τοπικός

From τόπος (tópos, “a place”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjectival suffix).

τοπῐκός • (topĭkós) m (feminine τοπῐκή, neuter τοπῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for place, in respect to place
   1. local
   2. (of medicine) to be applied locally, topical
2. concerning topoi or commonplaces

• → Latin: topica
  • Catalan: tòpic
  • → English: topic

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

Inherited from Ancient Greek τοπῐκός (topĭkós) with semantic loan from French topique (in the medical sense) and local.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /to.piˈkos/
• Hyphenation: το‧πι‧κός

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τοπικός • (topikós) m (feminine τοπική, neuter τοπικό)

1. local (from or in a nearby location)
2. (medicine) topical, local (applied to a localized part of the body)

   τοπική αναισθησία ― topikí anaisthisía ― local anaesthesia