ἑταιρικός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, comrade, companion) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós, -ic, adjectival suffix).

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ἑταιρῐκός (hetairikósm (feminine ἑταιρῐκή, neuter ἑταιρῐκόν); first/second declension

  1. of or befitting a companion
    • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 16.18.7:
      αὐτὸν δὲ μετᾰ̀ τῆς ἑταιρῐκῆς ῐ̔́ππου καὶ τῶν ῠ̔πᾰσπῐστῶν κᾰτόπῐν ἐπῐστῆναι τοῖς θηρῐ́οις
      autòn dè metà tês hetairikês híppou kaì tôn hupaspistôn katópin epistênai toîs thēríois
    • 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 17.37:
      Ᾰ̓λέξᾰ́νδρος δὲ μετᾰ̀ τῆς ἑταιρῐκῆς ῐ̔́ππου καὶ τῶν ᾰ̓́λλων ᾰ̓ρῐ́στων ῐ̔ππέων ἐποιεῖτο τὸν διωγμόν
      Aléxándros dè metà tês hetairikês híppou kaì tôn állōn arístōn hippéōn epoieîto tòn diōgmón
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  • Latin: hetaericē

Etymology 2

From ἑταίρᾱ (hetaírā, companion; courtesan) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós, -ic, adjectival suffix).

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Adjective

ἑταιρῐκός (hetairikósm (feminine ἑταιρῐκή, neuter ἑταιρῐκόν); first/second declension

  1. of or like a companion, meretricious
    • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Commentaries on the Attic Orators: On Lysias 3:
       · περῐ̀ γᾰ̀ρ δὴ τῶν ἐπῐστολῐκῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἑταιρῐκῶν καὶ τῶν ᾰ̓́λλων, οὓς μετᾰ̀ παιδῐᾶς ἔγρᾰψεν, οὐδὲν δέομαι λέγειν.
       []; perì gàr dḕ tôn epistolikôn autoû kaì hetairikôn kaì tôn állōn, hoùs metà paidiâs égrapsen, oudèn déomai légein.
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