ἠθικός

ἠθικός

See also: ηθικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.tʰi.kós/ → /i.θiˈkos/ → /i.θiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.tʰi.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.tʰiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.θiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.θiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.θiˈkos/

Adjective

ἠθῐκός • (ēthikós) m (feminine ἠθῐκή, neuter ἠθῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for morals
2. moral
3. expressing character

Inflection

First and second declension of ἠθῐκός; ἠθῐκή; ἠθῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἠθῐκός ēthikós	ἠθῐκή ēthikḗ	ἠθῐκόν ēthikón		ἠθῐκώ ēthikṓ	ἠθῐκᾱ́ ēthikā́	ἠθῐκώ ēthikṓ		ἠθῐκοί ēthikoí	ἠθῐκαί ēthikaí	ἠθῐκᾰ́ ēthiká
Genitive		ἠθῐκοῦ ēthikoû	ἠθῐκῆς ēthikês	ἠθῐκοῦ ēthikoû		ἠθῐκοῖν ēthikoîn	ἠθῐκαῖν ēthikaîn	ἠθῐκοῖν ēthikoîn		ἠθῐκῶν ēthikôn	ἠθῐκῶν ēthikôn	ἠθῐκῶν ēthikôn
Dative		ἠθῐκῷ ēthikôi	ἠθῐκῇ ēthikêi	ἠθῐκῷ ēthikôi		ἠθῐκοῖν ēthikoîn	ἠθῐκαῖν ēthikaîn	ἠθῐκοῖν ēthikoîn		ἠθῐκοῖς ēthikoîs	ἠθῐκαῖς ēthikaîs	ἠθῐκοῖς ēthikoîs
Accusative		ἠθῐκόν ēthikón	ἠθῐκήν ēthikḗn	ἠθῐκόν ēthikón		ἠθῐκώ ēthikṓ	ἠθῐκᾱ́ ēthikā́	ἠθῐκώ ēthikṓ		ἠθῐκούς ēthikoús	ἠθῐκᾱ́ς ēthikā́s	ἠθῐκᾰ́ ēthiká
Vocative		ἠθῐκέ ēthiké	ἠθῐκή ēthikḗ	ἠθῐκόν ēthikón		ἠθῐκώ ēthikṓ	ἠθῐκᾱ́ ēthikā́	ἠθῐκώ ēthikṓ		ἠθῐκοί ēthikoí	ἠθῐκαί ēthikaí	ἠθῐκᾰ́ ēthiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἠθῐκῶς ēthikôs				ἠθῐκώτερος ēthikṓteros				ἠθῐκώτᾰτος ēthikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ηθικός (ithikós)
• → Latin: ēthicus (see there for further descendants)

References

• “ἠθικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἠθικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἠθικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • moral idem, page 540.
• ethical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911