ἡστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἥδομαι (hḗdomai, “to enjoy”) +‎ -τικός (-tikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛːs.ti.kós/ → /is.tiˈkos/ → /is.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛːs.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝s.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /is.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /is.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /is.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ἡστῐκός • (hēstikós) m (feminine ἡστῐκή, neuter ἡστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. pleasing, agreeable

Inflection

First and second declension of ἡστῐκός; ἡστῐκή; ἡστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἡστῐκός hēstikós	ἡστῐκή hēstikḗ	ἡστῐκόν hēstikón		ἡστῐκώ hēstikṓ	ἡστῐκᾱ́ hēstikā́	ἡστῐκώ hēstikṓ		ἡστῐκοί hēstikoí	ἡστῐκαί hēstikaí	ἡστῐκᾰ́ hēstiká
Genitive		ἡστῐκοῦ hēstikoû	ἡστῐκῆς hēstikês	ἡστῐκοῦ hēstikoû		ἡστῐκοῖν hēstikoîn	ἡστῐκαῖν hēstikaîn	ἡστῐκοῖν hēstikoîn		ἡστῐκῶν hēstikôn	ἡστῐκῶν hēstikôn	ἡστῐκῶν hēstikôn
Dative		ἡστῐκῷ hēstikôi	ἡστῐκῇ hēstikêi	ἡστῐκῷ hēstikôi		ἡστῐκοῖν hēstikoîn	ἡστῐκαῖν hēstikaîn	ἡστῐκοῖν hēstikoîn		ἡστῐκοῖς hēstikoîs	ἡστῐκαῖς hēstikaîs	ἡστῐκοῖς hēstikoîs
Accusative		ἡστῐκόν hēstikón	ἡστῐκήν hēstikḗn	ἡστῐκόν hēstikón		ἡστῐκώ hēstikṓ	ἡστῐκᾱ́ hēstikā́	ἡστῐκώ hēstikṓ		ἡστῐκούς hēstikoús	ἡστῐκᾱ́ς hēstikā́s	ἡστῐκᾰ́ hēstiká
Vocative		ἡστῐκέ hēstiké	ἡστῐκή hēstikḗ	ἡστῐκόν hēstikón		ἡστῐκώ hēstikṓ	ἡστῐκᾱ́ hēstikā́	ἡστῐκώ hēstikṓ		ἡστῐκοί hēstikoí	ἡστῐκαί hēstikaí	ἡστῐκᾰ́ hēstiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἡστῐκῶς hēstikôs				ἡστῐκώτερος hēstikṓteros				ἡστῐκώτᾰτος hēstikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἡστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἡστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette