πατρικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πατήρ (patḗr) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.tri.kós/ → /pa.triˈkos/ → /pa.triˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.tri.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈkos/

Adjective

πατρῐκός • (patrikós) m (feminine πατρῐκή, neuter πατρῐκόν); first/second declension

1. hereditary, inherited
2. ancestral
3. fatherly, paternal

Declension

First and second declension of πατρῐκός; πατρῐκή; πατρῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πατρῐκός patrikós	πατρῐκή patrikḗ	πατρῐκόν patrikón		πατρῐκώ patrikṓ	πατρῐκᾱ́ patrikā́	πατρῐκώ patrikṓ		πατρῐκοί patrikoí	πατρῐκαί patrikaí	πατρῐκᾰ́ patriká
Genitive		πατρῐκοῦ patrikoû	πατρῐκῆς patrikês	πατρῐκοῦ patrikoû		πατρῐκοῖν patrikoîn	πατρῐκαῖν patrikaîn	πατρῐκοῖν patrikoîn		πατρῐκῶν patrikôn	πατρῐκῶν patrikôn	πατρῐκῶν patrikôn
Dative		πατρῐκῷ patrikôi	πατρῐκῇ patrikêi	πατρῐκῷ patrikôi		πατρῐκοῖν patrikoîn	πατρῐκαῖν patrikaîn	πατρῐκοῖν patrikoîn		πατρῐκοῖς patrikoîs	πατρῐκαῖς patrikaîs	πατρῐκοῖς patrikoîs
Accusative		πατρῐκόν patrikón	πατρῐκήν patrikḗn	πατρῐκόν patrikón		πατρῐκώ patrikṓ	πατρῐκᾱ́ patrikā́	πατρῐκώ patrikṓ		πατρῐκούς patrikoús	πατρῐκᾱ́ς patrikā́s	πατρῐκᾰ́ patriká
Vocative		πατρῐκέ patriké	πατρῐκή patrikḗ	πατρῐκόν patrikón		πατρῐκώ patrikṓ	πατρῐκᾱ́ patrikā́	πατρῐκώ patrikṓ		πατρῐκοί patrikoí	πατρῐκαί patrikaí	πατρῐκᾰ́ patriká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πατρῐκῶς patrikôs				πατρῐκώτερος patrikṓteros				πατρῐκώτᾰτος patrikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• πατρικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πατρικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G3967 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ancestral idem, page 29.
  • fathers idem, page 310.
  • hereditary idem, page 397.
  • paternal idem, page 598.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πατρικός (patrikós). By surface analysis, πατέρας (patéras) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.triˈkos/
• Hyphenation: πα‧τρι‧κός

Adjective

πατρικός • (patrikós) m (feminine πατρική, neuter πατρικό)

1. fatherly, paternal

Declension

Declension of πατρικός

number  case \ gender	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	πατρικός •	πατρική •	πατρικό •	πατρικοί •	πατρικές •	πατρικά •
genitive	πατρικού •	πατρικής •	πατρικού •	πατρικών •	πατρικών •	πατρικών •
accusative	πατρικό •	πατρική •	πατρικό •	πατρικούς •	πατρικές •	πατρικά •
vocative	πατρικέ •	πατρική •	πατρικό •	πατρικοί •	πατρικές •	πατρικά •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πατρικός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πατρικός, etc.)

Related terms

• πατρίδα f (patrída, “fatherland”)
• πατρικό n (patrikó, “family home”)