ποιμενικός

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ποιμήν (poimḗn, shepherd) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ποιμενῐκός (poimenikósm (feminine ποιμενῐκή, neuter ποιμενῐκόν); first/second declension

  1. Pertaining to a shepherd.
    • 93/94, Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 1, 53, in Henry St. John Thackeray (tr. & ed.), Josephus with an English translation, vol. 4 (Jewish Antiquities, books I–IV), LCL, pages 24-25. Translation by Thackeray, including in square brackets his footnote.
      Ἄβελος μὲν γὰρ ὁ νεώτερος δικαιοσύνης ἐπεμελεῖτο καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ πραττομένοις παρεῖναι τὸν θεὸν νομίζων ἀρετῆς προενόει, ποιμενικὸς δ’ ἦν ὁ βίος αὐτῷ:
      Ábelos mèn gàr ho neṓteros dikaiosúnēs epemeleîto kaì pâsi toîs hup’ autoû prattoménois pareînai tòn theòn nomízōn aretês proenóei, poimenikòs d’ ên ho bíos autôi:
      Abel, the younger, had respect for justice [Or "righteousness".] and, believing that God was with him in all his actions, paid heed to virtue ; he led the life of a shepherd.

Inflection

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Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ποιμενικός (poimenikós).[1] By surface analysis, ποιμένας (poiménas) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pi.me.niˈkos/
  • Hyphenation: ποι‧με‧νι‧κός

Adjective

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ποιμενικός (poimenikósm (feminine ποιμενική, neuter ποιμενικό)

  1. shepherd's, pastoral (of or pertaining to shepherds)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ ποιμενικός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language