ἑρμηνευτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō) +‎ -τικός (-tikós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /her.mɛː.neu̯.ti.kós/ → /er.mi.neɸ.tiˈkos/ → /er.mi.nef.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /her.mɛː.neu̯.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)er.me̝.new.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /er.mi.neɸ.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /er.mi.nef.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /er.mi.nef.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ἑρμηνευτῐκός • (hermēneutikós) m (feminine ἑρμηνευτῐκή, neuter ἑρμηνευτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for interpreting

Declension

First and second declension of ἑρμηνευτῐκός; ἑρμηνευτῐκή; ἑρμηνευτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἑρμηνευτῐκός hermēneutikós	ἑρμηνευτῐκή hermēneutikḗ	ἑρμηνευτῐκόν hermēneutikón		ἑρμηνευτῐκώ hermēneutikṓ	ἑρμηνευτῐκᾱ́ hermēneutikā́	ἑρμηνευτῐκώ hermēneutikṓ		ἑρμηνευτῐκοί hermēneutikoí	ἑρμηνευτῐκαί hermēneutikaí	ἑρμηνευτῐκᾰ́ hermēneutiká
Genitive		ἑρμηνευτῐκοῦ hermēneutikoû	ἑρμηνευτῐκῆς hermēneutikês	ἑρμηνευτῐκοῦ hermēneutikoû		ἑρμηνευτῐκοῖν hermēneutikoîn	ἑρμηνευτῐκαῖν hermēneutikaîn	ἑρμηνευτῐκοῖν hermēneutikoîn		ἑρμηνευτῐκῶν hermēneutikôn	ἑρμηνευτῐκῶν hermēneutikôn	ἑρμηνευτῐκῶν hermēneutikôn
Dative		ἑρμηνευτῐκῷ hermēneutikôi	ἑρμηνευτῐκῇ hermēneutikêi	ἑρμηνευτῐκῷ hermēneutikôi		ἑρμηνευτῐκοῖν hermēneutikoîn	ἑρμηνευτῐκαῖν hermēneutikaîn	ἑρμηνευτῐκοῖν hermēneutikoîn		ἑρμηνευτῐκοῖς hermēneutikoîs	ἑρμηνευτῐκαῖς hermēneutikaîs	ἑρμηνευτῐκοῖς hermēneutikoîs
Accusative		ἑρμηνευτῐκόν hermēneutikón	ἑρμηνευτῐκήν hermēneutikḗn	ἑρμηνευτῐκόν hermēneutikón		ἑρμηνευτῐκώ hermēneutikṓ	ἑρμηνευτῐκᾱ́ hermēneutikā́	ἑρμηνευτῐκώ hermēneutikṓ		ἑρμηνευτῐκούς hermēneutikoús	ἑρμηνευτῐκᾱ́ς hermēneutikā́s	ἑρμηνευτῐκᾰ́ hermēneutiká
Vocative		ἑρμηνευτῐκέ hermēneutiké	ἑρμηνευτῐκή hermēneutikḗ	ἑρμηνευτῐκόν hermēneutikón		ἑρμηνευτῐκώ hermēneutikṓ	ἑρμηνευτῐκᾱ́ hermēneutikā́	ἑρμηνευτῐκώ hermēneutikṓ		ἑρμηνευτῐκοί hermēneutikoí	ἑρμηνευτῐκαί hermēneutikaí	ἑρμηνευτῐκᾰ́ hermēneutiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἑρμηνευτῐκῶς hermēneutikôs				ἑρμηνευτῐκώτερος hermēneutikṓteros				ἑρμηνευτῐκώτᾰτος hermēneutikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: hermenéutica
• → Dutch: hermeneutisch
• → English: hermeneutic, hermeneutics
• → Finnish: hermeneutiikka, hermeneuttinen
• → French: herméneutique
• → German: Hermeneutik, hermeneutisch
• → Portuguese: hermenêutica, hermenêutico
• → Romanian: hermeneutic, hermeneutică
• → Russian: гермене́втика (germenévtika)
  • → Kazakh: герменевтика (germenevtika)
• → Spanish: hermenéutica, hermenéutico
• → Swedish: hermeneutik, hermeneutisk

Further reading

• ἑρμηνευτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἑρμηνευτικός - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
• “ἑρμηνευτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press