unbecoming idem, page 907.
- unseemly idem, page 931.