κληρικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλῆρος (klêros, “the clergy, what is alloted, a lot”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klɛː.ri.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kle̝.riˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kli.riˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kli.riˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kli.riˈkos/

Adjective

κληρῐκός • (klērikós) m (feminine κληρῐκή, neuter κληρῐκόν); first/second declension

of or pertaining to clergy; clerical

Inflection

First and second declension of κληρῐκός; κληρῐκή; κληρῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κληρῐκός klērikós	κληρῐκή klērikḗ	κληρῐκόν klērikón	κληρῐκώ klērikṓ	κληρῐκᾱ́ klērikā́	κληρῐκώ klērikṓ	κληρῐκοί klērikoí	κληρῐκαί klērikaí	κληρῐκᾰ́ klēriká
Genitive	κληρῐκοῦ klērikoû	κληρῐκῆς klērikês	κληρῐκοῦ klērikoû	κληρῐκοῖν klērikoîn	κληρῐκαῖν klērikaîn	κληρῐκοῖν klērikoîn	κληρῐκῶν klērikôn	κληρῐκῶν klērikôn	κληρῐκῶν klērikôn
Dative	κληρῐκῷ klērikôi	κληρῐκῇ klērikêi	κληρῐκῷ klērikôi	κληρῐκοῖν klērikoîn	κληρῐκαῖν klērikaîn	κληρῐκοῖν klērikoîn	κληρῐκοῖς klērikoîs	κληρῐκαῖς klērikaîs	κληρῐκοῖς klērikoîs
Accusative	κληρῐκόν klērikón	κληρῐκήν klērikḗn	κληρῐκόν klērikón	κληρῐκώ klērikṓ	κληρῐκᾱ́ klērikā́	κληρῐκώ klērikṓ	κληρῐκούς klērikoús	κληρῐκᾱ́ς klērikā́s	κληρῐκᾰ́ klēriká
Vocative	κληρῐκέ klēriké	κληρῐκή klērikḗ	κληρῐκόν klērikón	κληρῐκώ klērikṓ	κληρῐκᾱ́ klērikā́	κληρῐκώ klērikṓ	κληρῐκοί klērikoí	κληρῐκαί klērikaí	κληρῐκᾰ́ klēriká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	κληρῐκῶς klērikôs			κληρῐκώτερος klērikṓteros			κληρῐκώτᾰτος klērikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

κληρῐκός • (klērikós) m (genitive κληρῐκοῦ); second declension

clergyman

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κληρῐκός; τοῦ κληρῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κληρῐκός ho klērikós	τὼ κληρῐκώ tṑ klērikṓ	οἱ κληρῐκοί hoi klērikoí
Genitive	τοῦ κληρῐκοῦ toû klērikoû	τοῖν κληρῐκοῖν toîn klērikoîn	τῶν κληρῐκῶν tôn klērikôn
Dative	τῷ κληρῐκῷ tôi klērikôi	τοῖν κληρῐκοῖν toîn klērikoîn	τοῖς κληρῐκοῖς toîs klērikoîs
Accusative	τὸν κληρῐκόν tòn klērikón	τὼ κληρῐκώ tṑ klērikṓ	τοὺς κληρῐκούς toùs klērikoús
Vocative	κληρῐκέ klēriké	κληρῐκώ klērikṓ	κληρῐκοί klērikoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“κληρικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κληρικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“clerk”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Greek

Noun

κληρικός • (klirikós) m (plural κληρικοί)

cleric
Antonym: λαϊκός (laïkós)

Declension

Declension of κληρικός

	singular	plural
nominative	κληρικός •	κληρικοί •
genitive	κληρικού •	κληρικών •
accusative	κληρικό •	κληρικούς •
vocative	κληρικέ •	κληρικοί •

Related terms

αντικληρικαλισμός m (antiklirikalismós, “anticlericalism, secularism”)
αντικληρικισμός m (antiklirikismós, “anticlericalism, secularism”)
αντικληρικός m (antiklirikós, “anticlericalist, secularist”)
αντικληρισμός m (antiklirismós, “anticlericalism, secularism”)

κληρικός

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