γνωστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge, knowing”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tĭkós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡnɔːs.ti.kós/ → /ɣnos.tiˈkos/ → /ɣnos.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡnɔːs.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡnos.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣnos.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣnos.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣnos.tiˈkos/

Adjective

γνωστῐκός • (gnōstĭkós) m (feminine γνωστῐκή, neuter γνωστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for knowing, cognitive

Inflection

First and second declension of γνωστῐκός; γνωστῐκή; γνωστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		γνωστῐκός gnōstĭkós	γνωστῐκή gnōstĭkḗ	γνωστῐκόν gnōstĭkón		γνωστῐκώ gnōstĭkṓ	γνωστῐκᾱ́ gnōstĭkā́	γνωστῐκώ gnōstĭkṓ		γνωστῐκοί gnōstĭkoí	γνωστῐκαί gnōstĭkaí	γνωστῐκᾰ́ gnōstĭkắ
Genitive		γνωστῐκοῦ gnōstĭkoû	γνωστῐκῆς gnōstĭkês	γνωστῐκοῦ gnōstĭkoû		γνωστῐκοῖν gnōstĭkoîn	γνωστῐκαῖν gnōstĭkaîn	γνωστῐκοῖν gnōstĭkoîn		γνωστῐκῶν gnōstĭkôn	γνωστῐκῶν gnōstĭkôn	γνωστῐκῶν gnōstĭkôn
Dative		γνωστῐκῷ gnōstĭkōî	γνωστῐκῇ gnōstĭkēî	γνωστῐκῷ gnōstĭkōî		γνωστῐκοῖν gnōstĭkoîn	γνωστῐκαῖν gnōstĭkaîn	γνωστῐκοῖν gnōstĭkoîn		γνωστῐκοῖς gnōstĭkoîs	γνωστῐκαῖς gnōstĭkaîs	γνωστῐκοῖς gnōstĭkoîs
Accusative		γνωστῐκόν gnōstĭkón	γνωστῐκήν gnōstĭkḗn	γνωστῐκόν gnōstĭkón		γνωστῐκώ gnōstĭkṓ	γνωστῐκᾱ́ gnōstĭkā́	γνωστῐκώ gnōstĭkṓ		γνωστῐκούς gnōstĭkoús	γνωστῐκᾱ́ς gnōstĭkā́s	γνωστῐκᾰ́ gnōstĭkắ
Vocative		γνωστῐκέ gnōstĭké	γνωστῐκή gnōstĭkḗ	γνωστῐκόν gnōstĭkón		γνωστῐκώ gnōstĭkṓ	γνωστῐκᾱ́ gnōstĭkā́	γνωστῐκώ gnōstĭkṓ		γνωστῐκοί gnōstĭkoí	γνωστῐκαί gnōstĭkaí	γνωστῐκᾰ́ gnōstĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		γνωστῐκῶς gnōstĭkôs				γνωστῐκώτερος gnōstĭkṓteros				γνωστῐκώτᾰτος gnōstĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἀναγνωστικός (anagnōstikós)
• διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós)
• ἐπιγνωστικός (epignōstikós)
• καταγνωστικός (katagnōstikós)
• προγνωστικός (prognōstikós)

Descendants

• → French: gnostique (learned)

References

• “γνωστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γνωστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “γνωστικός” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “γνωστικός” in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)