ἐθνικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔθνος (éthnos, “tribe, country, nation”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.tʰni.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.tʰniˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.θniˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.θniˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.θniˈkos/

Adjective

ἐθνῐκός • (ethnikós) m (feminine ἐθνῐκή, neuter ἐθνῐκόν); first/second declension

national

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐθνῐκός; ἐθνῐκή; ἐθνῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐθνῐκός ethnikós	ἐθνῐκή ethnikḗ	ἐθνῐκόν ethnikón	ἐθνῐκώ ethnikṓ	ἐθνῐκᾱ́ ethnikā́	ἐθνῐκώ ethnikṓ	ἐθνῐκοί ethnikoí	ἐθνῐκαί ethnikaí	ἐθνῐκᾰ́ ethniká
Genitive	ἐθνῐκοῦ ethnikoû	ἐθνῐκῆς ethnikês	ἐθνῐκοῦ ethnikoû	ἐθνῐκοῖν ethnikoîn	ἐθνῐκαῖν ethnikaîn	ἐθνῐκοῖν ethnikoîn	ἐθνῐκῶν ethnikôn	ἐθνῐκῶν ethnikôn	ἐθνῐκῶν ethnikôn
Dative	ἐθνῐκῷ ethnikôi	ἐθνῐκῇ ethnikêi	ἐθνῐκῷ ethnikôi	ἐθνῐκοῖν ethnikoîn	ἐθνῐκαῖν ethnikaîn	ἐθνῐκοῖν ethnikoîn	ἐθνῐκοῖς ethnikoîs	ἐθνῐκαῖς ethnikaîs	ἐθνῐκοῖς ethnikoîs
Accusative	ἐθνῐκόν ethnikón	ἐθνῐκήν ethnikḗn	ἐθνῐκόν ethnikón	ἐθνῐκώ ethnikṓ	ἐθνῐκᾱ́ ethnikā́	ἐθνῐκώ ethnikṓ	ἐθνῐκούς ethnikoús	ἐθνῐκᾱ́ς ethnikā́s	ἐθνῐκᾰ́ ethniká
Vocative	ἐθνῐκέ ethniké	ἐθνῐκή ethnikḗ	ἐθνῐκόν ethnikón	ἐθνῐκώ ethnikṓ	ἐθνῐκᾱ́ ethnikā́	ἐθνῐκώ ethnikṓ	ἐθνῐκοί ethnikoí	ἐθνῐκαί ethnikaí	ἐθνῐκᾰ́ ethniká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐθνῐκῶς ethnikôs			ἐθνῐκώτερος ethnikṓteros			ἐθνῐκώτᾰτος ethnikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: εθνικός (ethnikós)
Latin: ethnicus

References

“ἐθνικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἐθνικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐθνικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

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