αἰτιατικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἰτῐᾱτός (aitiātós, “caused”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós, adjective suffix): “relating to an effect”. The Latin calque accūsātīvus (from which comes English accusative) came from an analysis of the word as deriving from αἰτιάομαι (aitiáomai, “to accuse”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix), but if that were its derivation, it would have a different meaning: “related to accusing”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.ti.aː.ti.kós/ → /ɛ.ti.a.tiˈkos/ → /e.ti.a.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ti.aː.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ti.a.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ti.a.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ti.a.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ti.a.tiˈkos/

Adjective

αἰτῐᾱτῐκός • (aitiātikós) m (feminine αἰτῐᾱτῐκή, neuter αἰτῐᾱτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. causal

Inflection

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		αἰτῐᾱτῐκός aitiātikós	αἰτῐᾱτῐκή aitiātikḗ	αἰτῐᾱτῐκόν aitiātikón		αἰτῐᾱτῐκώ aitiātikṓ	αἰτῐᾱτῐκᾱ́ aitiātikā́	αἰτῐᾱτῐκώ aitiātikṓ		αἰτῐᾱτῐκοί aitiātikoí	αἰτῐᾱτῐκαί aitiātikaí	αἰτῐᾱτῐκᾰ́ aitiātiká
Genitive		αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῦ aitiātikoû	αἰτῐᾱτῐκῆς aitiātikês	αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῦ aitiātikoû		αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῖν aitiātikoîn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκαῖν aitiātikaîn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῖν aitiātikoîn		αἰτῐᾱτῐκῶν aitiātikôn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκῶν aitiātikôn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκῶν aitiātikôn
Dative		αἰτῐᾱτῐκῷ aitiātikôi	αἰτῐᾱτῐκῇ aitiātikêi	αἰτῐᾱτῐκῷ aitiātikôi		αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῖν aitiātikoîn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκαῖν aitiātikaîn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῖν aitiātikoîn		αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῖς aitiātikoîs	αἰτῐᾱτῐκαῖς aitiātikaîs	αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῖς aitiātikoîs
Accusative		αἰτῐᾱτῐκόν aitiātikón	αἰτῐᾱτῐκήν aitiātikḗn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκόν aitiātikón		αἰτῐᾱτῐκώ aitiātikṓ	αἰτῐᾱτῐκᾱ́ aitiātikā́	αἰτῐᾱτῐκώ aitiātikṓ		αἰτῐᾱτῐκούς aitiātikoús	αἰτῐᾱτῐκᾱ́ς aitiātikā́s	αἰτῐᾱτῐκᾰ́ aitiātiká
Vocative		αἰτῐᾱτῐκέ aitiātiké	αἰτῐᾱτῐκή aitiātikḗ	αἰτῐᾱτῐκόν aitiātikón		αἰτῐᾱτῐκώ aitiātikṓ	αἰτῐᾱτῐκᾱ́ aitiātikā́	αἰτῐᾱτῐκώ aitiātikṓ		αἰτῐᾱτῐκοί aitiātikoí	αἰτῐᾱτῐκαί aitiātikaí	αἰτῐᾱτῐκᾰ́ aitiātiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		αἰτῐᾱτῐκῶς aitiātikôs				αἰτῐᾱτῐκώτερος aitiātikṓteros				αἰτῐᾱτῐκώτᾰτος aitiātikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of αἰτῐᾱτῐκός; αἰτῐᾱτῐκή; αἰτῐᾱτῐκόν (Attic)

Derived terms

• αἰτῐᾱτῐκή (aitiātikḗ, “accusative case”)

References

• “αἰτιατικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αἰτιατικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἰτιατικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)