παιδαγωγικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós, “teacher, tutor”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pai̯.da.ɡɔː.ɡi.kós/ → /pɛ.ða.ɣo.ʝiˈkos/ → /pe.ða.ɣo.ʝiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.da.ɡɔː.ɡi.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛ.da.ɡo.ɡiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛ.ða.ɣo.ʝiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ða.ɣo.ʝiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ða.ɣo.ʝiˈkos/

Adjective

παιδᾰγωγῐκός • (paidagōgikós) m (feminine παιδᾰγωγῐκή, neuter παιδᾰγωγῐκόν); first/second declension

1. pertaining to teaching
2. suitable for teaching
3. guiding, tending

Inflection

First and second declension of παιδᾰγωγῐκός; παιδᾰγωγῐκή; παιδᾰγωγῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		παιδᾰγωγῐκός paidagōgikós	παιδᾰγωγῐκή paidagōgikḗ	παιδᾰγωγῐκόν paidagōgikón		παιδᾰγωγῐκώ paidagōgikṓ	παιδᾰγωγῐκᾱ́ paidagōgikā́	παιδᾰγωγῐκώ paidagōgikṓ		παιδᾰγωγῐκοί paidagōgikoí	παιδᾰγωγῐκαί paidagōgikaí	παιδᾰγωγῐκᾰ́ paidagōgiká
Genitive		παιδᾰγωγῐκοῦ paidagōgikoû	παιδᾰγωγῐκῆς paidagōgikês	παιδᾰγωγῐκοῦ paidagōgikoû		παιδᾰγωγῐκοῖν paidagōgikoîn	παιδᾰγωγῐκαῖν paidagōgikaîn	παιδᾰγωγῐκοῖν paidagōgikoîn		παιδᾰγωγῐκῶν paidagōgikôn	παιδᾰγωγῐκῶν paidagōgikôn	παιδᾰγωγῐκῶν paidagōgikôn
Dative		παιδᾰγωγῐκῷ paidagōgikôi	παιδᾰγωγῐκῇ paidagōgikêi	παιδᾰγωγῐκῷ paidagōgikôi		παιδᾰγωγῐκοῖν paidagōgikoîn	παιδᾰγωγῐκαῖν paidagōgikaîn	παιδᾰγωγῐκοῖν paidagōgikoîn		παιδᾰγωγῐκοῖς paidagōgikoîs	παιδᾰγωγῐκαῖς paidagōgikaîs	παιδᾰγωγῐκοῖς paidagōgikoîs
Accusative		παιδᾰγωγῐκόν paidagōgikón	παιδᾰγωγῐκήν paidagōgikḗn	παιδᾰγωγῐκόν paidagōgikón		παιδᾰγωγῐκώ paidagōgikṓ	παιδᾰγωγῐκᾱ́ paidagōgikā́	παιδᾰγωγῐκώ paidagōgikṓ		παιδᾰγωγῐκούς paidagōgikoús	παιδᾰγωγῐκᾱ́ς paidagōgikā́s	παιδᾰγωγῐκᾰ́ paidagōgiká
Vocative		παιδᾰγωγῐκέ paidagōgiké	παιδᾰγωγῐκή paidagōgikḗ	παιδᾰγωγῐκόν paidagōgikón		παιδᾰγωγῐκώ paidagōgikṓ	παιδᾰγωγῐκᾱ́ paidagōgikā́	παιδᾰγωγῐκώ paidagōgikṓ		παιδᾰγωγῐκοί paidagōgikoí	παιδᾰγωγῐκαί paidagōgikaí	παιδᾰγωγῐκᾰ́ paidagōgiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		παιδᾰγωγῐκῶς paidagōgikôs				παιδᾰγωγῐκώτερος paidagōgikṓteros				παιδᾰγωγῐκώτᾰτος paidagōgikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• παιδαγωγικῶς (paidagōgikôs)

Descendants

• Greek: παιδαγωγικός (paidagogikós)
• → Asturian: pedagóxicu
• → Basque: pedagogiko
• → Belarusian: педагагічны (pjedahahičny)
• → Catalan: pedagògic
• → Czech: pedagogický
• → Danish: pædagogisk
• → Dutch: pedagogisch
• → English: pedagogic, pedagogical
• → Esperanto: pedagogia
• → Finnish: pedagoginen
• → French: pédagogique
• → Galician: pedagóxico
• → German: pädagogisch
• → Hungarian: pedagógiai
• → Interlingua: pedagogic
• → Italian: pedagogico
• → Kazakh: педагогикалық (pedagogikalyq)
• → Latin: paedagōgicus, pēdagōgicus
• → Norman: pédagogique
• → Norwegian Bokmål: pedagogisk
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: pedagogisk
• → Polish: pedagogiczny
• → Portuguese: pedagógico
• → Romanian: pedagogic
• → Russian: педагогический (pedagogičeskij)
• → Serbo-Croatian: pedagoški
• → Slovak: pedagogický
• → Slovene: pedagoški, pedagogičen
• → Spanish: pedagógico
• → Swedish: pedagogisk
• → Ukrainian: педагогічний (pedahohičnyj)

Further reading

• “παιδαγωγικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παιδαγωγικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παιδαγωγικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγικός (paidagōgikós).

Adjective

παιδαγωγικός • (paidagogikós) m (feminine παιδαγωγική, neuter παιδαγωγικό)

1. educational, of education, pedagogical

   Synonyms: εκπαιδευτικός (ekpaideftikós), μορφωτικός (morfotikós)

   Antonym: αντιπαιδαγωγικός (antipaidagogikós)

Declension

Declension of παιδαγωγικός

number  case \ gender	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	παιδαγωγικός •	παιδαγωγική •	παιδαγωγικό •	παιδαγωγικοί •	παιδαγωγικές •	παιδαγωγικά •
genitive	παιδαγωγικού •	παιδαγωγικής •	παιδαγωγικού •	παιδαγωγικών •	παιδαγωγικών •	παιδαγωγικών •
accusative	παιδαγωγικό •	παιδαγωγική •	παιδαγωγικό •	παιδαγωγικούς •	παιδαγωγικές •	παιδαγωγικά •
vocative	παιδαγωγικέ •	παιδαγωγική •	παιδαγωγικό •	παιδαγωγικοί •	παιδαγωγικές •	παιδαγωγικά •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο παιδαγωγικός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο παιδαγωγικός, etc.)

Coordinate terms

• πολιτιστικός (politistikós, “cultural”)

Related terms

• see: παιδεία f (paideía, “education, instruction”)