ποιμενικός

From ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

ποιμενῐκός • (poimenĭkós) m (feminine ποιμενῐκή, neuter ποιμενῐκόν); first/second declension

1. Pertaining to a shepherd.
   • 93/94, Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 1, 53, in Henry St. John Thackeray (tr. & ed.), Josephus with an English translation, vol. 4 (Jewish Antiquities, books I–IV), LCL, pages 24-25. Translation by Thackeray, including in square brackets his footnote.

     Ἄβελος μὲν γὰρ ὁ νεώτερος δικαιοσύνης ἐπεμελεῖτο καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ πραττομένοις παρεῖναι τὸν θεὸν νομίζων ἀρετῆς προενόει, ποιμενικὸς δ’ ἦν ὁ βίος αὐτῷ:

     Ábelos mèn gàr ho neṓteros dikaiosúnēs epemeleîto kaì pâsi toîs hup’ autoû prattoménois pareînai tòn theòn nomízōn aretês proenóei, poimenikòs d’ ên ho bíos autôi:

     Abel, the younger, had respect for justice and, believing that God was with him in all his actions, paid heed to virtue ; he led the life of a shepherd.

• “ποιμενικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ποιμενικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ποιμενικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ποιμενικός (poimenikós).^[1] By surface analysis, ποιμένας (poiménas) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

• IPA^(key): /pi.me.niˈkos/
• Hyphenation: ποι‧με‧νι‧κός

ποιμενικός • (poimenikós) m (feminine ποιμενική, neuter ποιμενικό)

1. shepherd's, pastoral (of or pertaining to shepherds)