ἠθικός

See also: ηθικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.tʰi.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.tʰiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.θiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.θiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.θiˈkos/

Adjective

ἠθῐκός • (ēthikós) m (feminine ἠθῐκή, neuter ἠθῐκόν); first/second declension

of or for morals
moral
expressing character

Inflection

First and second declension of ἠθῐκός; ἠθῐκή; ἠθῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἠθῐκός ēthikós	ἠθῐκή ēthikḗ	ἠθῐκόν ēthikón	ἠθῐκώ ēthikṓ	ἠθῐκᾱ́ ēthikā́	ἠθῐκώ ēthikṓ	ἠθῐκοί ēthikoí	ἠθῐκαί ēthikaí	ἠθῐκᾰ́ ēthiká
Genitive	ἠθῐκοῦ ēthikoû	ἠθῐκῆς ēthikês	ἠθῐκοῦ ēthikoû	ἠθῐκοῖν ēthikoîn	ἠθῐκαῖν ēthikaîn	ἠθῐκοῖν ēthikoîn	ἠθῐκῶν ēthikôn	ἠθῐκῶν ēthikôn	ἠθῐκῶν ēthikôn
Dative	ἠθῐκῷ ēthikôi	ἠθῐκῇ ēthikêi	ἠθῐκῷ ēthikôi	ἠθῐκοῖν ēthikoîn	ἠθῐκαῖν ēthikaîn	ἠθῐκοῖν ēthikoîn	ἠθῐκοῖς ēthikoîs	ἠθῐκαῖς ēthikaîs	ἠθῐκοῖς ēthikoîs
Accusative	ἠθῐκόν ēthikón	ἠθῐκήν ēthikḗn	ἠθῐκόν ēthikón	ἠθῐκώ ēthikṓ	ἠθῐκᾱ́ ēthikā́	ἠθῐκώ ēthikṓ	ἠθῐκούς ēthikoús	ἠθῐκᾱ́ς ēthikā́s	ἠθῐκᾰ́ ēthiká
Vocative	ἠθῐκέ ēthiké	ἠθῐκή ēthikḗ	ἠθῐκόν ēthikón	ἠθῐκώ ēthikṓ	ἠθῐκᾱ́ ēthikā́	ἠθῐκώ ēthikṓ	ἠθῐκοί ēthikoí	ἠθῐκαί ēthikaí	ἠθῐκᾰ́ ēthiká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἠθῐκῶς ēthikôs			ἠθῐκώτερος ēthikṓteros			ἠθῐκώτᾰτος ēthikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: ηθικός (ithikós)
→ Latin: ēthicus (see there for further descendants)

References

“ἠθικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἠθικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἠθικός 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- moral idem, page 540.
“ethical”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.