θηλυκός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θῆλῠς (thêlus, “woman”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.ly.kós/ → /θi.lyˈkos/ → /θi.liˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.ly.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe̝.lyˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θi.lyˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θi.lyˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.liˈkos/

Adjective

θηλῠκός • (thēlukós) m (feminine θηλῠκή, neuter θηλῠκόν); first/second declension

1. womanlike, womanly, feminine
2. (of women) womanish, ultra-feminine
3. (grammar) feminine

Inflection

First and second declension of θηλῠκός; θηλῠκή; θηλῠκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θηλῠκός thēlukós	θηλῠκή thēlukḗ	θηλῠκόν thēlukón		θηλῠκώ thēlukṓ	θηλῠκᾱ́ thēlukā́	θηλῠκώ thēlukṓ		θηλῠκοί thēlukoí	θηλῠκαί thēlukaí	θηλῠκᾰ́ thēluká
Genitive		θηλῠκοῦ thēlukoû	θηλῠκῆς thēlukês	θηλῠκοῦ thēlukoû		θηλῠκοῖν thēlukoîn	θηλῠκαῖν thēlukaîn	θηλῠκοῖν thēlukoîn		θηλῠκῶν thēlukôn	θηλῠκῶν thēlukôn	θηλῠκῶν thēlukôn
Dative		θηλῠκῷ thēlukôi	θηλῠκῇ thēlukêi	θηλῠκῷ thēlukôi		θηλῠκοῖν thēlukoîn	θηλῠκαῖν thēlukaîn	θηλῠκοῖν thēlukoîn		θηλῠκοῖς thēlukoîs	θηλῠκαῖς thēlukaîs	θηλῠκοῖς thēlukoîs
Accusative		θηλῠκόν thēlukón	θηλῠκήν thēlukḗn	θηλῠκόν thēlukón		θηλῠκώ thēlukṓ	θηλῠκᾱ́ thēlukā́	θηλῠκώ thēlukṓ		θηλῠκούς thēlukoús	θηλῠκᾱ́ς thēlukā́s	θηλῠκᾰ́ thēluká
Vocative		θηλῠκέ thēluké	θηλῠκή thēlukḗ	θηλῠκόν thēlukón		θηλῠκώ thēlukṓ	θηλῠκᾱ́ thēlukā́	θηλῠκώ thēlukṓ		θηλῠκοί thēlukoí	θηλῠκαί thēlukaí	θηλῠκᾰ́ thēluká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		θηλῠκῶς thēlukôs				θηλῠκώτερος thēlukṓteros				θηλῠκώτᾰτος thēlukṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: θηλυκός (thilykós)

Further reading

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

Greek

Adjective

θηλυκός • (thilykós) m (feminine θηλυκή or θηλυκιά, neuter θηλυκό)

1. female (feminine gender)
2. feminine (female person or animal)

Declension

Declension of θηλυκός

number  case \ gender	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	θηλυκός •	θηλυκή • / θηλυκιά •	θηλυκό •	θηλυκοί •	θηλυκές •	θηλυκά •
genitive	θηλυκού •	θηλυκής • / θηλυκιάς •	θηλυκού •	θηλυκών •	θηλυκών •	θηλυκών •
accusative	θηλυκό •	θηλυκή • / θηλυκιά •	θηλυκό •	θηλυκούς •	θηλυκές •	θηλυκά •
vocative	θηλυκέ •	θηλυκή • / θηλυκιά •	θηλυκό •	θηλυκοί •	θηλυκές •	θηλυκά •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο θηλυκός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο θηλυκός, etc.)
notes	the alternative feminine forms θηλυκιά and θηλυκιάς are colloquial

Coordinate terms

• αρσενικός (arsenikós)
• ουδέτερος (oudéteros)

See also

• γυναικείος (gynaikeíos) (having the qualities associated with a woman)