πολιτικός
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πολῑ́της (polī́tēs, “citizen”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.liː.ti.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.li.tiˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.li.tiˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.li.tiˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.li.tiˈkos/
Adjective
πολῑτῐκός • (polītikós) m (feminine πολῑτῐκή, neuter πολῑτῐκόν); first/second declension
- civic, constitutional, public
- Antonym: οἰκονομῐκός (oikonomikós)
- social
- (nominalized, feminine) the art of government, the science of politics
- (nominalized, feminine) concubine, mistress
- (nominalized, neuter plural) state affairs, public matters, government
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | πολῑτῐκός polītikós |
πολῑτῐκή polītikḗ |
πολῑτῐκόν polītikón |
πολῑτῐκώ polītikṓ |
πολῑτῐκᾱ́ polītikā́ |
πολῑτῐκώ polītikṓ |
πολῑτῐκοί polītikoí |
πολῑτῐκαί polītikaí |
πολῑτῐκᾰ́ polītiká | |||||
| Genitive | πολῑτῐκοῦ polītikoû |
πολῑτῐκῆς polītikês |
πολῑτῐκοῦ polītikoû |
πολῑτῐκοῖν polītikoîn |
πολῑτῐκαῖν polītikaîn |
πολῑτῐκοῖν polītikoîn |
πολῑτῐκῶν polītikôn |
πολῑτῐκῶν polītikôn |
πολῑτῐκῶν polītikôn | |||||
| Dative | πολῑτῐκῷ polītikôi |
πολῑτῐκῇ polītikêi |
πολῑτῐκῷ polītikôi |
πολῑτῐκοῖν polītikoîn |
πολῑτῐκαῖν polītikaîn |
πολῑτῐκοῖν polītikoîn |
πολῑτῐκοῖς polītikoîs |
πολῑτῐκαῖς polītikaîs |
πολῑτῐκοῖς polītikoîs | |||||
| Accusative | πολῑτῐκόν polītikón |
πολῑτῐκήν polītikḗn |
πολῑτῐκόν polītikón |
πολῑτῐκώ polītikṓ |
πολῑτῐκᾱ́ polītikā́ |
πολῑτῐκώ polītikṓ |
πολῑτῐκούς polītikoús |
πολῑτῐκᾱ́ς polītikā́s |
πολῑτῐκᾰ́ polītiká | |||||
| Vocative | πολῑτῐκέ polītiké |
πολῑτῐκή polītikḗ |
πολῑτῐκόν polītikón |
πολῑτῐκώ polītikṓ |
πολῑτῐκᾱ́ polītikā́ |
πολῑτῐκώ polītikṓ |
πολῑτῐκοί polītikoí |
πολῑτῐκαί polītikaí |
πολῑτῐκᾰ́ polītiká | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πολῑτῐκῶς polītikôs |
πολῑτῐκώτερος polītikṓteros |
πολῑτῐκώτᾰτος polītikṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “πολιτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πολιτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πολιτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πολιτικός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- civic idem, page 133.
- civil idem, page 133.
- constitutional idem, page 165.
- corporate idem, page 174.
- country idem, page 178.
- diplomatic idem, page 225.
- diplomatist idem, page 226.
- municipal idem, page 546.
- political idem, page 625.
- politician idem, page 625.
- public idem, page 655.
- social idem, page 790.
- statesman idem, page 812.
- statesmanlike idem, page 812.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós, “civic”).
Adjective
πολιτικός • (politikós) m (feminine πολιτική, neuter πολιτικό)
Declension
Declension of πολιτικός
| number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | πολιτικός • | πολιτική • | πολιτικό • | πολιτικοί • | πολιτικές • | πολιτικά • |
| genitive | πολιτικού • | πολιτικής • | πολιτικού • | πολιτικών • | πολιτικών • | πολιτικών • |
| accusative | πολιτικό • | πολιτική • | πολιτικό • | πολιτικούς • | πολιτικές • | πολιτικά • |
| vocative | πολιτικέ • | πολιτική • | πολιτικό • | πολιτικοί • | πολιτικές • | πολιτικά • |
| derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πολιτικός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πολιτικός, etc.) | |||||
Degrees of comparison by suffixation
Related terms
- πολιτειακός (politeiakós, “constitutional”)
- πολιτικός μηχανικός m (politikós michanikós, “civil engineer”)
Noun
πολιτικός • (politikós) m or f (plural πολιτικοί)
- politician (one engaged in politics)
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- I Melína Merkoúri ítan próti Ellinída politikós pou ...
- Melina Mercouri was the first (female) Greek politician who ...
Declension
Declension of πολιτικός
Related terms
- see: πόλη f (póli, “town”)
Further reading
πολιτικός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
