-ικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From -κός (-kós) with an added ι from i-stems such as φυσι-κός (phusi-kós, “natural”), through the same process by which -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs) developed from -της (-tēs), occurring in some original case and later used freely. Cognate with Latin -icus and Proto-Germanic *-igaz, from which came Old English -iġ (English -y), Old High German -ig, Gothic -𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (-eigs).

Pronunciation
 

Suffix

-ῐκός • (-ikós) m (feminine -ῐκή, neuter -ῐκόν); first/second declension

  1. Added to noun stems to form adjectives: of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic

Inflection
First and second declension of -ῐκός; -ῐκή; -ῐκόν (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter
Nominative -ῐκός
-ikós		 -ῐκή
-ikḗ		 -ῐκόν
-ikón		 -ῐκώ
-ikṓ		 -ῐκᾱ́
-ikā́		 -ῐκώ
-ikṓ		 -ῐκοί
-ikoí		 -ῐκαί
-ikaí		 -ῐκᾰ́
-iká
Genitive -ῐκοῦ
-ikoû		 -ῐκῆς
-ikês		 -ῐκοῦ
-ikoû		 -ῐκοῖν
-ikoîn		 -ῐκαῖν
-ikaîn		 -ῐκοῖν
-ikoîn		 -ῐκῶν
-ikôn		 -ῐκῶν
-ikôn		 -ῐκῶν
-ikôn
Dative -ῐκῷ
-ikôi		 -ῐκῇ
-ikêi		 -ῐκῷ
-ikôi		 -ῐκοῖν
-ikoîn		 -ῐκαῖν
-ikaîn		 -ῐκοῖν
-ikoîn		 -ῐκοῖς
-ikoîs		 -ῐκαῖς
-ikaîs		 -ῐκοῖς
-ikoîs
Accusative -ῐκόν
-ikón		 -ῐκήν
-ikḗn		 -ῐκόν
-ikón		 -ῐκώ
-ikṓ		 -ῐκᾱ́
-ikā́		 -ῐκώ
-ikṓ		 -ῐκούς
-ikoús		 -ῐκᾱ́ς
-ikā́s		 -ῐκᾰ́
-iká
Vocative -ῐκέ
-iké		 -ῐκή
-ikḗ		 -ῐκόν
-ikón		 -ῐκώ
-ikṓ		 -ῐκᾱ́
-ikā́		 -ῐκώ
-ikṓ		 -ῐκοί
-ikoí		 -ῐκαί
-ikaí		 -ῐκᾰ́
-iká
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
-ῐκῶς
-ikôs		 -ῐκώτερος
-ikṓteros		 -ῐκώτᾰτος
-ikṓtatos
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
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References
  • Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 858
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