ἡγεμονικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἡγεμών (hēgemṓn, “leader, guide”) + -ῐκός (-ikós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.ɡe.mo.ni.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝.ɡe.mo.niˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.ʝe.mo.niˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.ʝe.mo.niˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.ʝe.mo.niˈkos/
Adjective
ἡγεμονῐκός • (hēgemonikós) m (feminine ἡγεμονῐκή, neuter ἡγεμονῐκόν); first/second declension
- of or for a leader, ready to lead or guide
- capable of command, authoritative
- of or belonging to the prefect of Egypt
Inflection
First and second declension of ἡγεμονῐκός; ἡγεμονῐκή; ἡγεμονῐκόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἡγεμονῐκός hēgemonikós | ἡγεμονῐκή hēgemonikḗ | ἡγεμονῐκόν hēgemonikón | ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonikṓ | ἡγεμονῐκᾱ́ hēgemonikā́ | ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonikṓ | ἡγεμονῐκοί hēgemonikoí | ἡγεμονῐκαί hēgemonikaí | ἡγεμονῐκᾰ́ hēgemoniká | |||||
Genitive | ἡγεμονῐκοῦ hēgemonikoû | ἡγεμονῐκῆς hēgemonikês | ἡγεμονῐκοῦ hēgemonikoû | ἡγεμονῐκοῖν hēgemonikoîn | ἡγεμονῐκαῖν hēgemonikaîn | ἡγεμονῐκοῖν hēgemonikoîn | ἡγεμονῐκῶν hēgemonikôn | ἡγεμονῐκῶν hēgemonikôn | ἡγεμονῐκῶν hēgemonikôn | |||||
Dative | ἡγεμονῐκῷ hēgemonikôi | ἡγεμονῐκῇ hēgemonikêi | ἡγεμονῐκῷ hēgemonikôi | ἡγεμονῐκοῖν hēgemonikoîn | ἡγεμονῐκαῖν hēgemonikaîn | ἡγεμονῐκοῖν hēgemonikoîn | ἡγεμονῐκοῖς hēgemonikoîs | ἡγεμονῐκαῖς hēgemonikaîs | ἡγεμονῐκοῖς hēgemonikoîs | |||||
Accusative | ἡγεμονῐκόν hēgemonikón | ἡγεμονῐκήν hēgemonikḗn | ἡγεμονῐκόν hēgemonikón | ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonikṓ | ἡγεμονῐκᾱ́ hēgemonikā́ | ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonikṓ | ἡγεμονῐκούς hēgemonikoús | ἡγεμονῐκᾱ́ς hēgemonikā́s | ἡγεμονῐκᾰ́ hēgemoniká | |||||
Vocative | ἡγεμονῐκέ hēgemoniké | ἡγεμονῐκή hēgemonikḗ | ἡγεμονῐκόν hēgemonikón | ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonikṓ | ἡγεμονῐκᾱ́ hēgemonikā́ | ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonikṓ | ἡγεμονῐκοί hēgemonikoí | ἡγεμονῐκαί hēgemonikaí | ἡγεμονῐκᾰ́ hēgemoniká | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἡγεμονῐκῶς hēgemonikôs | ἡγεμονῐκώτερος hēgemonikṓteros | ἡγεμονῐκώτᾰτος hēgemonikṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: hegemonic
- → Italian: egemonico
Further reading
- “ἡγεμονικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἡγεμονικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἡγεμονικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette