ἐθνικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔθνος (éthnos, “tribe, country, nation”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.tʰni.kós/ → /e.θniˈkos/ → /e.θniˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.tʰni.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.tʰniˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.θniˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.θniˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.θniˈkos/

Adjective

ἐθνῐκός • (ethnikós) m (feminine ἐθνῐκή, neuter ἐθνῐκόν); first/second declension

1. national
2. foreign
3. (especially Christianity) heathen, gentile
4. tax collector

Inflection

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐθνῐκός ethnikós	ἐθνῐκή ethnikḗ	ἐθνῐκόν ethnikón		ἐθνῐκώ ethnikṓ	ἐθνῐκᾱ́ ethnikā́	ἐθνῐκώ ethnikṓ		ἐθνῐκοί ethnikoí	ἐθνῐκαί ethnikaí	ἐθνῐκᾰ́ ethniká
Genitive		ἐθνῐκοῦ ethnikoû	ἐθνῐκῆς ethnikês	ἐθνῐκοῦ ethnikoû		ἐθνῐκοῖν ethnikoîn	ἐθνῐκαῖν ethnikaîn	ἐθνῐκοῖν ethnikoîn		ἐθνῐκῶν ethnikôn	ἐθνῐκῶν ethnikôn	ἐθνῐκῶν ethnikôn
Dative		ἐθνῐκῷ ethnikôi	ἐθνῐκῇ ethnikêi	ἐθνῐκῷ ethnikôi		ἐθνῐκοῖν ethnikoîn	ἐθνῐκαῖν ethnikaîn	ἐθνῐκοῖν ethnikoîn		ἐθνῐκοῖς ethnikoîs	ἐθνῐκαῖς ethnikaîs	ἐθνῐκοῖς ethnikoîs
Accusative		ἐθνῐκόν ethnikón	ἐθνῐκήν ethnikḗn	ἐθνῐκόν ethnikón		ἐθνῐκώ ethnikṓ	ἐθνῐκᾱ́ ethnikā́	ἐθνῐκώ ethnikṓ		ἐθνῐκούς ethnikoús	ἐθνῐκᾱ́ς ethnikā́s	ἐθνῐκᾰ́ ethniká
Vocative		ἐθνῐκέ ethniké	ἐθνῐκή ethnikḗ	ἐθνῐκόν ethnikón		ἐθνῐκώ ethnikṓ	ἐθνῐκᾱ́ ethnikā́	ἐθνῐκώ ethnikṓ		ἐθνῐκοί ethnikoí	ἐθνῐκαί ethnikaí	ἐθνῐκᾰ́ ethniká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐθνῐκῶς ethnikôs				ἐθνῐκώτερος ethnikṓteros				ἐθνῐκώτᾰτος ethnikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of ἐθνῐκός; ἐθνῐκή; ἐθνῐκόν (Attic)

Descendants

• Greek: εθνικός (ethnikós)
• Latin: ethnicus
• French: ethnique
• English: ethnic

References

• “ἐθνικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐθνικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐθνικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.