ὀπτικός

See also: οπτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄψις (ópsis) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /op.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /op.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /op.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /op.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /op.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ὀπτῐκός • (optĭkós) m (feminine ὀπτῐκή, neuter ὀπτῐκόν); first/second declension

optic, optical, visual

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Inflection

First and second declension of ὀπτῐκός; ὀπτῐκή; ὀπτῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὀπτῐκός optĭkós	ὀπτῐκή optĭkḗ	ὀπτῐκόν optĭkón	ὀπτῐκώ optĭkṓ	ὀπτῐκᾱ́ optĭkā́	ὀπτῐκώ optĭkṓ	ὀπτῐκοί optĭkoí	ὀπτῐκαί optĭkaí	ὀπτῐκᾰ́ optĭkắ
Genitive	ὀπτῐκοῦ optĭkoû	ὀπτῐκῆς optĭkês	ὀπτῐκοῦ optĭkoû	ὀπτῐκοῖν optĭkoîn	ὀπτῐκαῖν optĭkaîn	ὀπτῐκοῖν optĭkoîn	ὀπτῐκῶν optĭkôn	ὀπτῐκῶν optĭkôn	ὀπτῐκῶν optĭkôn
Dative	ὀπτῐκῷ optĭkôi	ὀπτῐκῇ optĭkêi	ὀπτῐκῷ optĭkôi	ὀπτῐκοῖν optĭkoîn	ὀπτῐκαῖν optĭkaîn	ὀπτῐκοῖν optĭkoîn	ὀπτῐκοῖς optĭkoîs	ὀπτῐκαῖς optĭkaîs	ὀπτῐκοῖς optĭkoîs
Accusative	ὀπτῐκόν optĭkón	ὀπτῐκήν optĭkḗn	ὀπτῐκόν optĭkón	ὀπτῐκώ optĭkṓ	ὀπτῐκᾱ́ optĭkā́	ὀπτῐκώ optĭkṓ	ὀπτῐκούς optĭkoús	ὀπτῐκᾱ́ς optĭkā́s	ὀπτῐκᾰ́ optĭkắ
Vocative	ὀπτῐκέ optĭké	ὀπτῐκή optĭkḗ	ὀπτῐκόν optĭkón	ὀπτῐκώ optĭkṓ	ὀπτῐκᾱ́ optĭkā́	ὀπτῐκώ optĭkṓ	ὀπτῐκοί optĭkoí	ὀπτῐκαί optĭkaí	ὀπτῐκᾰ́ optĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ὀπτῐκῶς optĭkôs			ὀπτῐκώτερος optĭkṓteros			ὀπτῐκώτᾰτος optĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

ὄψῐς (ópsĭs)
ὤψ (ṓps)

Descendants

→ Latin: opticus (see there for further descendants)

References

“ὀπτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ὀπτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ὀπτικός 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
“optic”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.