δοτική

See also: δοτικῇ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δοτῐκός (dotikós): as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms in elliptical use for ἡ δοτικὴ πτῶσις (hē dotikḕ ptôsis, “the grammatical case pertaining to giving”); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /do.ti.kɛ̌ː/ → /ðo.tiˈci/ → /ðo.tiˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /do.ti.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /do.tiˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðo.tiˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðo.tiˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðo.tiˈci/

Noun

δοτῐκή • (dotikḗ) f (genitive δοτῐκῆς); first declension

1. (grammar) the dative case
   • Stoic. 2.59
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 14.1.41
   • 170 BCE – 90 BCE, Dionysius Thrax, Art of Grammar 636.4
   • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 28.23

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δοτῐκή hē dotikḗ	τὼ δοτῐκᾱ́ tṑ dotikā́	αἱ δοτῐκαί hai dotikaí
Genitive	τῆς δοτῐκῆς tês dotikês	τοῖν δοτῐκαῖν toîn dotikaîn	τῶν δοτῐκῶν tôn dotikôn
Dative	τῇ δοτῐκῇ têi dotikêi	τοῖν δοτῐκαῖν toîn dotikaîn	ταῖς δοτῐκαῖς taîs dotikaîs
Accusative	τὴν δοτῐκήν tḕn dotikḗn	τὼ δοτῐκᾱ́ tṑ dotikā́	τᾱ̀ς δοτῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s dotikā́s
Vocative	δοτῐκή dotikḗ	δοτῐκᾱ́ dotikā́	δοτῐκαί dotikaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ δοτῐκή; τῆς δοτῐκῆς (Attic)

Derived terms

• δοτῐκοφᾰνής (dotikophanḗs) (Byzantine Greek)

Descendants

• Greek: δοτική (dotikí)
• Latin: datīvus (calque)

Adjective

δοτῐκή • (dotikḗ)

1. nominative singular feminine of δοτῐκός (dotikós)
2. vocative singular feminine of δοτῐκός (dotikós)

References

• “δοτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δοτικός 3 in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek δοτῐκή (dotikḗ, “the dative case”).

Noun

δοτική • (dotikí) f (plural δοτικές)

1. (grammar, linguistics) dative (case)

Declension

Declension of δοτική

	singular	plural
nominative	δοτική (dotikí)	δοτικές (dotikés)
genitive	δοτικής (dotikís)	δοτικών (dotikón)
accusative	δοτική (dotikí)	δοτικές (dotikés)
vocative	δοτική (dotikí)	δοτικές (dotikés)

See also

• see: πτώση f (ptósi, “case”)

Further reading

• δοτική on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el