ἠθικός

See also: ηθικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἦθος (êthos, “character; moral nature”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.tʰi.kós/ → /i.θiˈkos/ → /i.θiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.tʰi.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.tʰiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.θiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.θiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.θiˈkos/

Adjective

ἠθῐκός • (ēthĭkós) m (feminine ἠθῐκή, neuter ἠθῐκόν); first/second declension

1. relating to character or disposition
   1. (of a person) expressing or demonstrating one's nature
   2. (theater) in character
2. ethical; moral (relating to morality)
   1. (philosophy) relating to ethics (the study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct)
   2. (of a text) concerned with conduct and virtue
3. (rhetoric) tactful

Declension

First and second declension of ἠθῐκός; ἠθῐκή; ἠθῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἠθῐκός ēthĭkós	ἠθῐκή ēthĭkḗ	ἠθῐκόν ēthĭkón		ἠθῐκώ ēthĭkṓ	ἠθῐκᾱ́ ēthĭkā́	ἠθῐκώ ēthĭkṓ		ἠθῐκοί ēthĭkoí	ἠθῐκαί ēthĭkaí	ἠθῐκᾰ́ ēthĭkắ
Genitive		ἠθῐκοῦ ēthĭkoû	ἠθῐκῆς ēthĭkês	ἠθῐκοῦ ēthĭkoû		ἠθῐκοῖν ēthĭkoîn	ἠθῐκαῖν ēthĭkaîn	ἠθῐκοῖν ēthĭkoîn		ἠθῐκῶν ēthĭkôn	ἠθῐκῶν ēthĭkôn	ἠθῐκῶν ēthĭkôn
Dative		ἠθῐκῷ ēthĭkōî	ἠθῐκῇ ēthĭkēî	ἠθῐκῷ ēthĭkōî		ἠθῐκοῖν ēthĭkoîn	ἠθῐκαῖν ēthĭkaîn	ἠθῐκοῖν ēthĭkoîn		ἠθῐκοῖς ēthĭkoîs	ἠθῐκαῖς ēthĭkaîs	ἠθῐκοῖς ēthĭkoîs
Accusative		ἠθῐκόν ēthĭkón	ἠθῐκήν ēthĭkḗn	ἠθῐκόν ēthĭkón		ἠθῐκώ ēthĭkṓ	ἠθῐκᾱ́ ēthĭkā́	ἠθῐκώ ēthĭkṓ		ἠθῐκούς ēthĭkoús	ἠθῐκᾱ́ς ēthĭkā́s	ἠθῐκᾰ́ ēthĭkắ
Vocative		ἠθῐκέ ēthĭké	ἠθῐκή ēthĭkḗ	ἠθῐκόν ēthĭkón		ἠθῐκώ ēthĭkṓ	ἠθῐκᾱ́ ēthĭkā́	ἠθῐκώ ēthĭkṓ		ἠθῐκοί ēthĭkoí	ἠθῐκαί ēthĭkaí	ἠθῐκᾰ́ ēthĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἠθῐκῶς ēthĭkôs				ἠθῐκώτερος ēthĭkṓteros				ἠθῐκώτᾰτος ēthĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἠθῐκᾰ́ (ēthĭkắ)
• ἠθῐκεύομαι (ēthĭkeúomai)
• ἠθῐκή (ēthĭkḗ)
• ἠθῐκόν (ēthĭkón)
• ἠθῐκότης (ēthĭkótēs)
• ἠθῐκῶς (ēthĭkôs)

Descendants

• Greek: ηθικός (ithikós)
• → Latin: ēthicus (see there for further descendants)

References

• “ἠθικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἠθικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἠθικός” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • moral idem, page 540.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “ethical”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.