χρωματικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρῶμα (khrôma) +‎ -τικός (-tikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰrɔː.ma.ti.kós/ → /xro.ma.tiˈkos/ → /xro.ma.tiˈkos/

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

Adjective

χρωμᾰτῐκός • (khrōmătĭkós) m (feminine χρωμᾰτῐκή, neuter χρωμᾰτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. (rhetoric) offering a colourable pretext
2. (music) chromatic

Declension

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χρωμᾰτῐκός khrōmătĭkós	χρωμᾰτῐκή khrōmătĭkḗ	χρωμᾰτῐκόν khrōmătĭkón		χρωμᾰτῐκώ khrōmătĭkṓ	χρωμᾰτῐκᾱ́ khrōmătĭkā́	χρωμᾰτῐκώ khrōmătĭkṓ		χρωμᾰτῐκοί khrōmătĭkoí	χρωμᾰτῐκαί khrōmătĭkaí	χρωμᾰτῐκᾰ́ khrōmătĭkắ
Genitive		χρωμᾰτῐκοῦ khrōmătĭkoû	χρωμᾰτῐκῆς khrōmătĭkês	χρωμᾰτῐκοῦ khrōmătĭkoû		χρωμᾰτῐκοῖν khrōmătĭkoîn	χρωμᾰτῐκαῖν khrōmătĭkaîn	χρωμᾰτῐκοῖν khrōmătĭkoîn		χρωμᾰτῐκῶν khrōmătĭkôn	χρωμᾰτῐκῶν khrōmătĭkôn	χρωμᾰτῐκῶν khrōmătĭkôn
Dative		χρωμᾰτῐκῷ khrōmătĭkôi	χρωμᾰτῐκῇ khrōmătĭkêi	χρωμᾰτῐκῷ khrōmătĭkôi		χρωμᾰτῐκοῖν khrōmătĭkoîn	χρωμᾰτῐκαῖν khrōmătĭkaîn	χρωμᾰτῐκοῖν khrōmătĭkoîn		χρωμᾰτῐκοῖς khrōmătĭkoîs	χρωμᾰτῐκαῖς khrōmătĭkaîs	χρωμᾰτῐκοῖς khrōmătĭkoîs
Accusative		χρωμᾰτῐκόν khrōmătĭkón	χρωμᾰτῐκήν khrōmătĭkḗn	χρωμᾰτῐκόν khrōmătĭkón		χρωμᾰτῐκώ khrōmătĭkṓ	χρωμᾰτῐκᾱ́ khrōmătĭkā́	χρωμᾰτῐκώ khrōmătĭkṓ		χρωμᾰτῐκούς khrōmătĭkoús	χρωμᾰτῐκᾱ́ς khrōmătĭkā́s	χρωμᾰτῐκᾰ́ khrōmătĭkắ
Vocative		χρωμᾰτῐκέ khrōmătĭké	χρωμᾰτῐκή khrōmătĭkḗ	χρωμᾰτῐκόν khrōmătĭkón		χρωμᾰτῐκώ khrōmătĭkṓ	χρωμᾰτῐκᾱ́ khrōmătĭkā́	χρωμᾰτῐκώ khrōmătĭkṓ		χρωμᾰτῐκοί khrōmătĭkoí	χρωμᾰτῐκαί khrōmătĭkaí	χρωμᾰτῐκᾰ́ khrōmătĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		χρωμᾰτῐκῶς khrōmătĭkôs				χρωμᾰτῐκώτερος khrōmătĭkṓteros				χρωμᾰτῐκώτᾰτος khrōmătĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of χρωμᾰτῐκός; χρωμᾰτῐκή; χρωμᾰτῐκόν (Attic)

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: cromàtic
• → English: chromatic
• → French: chromatique
• → German: chromatisch
• → Italian: cromatico
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kromatisk
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: kromatisk
• → Portuguese: cromático
• → Spanish: cromático
• → Swedish: kromatisk

Further reading

• χρωματικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “χρωματικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “χρωματικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press